Agenda item

Statements of Common Ground

Report of the Director of the Built Environment.

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Director of the Built Environment providing a brief overview of the likely scope and content of newly-required Statements of Common Ground (SCGs) and seeks the Committee’s approval to delegate the preparation and review of SCGs to the Planning Policy and Performance Director, in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of your Committee, except in certain specified circumstances.

 

The Director of the Built Environment introduced the report and drew out the key points for Members. Whilst the initiative was not directly relevant to the City of London in some aspects, it would be applied as part of the processes relating to the Local Plan. It was proposed that existing delegated powers should also apply, and the initiative be progressed by officers with Member oversight.

 

Members suggested that the Committee be given high-level visibility, and asked that Members be made aware of access to the SCGs and relevant information on them once prepared. The Director of the Built Environment responded that officers would report back at critical stages during the process.

 

RESOLVED – That the Planning & Transportation Committee:

 

a)    Authorise the Planning Policy and Performance Director to prepare and review Statements of Common Ground under the duty to cooperate, in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Planning and Transportation Committee; and

 

b)    Agree that Statements of Common Ground would only be brought to the Planning and Transportation Committee for approval if a significant new cross-boundary strategic issue arises or if there is a fundamental disagreement between the City Corporation and other SCG signatories.

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