Agenda

Members and Officers are invited to make any declaration of pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interests that they may have in relation to items on this agenda, and are reminded that they should re-declare their interest before consideration of the items or as soon as the interest becomes apparent.

Members and Officers should make their declaration by stating:

a)             the item they have the interest in

b)             whether it is a pecuniary/personal interest and/or prejudicial interest

c)             the nature of the interest

The Committee will be asked to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Planning Policy Committee held on 28 January 2025.

To receive questions from the public (for a period of up to 15 minutes).

This report updates the Committee on the outcome of the tender process to appoint a consultancy to lead on the preparation of a new Local Plan, with support from ADC’s Planning Policy and Conservation Team.

This report seeks the agreement of the Committee on the latest revision of the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) for the Barnham/Eastergate/Westergate (BEW) Strategic Allocation. The revised IDP establishes the overall infrastructure needs of the development and proportionately distributes this between the sites which form the allocation. These figures have been derived through negotiation with relevant stakeholders.

Over the past 12-18 months, Arun District Council has had multiple discussions with developers around difficulties in disposing of s106 affordable housing to Registered Providers (RP’s). In response to this, a report was commissioned to look at the issues and provide advice around how we should carry out these discussions around alternative delivery of affordable housing on sites through varying the requirements of planning obligations.

DEFRA proposes to develop a Land Use Framework that, they say, could be used to help guide development within the whole of the UK as well as create better climate resilience and agricultural practices for the future.

The council is required to produce, and keep up to date, a Local Development Scheme (LDS). The LDS provides a work programme for the production of those Development Plan Documents to be prepared over a three-year period and is monitored in the Authority Monitoring Report and used for resource planning by PINS (the Planning Inspectorate).

This report is intended to update members of the Planning Policy Committee and seek their agreement on the draft response to the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) on a current Regulation 18 Consultation on their Local Plan Review. The current South Downs Local Plan covers the period 2014 to 2033 and was adopted in July 2019. It is being reviewed to ensure it is up-to-date and addresses critical issues such as nature recovery, climate change, affordable housing and helping local communities thrive.

The Committee is requested to note the Work Programme.