Purpose

To approve a Regulation 19 consultation on the
pre-submission draft of the partial update of the Cotswold District
Local Plan (2011-31)

Content

The purpose of the report was to seek approval
to consult on the Preferred Options for development in the Cotswold
District for the Regulation 18 consultation, and further technical
documents as and when necessary; and to approve the updated Local
Development Scheme to progress the Plan to submission in winter
2026 and adoption in winter 2027.
 
Councillor Mike Evemy, Leader of the Council
introduced the item.
 
It was noted that a final version
of the consultation document had been published as a
supplement.  The supplement contained
some changes, mainly between paragraphs 2.9
to 2.16.  which further explained the
issue of development density. The figures in Table 1 had also been
updated to exclude sites where there was no reasonable prospect of
the density of development being increased.
 
In addition, further
to the feedback from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, the
following changes had been made:

The name of the strategic site in Moreton-in-Marsh
had been updated to Strategic extension north, south and
east of Moreton-in-Marsh; and
For
clarity, two footnotes had been added to Table 2 for explain how
the ‘current dwellings’ and ‘new dwellings’
figures were calculated.

 
The recommendations were
proposed by Councillor  Mike Evemy and
seconded by Councillor Juliet Layton.
 
RESOLVED that
Cabinet

1.   
Approved the Cotswold District Council Local Plan
Review Regulation 18 Consultation Preferred Options (November 2025)
document and the commencement of a six-week public consultation on
this, together with a call for sites from 5 November 2025 to 18
December 2025.

2.   
Delegated authority to the Director of Communities
and Place, the Accountable Officer and the Cabinet Member for
Housing and Planning to agree any minor amendments or additions to
the Consultation Document prior to the Regulation 18
Consultation.

3.   
Delegated authority to the Director of Communities and Place and
the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning to approve for consultation any supporting technical
documents for the Regulation 18 consultation.

4.   
Delegated authority to the Director
of Communities and Place and the Cabinet Member for Housing and
Planning to approve additional technical documents for further
Regulation 18 consultation as and when necessary.

5.   
Approved the Local Development
Scheme.
 
Voting Record:
7
For,  0 Against,  0 Abstentions.