Members were reminded that, as part of preparing its new Local Plan, the Council agreed to consult on Strategic Growth Options at the meeting of Ordinary Council on 10 December 2014.

The Strategic Growth Options Consultation took place for six weeks until 17 February 2015.  A summary of some of the initial findings from representations input onto the Council’s consultation software so far was presented to Members in order to share information as soon as possible.

Cllr Mynott MOVED and Cllr Baker SECONDED the recommendation in the report and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that  Members note the initial findings so far and await more detailed analysis as part of Local Plan preparation in due course.

Reason for Decision

The presentation of initial findings enabled information to be shared as soon as possible about some of the responses received and key themes that the Council needed to consider as part of the plan making process.

However, it was important to note that while initial findings gave an indication of comments received, these did not provide the final view and would require further input and analysis.