Issue - meetings
Meeting: 18/06/2019 - Cabinet (Item 7)
7 Proposals to undertake a formal review of the Council's Local Development Plan 
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To receive the report of the Director of Prosperity and Development providing Cabinet with information on the need to review Rhondda Cynon Taf’s (RCT) Local Development Plan and seek the agreement for officers to commence work on the preparation of a formal Local Development Plan (LDP) Review Report and Delivery Agreement, which it will then recommend to Council, for approval.
Minutes:
The Director of Prosperity and Development informed Members of the need to review Rhondda Cynon Taf’s (RCT) Local Development Plan and sought Members agreement for officers to commence work on the preparation of a formal Local Development Plan (LDP) Review Report and Delivery Agreement, which it would then recommend to Council, for approval.
He advised that the proposal to develop the plan had been prepared alongside the proposals for the Strategic Development Plan (SDP) for the region. Members were advised that the LDP ended in 2021, which meant a potential period without any LDP coverage.
The Cabinet Member for Enterprise, Development & Housing welcomed the proposal commenting on the need for the LDP and the SDP to complement each other and spoke of the continuation period needed for the LDP as an interim measure. He spoke of the importance of bringing together all strategies and supplementary guidance’s as one full policy statement going forward.
The Deputy Leader commented on the concerns of the Local Member for Treforest in respect of HMOs and commented that the review and development of the LDP and SDP provided an opportunity for more robust strategies to be put in place in respect of HMOs.
Following discussions, it was RESOLVED:
1. To note the contents of the report on the need to review the RCT Local Development Plan (LDP) and agree for officers to commence work on the preparation of a formal LDP Review Report and Delivery Agreement.
2. That upon completion, the Review Report and Delivery Agreement will be presented to Cabinet for their consideration. Following this, the report will be recommended to Council in the Autumn 2019.