Cabinet will consider the approval and submission arrangements for the Joint Local Plan (to follow) and recommendations as set out in the report.

Councillor Nicholson (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategic Transport, Housing and Planning) presented the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan.

Councillor Nicholson thanked members from West Devon Borough Council, South Hams District Council and all officers involved in the development of the Plan.

Following a debate on the merits of the Plan, agreed to recommended to Council -

1.    that the Plymouth and South West Devon Local Plan be formally approved and subject to a six-week period for representations to be received, pursuant to Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations, subject to changes outlined in the table below.

2.    that following the completion of the six-week period for representations the local plan be formally submitted for Public Examination.

3.    that delegated authority to agree minor amendments to the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan prior to its submission be given to the Assistant Director for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure, in consultation with the Joint Local Plan Member Steering Group.

4.    that  the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan Steering Group continue to oversee the Joint Local Plan to ensure its effective monitoring and review, and that officers be instructed to draw up a revised Collaboration Agreement to this effect between West Devon Borough Council, South Hams District Council and Plymouth City Council, with responsibility delegated to the Assistant Director of Strategic Planning and Infrastructure for signing the Collaboration Agreement, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Strategic Housing, Transport, and Planning.

Corrected Figure 3.6 – Employment Supply (Net Increase, square metres)