Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment introduced the Flintshire Local Development Plan (LDP) Delivery Agreement for approval which included being sent out for stakeholder and public consultation.

The preparation of a Delivery Agreement was one of the first formal stages in the LDP process.  It was a public statement that contained a timetable for the LDP production and the Community Involvement Scheme, setting out how and when stakeholders and the community could contribute to the preparation of the LDP and its Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic Environmental Appraisal.

Once agreed, the Delivery Agreement committed the Local Planning Authority to produce its LDP according to its stated timescales and consultation processes.

Ongoing discussions had been held with Welsh Government (WG) in respect of the preparation of the Delivery Agreement to date, as recommended in the LDP Manual. 

The Delivery Agreement had been considered by the Planning Strategy Group on 16 May 2013 and their positive response and feedback to the Delivery Agreement raised no fundamental issues.

RESOLVED:

            (a)       That the Local Development Plan Delivery Agreement be approved;

(b)       That the Delivery Agreement be made available for stakeholder and public consultation; and

(c)        That delegated authority be given to the Director of Environment, following consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment, to make minor corrections and editorial changes to the Delivery Agreement prior to its publication for consideration.