Decision details

(1)  To adopt the interim update draft Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document, as amended, following consultation (as set out in Appendix 1 of the report).

(2)  To delegate authority to the Head of Planning to make any necessary editorial changes, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Built Environment, Housing and Sustainable Development, prior to the adoption and publication of the interim update Planning Obligations.

The proposed amendments to the Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) incorporate updates to the education chapter including early years facilities, SEND and home to school transport, a new chapter on primary health facilities, minor updates to the affordable housing chapter to reflect the revised NPPF to reflect changes in national policy and more up to date information; and other minor update changes to reflect indexation and implementation issues.

There is no other legislative mechanism to adopt SPDs and to not adopt the SPD would leave standing policy requirements absent of additional and updated detail. The SPD mainly provides guidance on development plan policy requirements and national policy and does not create policy.