The Acting Director of Regeneration, Housing and Planning reported that section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 required the Council to make an annual report to the Secretary of State on the progress made in implementing the Council’s Local Development Scheme (which sets out the timetable for the preparation of Local Development Documents) and on the extent to which the policies set out in individual Local Development Documents were being achieved.

He submitted for consideration the Local Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report and set out the key issues contained within it. For the Council to meet the statutory requirement the Annual Monitoring Report was required to be submitted to the Secretary of State by 31 December 2011. He commented that although there was no requirement for public consultation, copies of the Report were required to be made available for public inspection on the Council’s website.

Resolved – That the Local Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report for 2010/2011, be approved for formal submission to the Secretary of State and be placed on the Council’s website for public inspection.