Purpose

To seek approval for an updated list
(following the adoption of the Crawley Borough Local Plan
2023-2040) of National and Local Validation Requirements required
for the registration of applications submitted to the Local
Planning Authority.

Content

That the Cabinet:

a)         
approves the adoption and publication of the Crawley
Borough Council National and Local List of Validation Requirements
(Appendix A of report

PES/480).

b)         
delegates authority to the Head of Economy and
Planning in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and
Economic Development to approve subsequent updates to the National
and Local List of Validation Planning Requirements every two years
or as further changes are introduced including as and when
legislation and statutory guidance are forthcoming to ensure
compliance with national policy.
(Generic
Delegation 7 will be used to enact this).

Reasons for the Recommendations
 
The current National and Local
List of Validation Requirements (the Local List) was last updated
with minor changes in May 2024 and is now out-of-date.

A revised list is needed in
order to apply local validation requirements, which have themselves
changed considerably with the adoption of the Crawley Borough Local
Plan 2023-2040 on 16 October 2024. A comprehensive review has been
undertaken to address the new policy requirements in the Local
Plan.

Due to the extent of revisions
proposed and in line with best practice, this new draft document
has been subject to public consultation.  The consultation ran from 16 December 2024 to 17
January 2025 and the proposed version (attached as Appendix Aof
report
PES/480) takes account of responses received. Officers consider
that it represents an appropriate set of requirements against which
planning applications should be validated in Crawley.

The Town and Country Planning
(General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 requires that
Local Lists must be reviewed every two years in order for them to
remain in force. The proposed delegations recommended in 2.1 (b)
are considered appropriate in light of this.