Purpose

To review the Local
Plan: Strategy and Sites and conclude whether it requires updating
or not.
 

Content

Decision:
The Executive recommended to Full Council,
meeting on 21 February 2024:

1.    
That the Guildford Local Plan: strategy and sites
(2015-2034) be updated following the findings of the review
undertaken in accordance with regulation 10A of the Town and
Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (as
amended); and

2.    
Noted that a further report would be submitted to
the Executive at a later date to clarify the appropriate timing for
and budgetary requirements of the Local Plan update. This report
should follow the national planning reform legislation and consider
its implications for the update process.
Reason(s):

1.    
There is a statutory requirement to review the LPSS
within 5 years of its adoption. This is to assess whether it needs
updating. The review findings set out in this report indicate that
an update of the LPSS would be an appropriate course of action to
ensure that the Council’s Local Plan remains effective into
the future.

2.    
There are a range of uncertainties which impact on
the context for the preparation of a new / updated Local Plan, some
of which relate to the lack of clarity regarding the detail of
proposed Government reforms to the planning system which guide
plan-making. It is necessary that these are fully considered in
order to set out recommendations regarding the scope and timing of
a new plan-making process.
Other options considered and rejected by the
Executive:
None.
Details of any conflict of interest declared by
the Leader or lead councillors and any dispensation
granted:
None.