RESOLVED:

1.    That, following advice from the Borough Plan Advisory Committee on 6^th June 2019, Cabinet recommends that Council approve the high level project plan for creating planning policy documents, known as Merton’s Local Development Scheme (LDS) at its meeting on 18 September 2019.

2.    The project plan and timetable (Local Development Scheme) to take effect on 19 September 2019, replacing the Council’s LDS 2016-19.

3.      That Council delegates authority to the Director of Environment and Regeneration in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Housing and Transport, and the Chair and Vice Chair of the Borough Plan Advisory Committee, to make any amendments to the Local Development Scheme.

The Chair introduced the report which set out a project plan and timetable for the approval of Merton’s Local Development Scheme (LDS).  The adoption of the Mayor of London’s London Plan had been delayed and as the Council’s LDS had to be compatible with the Mayor’s Plan, the proposed timetable for adoption of the Council’s Plan had been amended to reflect this.  It was noted that the Mayor of London had set challenging housing targets for Merton and the Council had made representations to the Mayor of London in terms of achievability of those targets. 

RESOLVED:

1.    That, following advice from the Borough Plan Advisory Committee on 6^th June 2019, Cabinet recommends that Council approve the high level project plan for creating planning policy documents, known as Merton’s Local Development Scheme (LDS) at its meeting on 18 September 2019.

2.    The project plan and timetable (Local Development Scheme) to take effect on 19 September 2019, replacing the Council’s LDS 2016-19.

3.      That Council delegates authority to the Director of Environment and Regeneration in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Housing and Transport, and the Chair and Vice Chair of the Borough Plan Advisory Committee, to make any amendments to the Local Development Scheme.