Decision - Local Development Framework Core Strategy - Background Studies

(1)       That the Cabinet Member for Environment approves the final reports of these five background studies as supporting evidence for the Core Strategy and other appropriate Development Plan Documents and council strategies.

To gain formal approval of the five completed background studies that form part of the evidence base for the Core Strategy and other Development Plan Documents and council strategies.  It also allows the final documents to go into the public domain to inform planning decisions.

None required as the studies are concerned with the identification of matters of fact. The Studies are required by Government planning guidance requiring plans to be supported by a sound evidence base. Indeed if the final background studies are not approved the interim versions will remain in the public domain.  The latest information may not therefore be taken into consideration in planning matters.  Without formal approval of the background studies the evidence base to the Core Strategy may be considered unsound.