RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet recommends the adoption of  Merton’s Estates Local Plan to Council on 7 February 2018 and associated Sustainability Appraisal, as part of Merton’s statutory Local Plan and subsequent updating of Merton’s statutory Policies Map to include the Estates Local Plan area, to which Estates Local Plan policies apply.

2.    That authority be delegated to the Director of Environment and Regeneration to deal with all the necessary adoption documents and other consequential matters in accordance with the appropriate legislation.

The Cabinet Member for Environment, Regeneration and Housing presented the report which set out the proposed Estates Local Plan for adoption by Council on 7 February 2018.  The Plan would be one of the key documents guiding planning decisions in the borough, concerning the regeneration of Eastfields (Mitcham), High Path (South Wimbledon) and Ravensbury (Mitcham/ Morden)  estates.  He stressed the need to continue to work closely with local residents.

RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet recommends the adoption of  Merton’s Estates Local Plan to Council on 7 February 2018 and associated Sustainability Appraisal, as part of Merton’s statutory Local Plan and subsequent updating of Merton’s statutory Policies Map to include the Estates Local Plan area, to which Estates Local Plan policies apply.

2.    That authority be delegated to the Director of Environment and Regeneration to deal with all the necessary adoption documents and other consequential matters in accordance with the appropriate legislation.