Decision details

PLYMOUTH PLAN (PART ONE) - CONSULTATION DRAFT PLAN

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

Tracey Lee (Chief Executive) and Anthony Payne (Strategic Director for Place) submitted a report seeking approval of the draft Plymouth Plan (Part One) for consultation purposes.   

 

The report indicated that –

 

(a)

thePlymouthPlanaimedtobe asinglestrategicplanfor Plymouth,settinga shareddirectionof travel for thecity which looked ahead to 2031 and whichtheCouncilanditspartnerswould usetoguidetheirserviceanddeliveryplanning. The document would bringtogethera rangeof statutoryandnon-statutorystrategiesandplansintoa singleintegratedplan;

(b)

the planwould be publishedin twoparts. PartOnewould comprisethecity’soverarchingvision,strategicobjectivesandthethematicandspatialpoliciesof theplan. PartTwowould identifyareaandsitespecificpoliciesacrossthecity and would be publishedfor consultationpurposesnextautumn;

(c)

theplanwould be aninteractiveweb basedplan,althougha fulldocumentstyleplanwould alsobe available.Thiswould be particularlyimportantforitsuseasthecity’sstatutorydevelopmentplan;

(d)

an extensive communityandpartnerengagementprocess had already been undertaken, culminating in the recent Plymouth Plan Connections Programme during which justunder1000 representations had been received.  All of the representations received since work on the plan commenced in 2013 hadhelped toshapethecontentof thedraftplan;

(e)

ifapproved,a further programmeof communityandpartnerengagementwould be undertaken,commencingatthebeginningof January which would further test the content of the draft plan andhelp to developtheinteractiveportal.

 

Councillor Vincent (Cabinet Member for Environment) introduced the draft plan and thanked all the staff for their tireless work. 

 

Paul Barnard (Assistant Director for Planning and Infrastructure), Jonathan Bell (Head of Development Planning) and Richard Grant (Local Planning Manager) and Caroline Marr (Policy and Business Planning Officer) attended the meeting.

 

Cabinet Members were advised that the process would be -

 

 

Publication of Plymouth Plan (Part One)

21 January 2015

 

Consultation on the strategic framework

January to March 2015

 

Plymouth Plan (Part One) approved

By June 2015

 

Draft Plymouth Plan (Part Two) published 

By September 2015

 

Single Plymouth Plan published for representations 

By January 2016

 

Submission of Plymouth Plan

By April 2016

 

Public Examination

By July 2016

 

Adoption

By February 2017

 

 

 

On behalf of Cabinet, Councillor Evans (Council Leader) thanked everyone who had had an input into the draft document and thanked the Strategic Planning Team for their work.  

 

Alternative options considered and the reasons for the decision –

 

As set out in the report.

 

Agreed -

 

(1)

thedraftPlymouthPlan(PartOne)for consultationpurposesandtheprogrammeof communityandpartnerengagementtohelpshapethefinalversionof theplan;

(2)

theuseof thedraftPlymouthPlan(PartOne)asa materialconsiderationfor themakingof planningdecisions;

(3) 

to recommend that,aspartof theconsultationprocess,theCo-operativeScrutinyBoardconsidersthePlymouthPlanandallocatesmodules toitsconstituentpanelsfor furtherscrutinywheredeemed appropriate.

 

Publication date: 12/12/2014

Date of decision: 09/12/2014

Decided at meeting: 09/12/2014 - Cabinet

Effective from: 20/12/2014

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