The Committee received a report on the work and performance of the Planning Development Management team and Building Control team for the second quarter of 2024/2025 (July to September 2024) with comparison to previous years.

An update report was tabled at the meeting which gave an update on the Local Plan status.  It explained that the current version of the Local Plan had been adopted in 2019 and had been reviewed in March 2023.  Around half the policies in the plan were considered to still be up to date and the rest needed updating to reflect changing circumstances and national policy.  A pre-submission consultation draft of the updated version of the Local Plan had been published on 6 November 2024 and the consultation would include drop-in sessions for the public on 26 November and 11 December 2024.  Reports to the Committee explained the legal context of policies for decisions on planning applications and these would be amended appropriately in future reports.

Resolved -   That the report and the position be noted.