URL: https://meetings.cotswold.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=379

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning Decision Meeting

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose:

Content: The purpose was to review a submission by Chipping Campden Town Council (CCTC) of a Neighbourhood Plan and determine whether it met the legal criteria necessary to progress to a Regulation 16 Consultation.   The Head of Economic Development and Communities introduced the report and confirmed that the report covered the submission requirements to meet the criteria for progression as set out in Regulation 15.   Documents included:   ·         a map or statement identifying the area to which the plan relates, ·         the consultation statement, ·         the proposed NDP, ·         a statement explaining how the NDP meets the ‘basic conditions’ (the legal conditions that must be satisfied for an NDP to pass examination), ·         One of the following: a) a statement of reasons for a determination that the proposal is unlikely to have significant environmental effects OR b) an environmental report. ·         Where appropriate, the information to enable appropriate environmental assessments if required.     The Head of Economic Development and Communities stated that if the Cabinet Member agreed that the plan submitted met the criteria, it would proceed to a six-week public consultation for community and stakeholder input before undergoing independent examination.     The Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning asked whether the Draft Chipping Campden Town Neighbourhood Plan acknowledged the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The Head of Economic Development and Communities confirmed that the consultation and submission dates were influenced by the new NPPF.

Date of Decision: April 2, 2025