A report seeking Committee’s approval to undertake community involvement on a new Draft Sustainable Design and Construction Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) to replace the existing Sustainable Design and Construction SPD adopted by the Council in July 2011. The results of community involvement would be considered in preparing a final version for adoption.

The Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report on the work being undertaken to replace its existing development plans, which consisted of the Core Strategy, Reading Central Area Action Plan and Sites and Detailed Policies Document with a new single local plan to set out how Reading would develop up to 2036. In order to implement the new Local Plan upon adoption, a new Sustainable Design and Construction Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) was needed, which would replace the existing Sustainable Design and Construction SPD adopted by the Council in July 2011. Once adopted, the new SPD would be a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.  The report sought the Committee’s approval to undertake community involvement on a Draft Sustainable Design and Construction SPD, which was appended to the report. The outcomes from the community involvement exercise would be taken into account in preparing the final version of the SPD, which would be submitted to a future meeting for adoption.

Resolved -  

(1)           That the Sustainable Design and Construction (SPD), as appended to the report, be approved for consultation through a community involvement exercise;

(2)           That, prior to consultation, the Assistant Director of Planning, Transport and Regulatory Services be authorised to make any minor amendments necessary to the SPD that did not alter the policy direction, in consultation with the Lead Councillor for Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport.