Issue - meetings

Report DRR18/010

Members considered the Council’s proposed Authority Monitoring Report for 2016/17 which contained key information about the planning system in the London Borough of Bromley and the extent to which the Council’s planning policies were being implemented.

The AMR met the requirements of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended), the Localism Act 2011 and the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.

The Chairman advised that this report was annually submitted to Committee and amongst other things, reflected progress achieved on the Authority’s house building targets.

Councillor Michael referred to page 112 which stated the amount of footfall in all of the Town Centres had steadily declined between December 2016 and December 2017.  She suggested this may be the result of more people shopping on line or travelling to other centres such as Lewisham.  The Chief Planner confirmed that the statement was based on factual data however the precise reasons for the decline were unknown. 

Referring to figure 8 on page 105 of the report, Councillor Allen noted the percentage figures for completed 1 and 2 bedroom units had been reversed in the graph’s supporting text.  The sentence should read:- ‘39% were completed as 1 bedroom units and 47% as 2 bedroom units.’. 

The Chief Planner confirmed to Councillor Allen that the total completion figures set out on page 104 of the report did include offices which had been converted into dwellings. In regard to Appendix 1 which set out completed Section 106 Legal Agreements, some of those had only recently been included however, information would be provided wherever possible to show monies paid or action taken as a result of those agreements. The Council’s E&R PDS Committee received regular updates on this, so more detail would be provided at the Scrutiny Committee.

RESOLVED that the proposed Authority Monitoring Report for 2016/17 be agreed.