Purpose

At the meeting of Full Council on 15 October 2024 the recommendations as set out in the Cabinet referral (from 14 October 2024) were agreed. This included a number of delegated decisions to enable Dacorum Borough Council to submit the Local Plan to 2041 to the Secretary of State. This Officer Decision Record will authorise each of these delegated decisions.

Decision

To formally submit the Dacorum Local Plan to 2041 Pre-submission version and all associated documents, together with a statement including how the responses from previous consultations have been taken into account and a summary of the main issues raised in the publication stage responses, to the Secretary of State for independent examination under Regulation 22 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.
AND
To invite the examining Inspector(s) to recommend any modifications they consider to be necessary in accordance with section 20(7C) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
AND
That changes and corrections to the Dacorum Local Plan to 2041 and supporting documents, including policy updates, editorial, typographical and grammatical errors are agreed as set out in the schedule of minor modifications to the Plan.

Alternative options considered

The alternative options considered are explained in section 6 of the Cabinet report of 14th October 2024.