Purpose

National Planning Policy requires each Local
Planning Authority to demonstrate effective and on-going joint
working with its neighbouring authorities/other authorities in the
sub-region and other prescribed bodies, through the preparation and
maintenance of Statements of Common Ground. These must be agreed by
the point of Submission of each Local Plan for its independent
Examination.

As part of the Crawley Borough Local Plan Review, substantial joint
working with all of the neighbouring authorities and Prescribed
Bodies has taken place and a number of Statements of Common Ground
have already been agreed. This is set out in the Crawley Duty to
Cooperate Statement (May 2023):
https://crawley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Duty%20to%20Cooperate%20Statement%20May%202023%20%28low%20res%29.pdf

A new Statement of Common Ground is being agreed between Crawley
Borough Council and Horsham District Council in relation to the
Crawley Borough Local Plan.

It should be noted that there is no legal requirement for this
decision to be taken by the relevant Cabinet Member and, under the
Council’s delegation scheme, the Head of Service (HoS) has
authority to take this decision. Should insufficient time be
available to publish this decision and its associated documents in
accordance with the Council’s Access to Information Procedure
Rules (regarding delegated decisions taken by a Cabinet Member)
this decision will be taken by the HoS in consultation with the
Cabinet Member. Should this be necessary this decision will be
published as a Significant Operational Decision.

Content

Approve the signing of the Horsham District
Council and Crawley Borough Council Statement of Common Ground,
July 2023.