Purpose

Report to cover the Green Belt assessment and outcomes.

Decision

(A)   To accept the changes to the published appendix A and appendix B, as laid out in the supplementary table document.

(B)   That the Green Belt Assessment, attached as the main report at Appendix A, as amended by the supplementary table document, and a series of individual parcel maps and reports at Appendix B (parts 1 to 19), as amended by the supplementary table document, be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform the new East Herts Local Plan and as a material consideration for Development Management purposes in the determination of planning applications, and

(C)  That any minor amendments to the content of the Green Belt Assessment be delegated to the Director for Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Growth.