Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Marianne Fredericks.

 

 

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2.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

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3.

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RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 17 June 2016 be approved as a correct record.

 

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Minutes:

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 17 June 2016 be approved as a correct record subject to the inclusion of the Chairman being shown as present.

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4.

City of London Local Plan Review: Draft City Plan 2036 pdf icon PDF 802 KB

Report of the Director of the Built Environment.

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Minutes:

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Director of the Built Environment

updating on progress with the Local Plan review.

 

Officers advised that work commenced on a review of the adopted City of London Local Plan in early 2016 and public consultation took place on Issues and Options, the first stage of the review process, in the autumn of 2016, the results of which were reported to the Grand Committee early in 2017.

 

Work was now underway on the preparation of a full Draft Local Plan for public consultation early in 2018 and officers were seeking to agree the nature and timing of the Sub-Committee’s involvement in the policy drafting process, together with the Sub-Committee’s views on the structure of the Draft Plan, the areas which should be subject to spatial policies and on the key policy directions for the new Plan.

 

Members expressed concern regarding the relatively low level of response to the public consultation and officers advised that, on past experience, there was likely to be a greater level of response when the Draft Plan was published, as this was the stage when individuals and organisations could see exactly what the City Corporation was proposing and comment accordingly.

 

Officers further advised that they were keen to explore some more innovative forms of consultation at the Draft Plan stage with the aim of reaching out to a wider audience, and a report setting out a proposed consultation strategy for the Draft Plan would be presented to a future meeting.

 

Members discussed the broad approach that it wished to take to the task of scrutinising the emerging Draft Local Plan and it agreed that the structure should be based on the structure of the Draft Corporate Plan.  Members also reached some initial conclusions about the areas of the City which

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5.

QUESTIONS ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE

Minutes:

There were no questions.

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6.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT THE CHAIRMAN CONSIDERS URGENT

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

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