Issue - meetings

To consider and decide on the recommendations as set out in the associated report. 

RESOLVED –

1. That the independent examiner’s Report on the Goudhurst Neighbourhood Development Plan (GNDP) be noted and published.
2. That the GNDP be modified in part, according to the examiner’s recommendations and following discussion with Goudhurst Parish Council be approved.
3. That the Decision Statement at Appendix C and the decision to progress the GNDP as set out at Appendix D to referendum be approved (noting that the referendum area is Goudhurst Parish).
4. That in the event the referendum result on the GNDP is positive with more than 50% of the vote, the Council formally makes the GNDP as set out in Appendix D so that it has effect as part of the statutory Development Plan for the Neighbourhood Area (Goudhurst Parish) 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.

Nichola Watters, Planning Policy Manager introduced the report set out in the agenda.

Discussion and questions from Members included the following:

-       The Cabinet Advisory Board fully supported the recommendations in the report.

-       The work by Parish Councils to put together a Neighbourhood Plan was quite extensive and they should be commended for all their hard work.

RESOLVED –

1. That the independent examiner’s Report on the Goudhurst Neighbourhood Development Plan (GNDP) be noted and published.
2. That the GNDP be modified in part, according to the examiner’s recommendations and following discussion with Goudhurst Parish Council be approved.
3. That the Decision Statement at Appendix C and the decision to progress the GNDP as set out at Appendix D to referendum be approved (noting that the referendum area is Goudhurst Parish).
4. That in the event the referendum result on the GNDP is positive with more than 50% of the vote, the Council formally makes the GNDP as set out in Appendix D so that it has effect as part of the statutory Development Plan for the Neighbourhood Area (Goudhurst Parish) 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.