Purpose

Local Planning Authorities are required by the
Local Plan Regulations 2012 to publish a report from time to time,
known as an Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) detailing performance
in the preparation and implementation of local planning
policies.
They are required to describe:
•Progress made with documents detailed in the council’s
Local Development Scheme (LDS);
•Performance in the implementation of local planning policies,
including identifying policies which have not been implemented and
potential causes of/ solutions to non-implementation;
•Details of any Neighbourhood Plans or Neighbourhood
Development Orders made;
•Details of Community Infrastructure Levy income and
expenditure;
•Details of co-operation undertaken with other councils/bodies
in line with the Duty to Cooperate set out in section 110 of the
Localism Act 2011.
In addition to these the report details progress in relation to
various indicators linked to the Sustainability Objectives set out
in the Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal (SA), and sets out
headline information related to the Council's Self-Build and Custom
Housebuilding Register. Publication of the report fulfils the legal
reporting requirements, as well as reinforcing the evidence base
for existing and emerging local plan policies. The report includes
an updated picture of recent and anticipated housing delivery in
the Borough, and sets out that as of April 2023 the Council was
compliant with the requirement under national housing policy to
identify a 5-year supply of deliverable housing sites. The report
also provides an update regarding the council's approach in respect
of the Biodiversity Duty set out in the Environment Act 2021,
confirming that the CBC Biodiversity Duty Report has been reviewed
and found not to require updating. The report will be available on
the Council's website once finalised.

Content

To approve and publish the Authority’s
Monitoring Report.

Alternative options considered

Option 1 - To publish the report
Option 2 - Not to publish the report