Issue - meetings

Report DRR17/048

Members considered the amended Local Development Scheme (LDS) for 2017-19 which set out the revised timescale for the preparation of Bromley’s Local Plan.  As outlined in the report, current legislation for the LDS required the Council to include only those development plan documents (DPD) which were subject to independent examination.  For Bromley this included the borough-wide Local Plan, submitted in August 2017 to the Secretary of State for examination and the Bromley Town Centre Area Action Plan to be reviewed following the Council’s adoption of the Local Plan.  The LDS also showed an indicative timescale for the preparation of a local Community Infrastructure Levy and a new Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).

The Chairman confirmed that Bromley’s Local Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State in August 2017 with adoption potentially taking place in June 2018.  A Review of the Bromley Area Action Plan would be commenced in June/July 2018.  The next big policy project involved the Bromley Community Infrastructure Levy with documents being prepared for consultation by January 2018.  Documentation on planning obligations and affordable housing were due to go out in the first quarter of 2018. 

Councillor Fawthrop asked if Appendix 1 to Policy H10 (relating to Areas of Special Residential Character) was included in the saved policies of the 2006 UDP and if so, where was it in the draft Local Plan.  The Chief Planner confirmed that a cross-reference to Appendix 1 was mentioned in the 2006 UDP.  The Head of Strategy and Planning Projects confirmed that Guidelines for ASRCs were set out on page 312 of the Local Plan.

Councillor Joel asked about the timescale for finalising and implementing the draft Local Plan and was informed that it had been submitted to the Inspector.

RESOLVED that Members of the Executive be recommended to approve the revised Local Development Scheme for 2017-2019 as the formal management document for the production of the Bromley Local Plan and the review of the Bromley Town Centre Area Action Plan.