Decision details

RESOLVED:

That:

1

The Tamworth Local Plan be approved by Council for Pre-Submission Publication and following consultation on soundness the Local Plan be submitted to the Secretary of State, in accordance with Regulations 27, 28 & 30 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (subject to recommendation (1a)

(a)    Subject to no fundamental objections to the soundness of the Local Plan being made during the Pre-Submission Publication Stage; and

2

Authority is delegated to the Head of Planning and Regeneration, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Economic Development & Enterprise, to make any typographical and formatting (including the insertion of photographs) amendments to the Local Plan prior to the Submission; and

3

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Tamworth, Lichfield and North Warwickshire be approved with authorisation given to the Leader of the Council to sign the agreement and the Head of Planning and Regeneration to make minor amendments to the MoU as required.

4

Paragraph 5.37 on page 52 of the Tamworth Local Plan

‘The updated SHMA identified that the split of affordable housing tenure should be 40% Social Rented and 60% Intermediate Tenure’.

be substituted with the following:

‘The updated SHMA identified that the split of affordable housing tenure should be 50% Social Rented, 25% Affordable Rented and 25% Intermediate Tenure’

5

Policy CP4

d) for on site provision 40% of units as social rented and 60% of units as intermediate

be substituted with the following:

‘d) for on site provision 50% Social Rented, 25% Affordable Rented and 25% Intermediate Tenure’

(Moved by Councillor S Claymore and seconded by Councillor J Faulkner)