Issue - items at meetings - Shoreham Harbour: Interim Planning Guidance (IPG) update

Report of the Strategic Director, Place (copy attached).

(1)         That the Cabinet Member agrees to adopt the Shoreham Harbour: Interim Planning Guidance update, subject to any minor grammatical and non-material text and illustrative alterations agreed by the Strategic Director Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Employment, Economic Development and Regeneration, and agreed by Adur District Council and West Sussex County Council.

36.1               The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Strategic Director, Place seeking approval to adopt an update of Interim Planning Guidance (IPG) for Shoreham Harbour, jointly produced with Adur District Council and West Sussex County Council following a public consultation.

36.2               The Cabinet Member advised that the aim of the IPG was to guide development at the Harbour pending the production of formal planning policies in a Joint Area Action Plan and reported that minor changes to the wording had been made following the consultation. She stated that she looked forward to progressing the JAAP and working with partner local authorities and the Port to move forward.

36.3               Councillor C Theobald welcomed the inclusion of housing in the IPG and looked forward to further progress, including vital improvements to the surrounding infrastructure.

36.4               Councillor Morgan stated that the development of Shoreham Harbour was of regional significance for jobs and homes and that he was concerned how it would be effected by the proposed NPPF.

36.5               The Cabinet Member noted that the abolished regional development agencies had played an important role in such developments, but that there was a genuine feeling of goodwill and excitement which would propel the project forward. She also welcomed the involvement of Overview & Scrutiny in the development of the Joint Area Action Plan.

36.6               RESOLVED - That, having considered the information and the reasons set out in the report, the following recommendations be accepted:

(1)         That the Cabinet Member agrees to adopt the Shoreham Harbour: Interim Planning Guidance update, subject to any minor grammatical and non-material text and illustrative alterations agreed by the Strategic Director Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Employment, Economic Development and Regeneration, and agreed by Adur District Council and West Sussex County Council.