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Report of Assistant Director Planning and Development

Purpose of report

The purpose of this report is twofold:

a)    To inform Executive of the proposed revisions to the adopted Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Second Revision) 2017 and;

b)    To seek authorisation for the adoption of the draft Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Third Revision) 2020 subject to consideration of consultation responses with the Lead Member for Planning.

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended:

1.1      To note the proposed revisions to the Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Second Revision) 2017.

1.2      To note the draft Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Third Revision) 2020 (Appendix A).

1.3      To note the consultation process undertaken in respect of the draft LDO (Third Revision) 2020 and any comments raised to date.

1.4      To note the requirement to notify the Secretary of State of a decision to adopt a LDO as soon as practicable, and no later than 28 days after the Local Planning Authority has adopted the Order.

1.5      To authorise the Council’s adoption of the draft Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Third Revision) 2020 subject to the Assistant Director –Planning and Development being satisfied that no substantive objections have been received in consultation with the Lead Member for Planning.

Resolved

(1)           That the proposed revisions to the Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Second Revision) 2017 be noted.

(2)           That the draft Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Third Revision) 2020 (Annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be noted.

(3)           That the consultation process undertaken in respect of the draft LDO (Third Revision) 2020 and comments raised to date be noted.

(4)           That the requirement to notify the Secretary of State of a decision to adopt a Local Development Order as soon as practicable, and no later than 28 days after the Local Planning Authority has adopted the Order be noted.

(5)           That the Council’s adoption of the draft Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Third Revision) 2020 be authorised, subject to the Assistant Director –Planning and Development being satisfied that no substantive objections have been received in consultation with the Lead Member for Planning.

The Assistant Director Planning and Development submitted a report to inform Executive of the proposed revisions to the adopted Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Second Revision) 2017 and to seek authorisation for the adoption of the draft Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Third Revision) 2020 subject to consideration of consultation responses with the Lead Member for Planning.

Resolved

(1)           That the proposed revisions to the Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Second Revision) 2017 be noted.

(2)           That the draft Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Third Revision) 2020 (Annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be noted.

(3)           That the consultation process undertaken in respect of the draft LDO (Third Revision) 2020 and comments raised to date be noted.

(4)           That the requirement to notify the Secretary of State of a decision to adopt a Local Development Order as soon as practicable, and no later than 28 days after the Local Planning Authority has adopted the Order be noted.

(5)           That the Council’s adoption of the draft Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Third Revision) 2020 be authorised, subject to the Assistant Director –Planning and Development being satisfied that no substantive objections have been received in consultation with the Lead Member for Planning.

Reasons

The draft Graven Hill Phase 1 Local Development Order (Third Revision) 2020, would continue to facilitate and encourage self-build and custom build housing at Graven Hill by simplifying the planning process whilst providing certainty that individuality and variety in design would be supported within the parameters set by the Masterplan and Design Code already approved under the outline planning permission. The draft LDO 2020 is considered to remain effective in facilitating the delivery of custom build and self- build development at Graven Hill.

The consultation period is yet to expire, it is therefore recommended that providing that no substantive objections are received to the revision set out in this report and within the draft LDO 2020, that the proposed revision is adopted. The Secretary of State would be notified of the Executive’s decision to adopt the LDO revision in accordance with Article 38(11) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) Order 2015.

Alternative options

Option 1: Not to adopt the revised LDO

This option would mean that the existing LDO remains in place until 15 December 2020 when it expires. After this date the development would no longer benefit from an LDO and all future plots in Phase 1 would require a reserved matters application or individual planning permissions. This could impact on the rate of delivery of custom build and self-build units at Graven Hill.

Option 2: Further revisions to the LDO

Officers consider that the proposed revisions address the changes required (subject to consideration of any substantive objections received by 12 November 2020).