The report of the Assistant Director: Environmental Services seeks approval for the publication of the Council’s statutory Monitoring Report and associated documents, to report on the impact of land use planning policies and the preparation of local plans and other planning-related documents during 2016/17.

This report also recommends that Council approves the revisions to the future timetable for the preparation of the Core Strategy Local Plan, set out in the revised Local Development Scheme attached to the report, which could also address some of the issues set out in a recent letter from the Secretary of State.