Issue - meetings

1.     That the headline results from the forthcoming Authority Monitoring Report 2015/16 with regard to housing, employment and retailing be noted;

2.     That progress on the Local Planning Framework be noted; and

3.     That a new Local Development Scheme timetable (see Annex A) be agreed.

Decision

1.     That the headline results from the forthcoming Authority Monitoring Report 2015/16 with regard to housing, employment and retailing be noted;

2.     That progress on the Local Planning Framework be noted; and

3.     That a new Local Development Scheme timetable (see Annex A) be agreed.

Reason for Decision

To consider:

·        the Authority Monitoring Report for 2015/16;

·        progress on the Local Planning Framework; and

·        agreeing a new Local Development Scheme (LDS) timetable (see Annex A).

Corporate Objectives

The Authority Monitoring Report looks at the effectiveness of current planning policies – for example the achievement of the overall housing target and protection of green space/wildlife sites – and progress towards planning policy review (i.e. targets set out in the Local Development Scheme). It therefore provides a good summary of how the Council’s planning policies are supporting delivery of corporate objectives – especially those relating to affordable housing; safe and clean environment and regeneration.

As the policies within the Core Strategy and other planning documents are aimed at enabling growth, it also provides an indication of how the ‘Dacorum Delivers’ objective is being supported.

Monitoring Officer/S.151 Officer Comments

Monitoring Officer:  

The Annual Monitoring Report is a requirement of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 and is an important document to evidence the progress of the authority in meeting its key planning, housing and development objectives.    The report demonstrates that good progress is being made on key objectives, which is positive to note.

Deputy S.151 Officer

All costs incurred within 2015/16 have been recorded within the approved 2015/16 Statement of Accounts. All the costs incurred during 2016/17 will be met from within existing approved budgets. Any costs planned to be incurred during 2017/18 are being considered within the budget proposals submitted to allow approval of the budget in February 2017.

Advice

Councillor Sutton introduced the report and said that the purpose was to agree the new local development scheme timetable.

J Doe added that this was an annual report to Members and this one set out the statement for the rate of development for 2015/16.

Councillor Williams said it was good to see the council exceeding its housing target as this had not been done in previous years.

Voting

None.