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Decision Maker: Head of Economy and Planning
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The 27 November 2019 Cabinet approved the
delegation of factual amendments to the Local Plan necessary in
accordance with national policy to the Head of Economy and Planning
(paragraph 2.2(a)(i), Submission Crawley Local Plan 2020 –
2035 Cabinet Report: PES/336).
Since the Cabinet version of the Local Plan was prepared, there
have been a number of amendments made to the text of the Local Plan
document. These are all “factual and necessary in accordance
with national policy”.
In addition, Cabinet approved the delegation of the approval of the
supporting documents for the Local Plan and technical evidence base
documents to support the Local Plan through Examination to the Head
of Economy and Planning (paragraph 2.2(a)(iii), Submission Crawley
Local Plan 2020 – 2035 Cabinet Report: PES/336).
The following documents have been prepared to support the Local
Plan at Public Consultation and Examination:
? Local Plan Map
? Draft Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic Environmental Assessment
(January 2020)
? Habitat Regulations Assessment Scoping Report (January
2020)
? Draft Consultation Statement (January 2020)
? Draft Infrastructure Plan (January 2020)
? Housing Trajectory (31 December 2019)
? Employment Land Trajectory (31 December 2019)
? Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (January
2020)
? Northern West Sussex Strategic Housing Market Assessment
(November 2019)
? Northern West Sussex Economic Growth Assessment (January
2020)
? Crawley Retail, Commercial Leisure and Town Centre Needs
Assessment (January 2020)
? EcoServe – GIS Report (March 2019)
Option 2 was chosen as the most appropriate
approach. The changes proposed are minor and factual and will
assist in ensuring the Plan considered at public consultation and
subsequently by the Inspector at Examination is the Plan the
council considers to be most up-to-date and sound.
Approval is granted for the publication and submission of the
Submission draft Local Plan 2020 – 2035 (January 2020) and
the accompanying supporting and technical evidence base
documents.
Option 1 - Not to update the Local Plan and
continue to publication (Regulation 19) consultation with the Local
Plan on the basis of the Cabinet Version (November 2019).
Option 2 - To make factual updates to the Local Plan to ensure the
Local Plan is published for formal (Regulation 19) consultation in
accordance with the most up-to-date and procedurally/legally
correct position (Chosen Option).
Option 3 - Not to proceed to Publication Consultation at this
stage.
Publication date: 27/01/2020
Date of decision: 17/01/2020