Chelmsford City Council has recently held an Issues and Options consultation on the review of their adopted Local Plan. The consultation ran for 10 weeks, closing on the 20 October 2022. Whilst the Council is not obliged to formally respond to this consultation, doing so is an important step in ensuring effective co-operation with Chelmsford City Council as it seeks to prepare its Local Plan, including ensuring broad compatibility between it and the Council’s own Local Plan Review.

The report provided a summary of the consultation document and provided an

overview of the Council’s draft response, which has been submitted to comply with the consultation deadline and is subject to committee approval in line with the recommendation (Appendix A of the report).

After a full discussion, Cllr Hossack MOVED and Cllr Poppy SECONDED the

recommendation in the report. A vote was taken and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY.

Members are asked to:

Approve the response to Chelmsford City Council’s Local Plan Issues

and Options consultation, as set out in Appendix A of the report.