The Strategic Planning Committee was scheduled to consider the council's Local Plan, a key document guiding development and land use across the borough. The meeting was also scheduled to address procedures for filming at meetings and public participation.

Filming at Meetings

The committee was scheduled to note that the meeting may be filmed or recorded by the council for broadcast, and that members of the public participating in the meeting are likely to be filmed. Attendees were scheduled to be informed that by entering the meeting room, they would be consenting to being filmed. The Chair of the meeting was scheduled to have the discretion to terminate or suspend filming if it was deemed disruptive or prejudicial to proceedings.

The Local Plan

The Strategic Planning Committee was scheduled to consider the council's Local Plan. This document is described as the council's principal statutory planning document for the borough. It is used to determine planning applications, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The plan is also intended to set out a positive spatial strategy for managing growth, development, and land use, reflecting and supporting the council's broader corporate strategies and policies. Furthermore, it aims to facilitate early and meaningful community engagement in the planning process. The Local Plan document itself spans 2674 pages.