Decision details

Response to Government consultation ‘Planning reform: supporting the high street and increasing the delivery of new homes’

Reference: D785

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Sustainable Growth and Economy

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To gain portfolio holder endorsement of Gedling Borough Council’s proposed response attached as Appendix A to the Government consultation ‘Planning reform: supporting the high street and increasing the delivery of new homes’.

Decision:

Recommend that the Portfolio Holder endorses the proposed response to the consultation attached as Appendix A.

Reasons for the decision:

To inform the Government of the Council’s perspective on proposed planning reforms.

Alternative options considered:

The alternative options are for Gedling Borough Council to not respond to the consultation or to amend the drafted response. There is no requirement for the Council to respond to this public consultation but doing so will inform the Government’s planning reform proposals from the Council’s perspective. The response has been informed by the relevant Council Officers and can be amended if the Portfolio Holder considers it necessary to do so.

Publication date: 10/01/2019

Date of decision: 10/01/2019

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