Decision details

To recommend that Cabinet progresses the Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Neighbourhood Development Plan to referendum.

RESOLVED –

1. That the independent examiner’s report on the Cranbrook & Sissinghurst Neighbourhood Development Plan (CSNDP) at Appendix A be noted and published.

2. That the CSNDP be modified as set out in Appendix B be approved.

3. That a decision to progress the CSNDP as set out in Appendix C to referendum, and a Decision Statement as set out at Appendix D be approved. 

4. That if the referendum result on the CSNDP is positive, the Council formally makes the CSNDP as set out in Appendix C to be subsequently considered at a Full Council meeting, post referendum be approved.

REASON FOR DECISION:Approved Neighbourhood Plans become part of the development plan for the Borough and are a key document in the determination of planning applications that allow the local community to take responsibility for land use planning in their area.