Purpose

This is a statutory review of the Wycombe
District Local Plan and Delivery and Site Allocations Plan for Town
Centres and Managing Development which have been adopted for over
five years.

It determines whether policies are out of date, and what weight
should be given to them in decision making.

This review is a statutory requirement related to adopted plans and
is separate from the emerging Local Plan for
Buckinghamshire.

Content

A review of Local Plan policies
was required to be undertaken five years from the Plan’s
adoption date in accordance with legislation. Both the Wycombe
District Local Plan and Delivery and Site Allocations Plan for Town
Centres and Managing Development had now been adopted for over five
years.
  
A review enabled local planning
authorities to determine whether policies (whether one or more
policies or the entire plan) required updating and, if so, to
update them as necessary.  The review should take into account changing circumstances affecting
the area, and any relevant changes in national
policy.    
 
Cabinet was asked to accept the review recommendations set out
in Appendix A.  
 
RESOLVED that the conclusions of the local plan reviews of the
Wycombe District Local Plan and Delivery and Site Allocations Plan
for Town Centres and Managing Development, as set out in Appendix
A, be approved.