Decision details

RESOLVED that Cabinet:-

(a)         Accept the findings of the independent examiner’s report (Appendix 1) and recommendation that the area for referendum will the neighbourhood plan area. (Appendix 2);

(b)          Approve the Local Planning Authority’s Decision Statement and list of modifications (Appendix 3);

(c)          Approve the Highcliffe & Walkford Neighbourhood Plan (2020-2028), as modified (Appendix 4);

(d)          Recommend that the modified Highcliffe & Walkford Neighbourhood Plan proceeds to referendum on 15 December 2022; and

(e)          Agree that authority be delegated to the Interim Director of Planning in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Development, Growth and Regeneration to agree any further minor changes to the Neighbourhood Plan before it goes to the referendum.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Development, Growth and Regeneration

Reason

To meet the statutory obligations including provisions set out in the from the Localism Act 2011, the Town & Country Planning Act 1990, the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017, and the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012 (as amended).