Decision

The Committee considered a report which
summarised the progress of Neighbourhood Plan making throughout the
District and recommended that the Tatsfield Neighbourhood Plan be
formally ‘made’.
 
The key officer updates were:
 
·          
Burstow – the group was considering its next steps following
responses to its Regulation 14 consultation.
 
·          
Caterham, Chaldon & Whyteleafe – support had been
received from AECOM to review the Plan (with a view to adding new
policies) and a Housing Needs Assessment was underway. The Council
would be commenting on an early draft of a revised Plan and screen
it for Habitat Regulation and Strategic Environmental Assessments
(HRAs / SRAs).
 
·          
Dormansland – a draft Plan had been submitted to the Council
for officer feedback and was being screened for HRAs / SRAs.
 
 
·          
Godstone – work had resumed with support from AECOM. A draft
Plan had been submitted to the Council for officer feedback and was
being screened for HRAs / SRAs.  
 
·          
Outwood – the Parish Council had decided that its objectives
would be best met by
       drafting
aspirational policies outside the Neighbourhood Plan process. This
was supported by officers given the small size of the Parish and
the protection afforded by the Green Belt and National Trust land
ownership.
 
·          
Warlingham – the Parish Council was considering whether a
Neighbourhood Plan would be an effective means of meeting its
objectives.  
 
Member comments included:
 
·          
Crowhurst – the Parish Council had submitted a draft Plan to
TDC in October 2018, but no officer response had been received. In
view of the time that had elapsed, the Plan would need updating
before fresh attempts were made to progress it.
 
·          
Tandridge – work had been suspended, pending the anticipated
availability of Government grants after the General
Election.     
 
As far as Tatsfield was concerned, its Plan
had proceeded to a referendum on 2nd May 2024 when 90.3% of voters agreed with the
question, “Do you want Tandridge District Council to use
the Neighbourhood Plan for Tatsfield to help it decide planning
applications in the neighbourhood area?” The Committee
was now invited to formally ‘make’ the Plan on behalf
of the Council, subject to some minor post-referendum amendments,
mainly to address typos and grammatical errors.  
 
Councillor Allen, as the local Ward Member,
thanked all concerned for their valuable contributions, including
efforts to overcome the disruption of the Covid
pandemic. 
 

          R E S
O L V E D – that:
 
A.    
progress on Neighbourhood Plans be noted;
 
B.
   the Tatsfield Neighbourhood Plan: Final be formally
‘made’, incorporating it as part of the Statutory
Development Plan for Tandridge; and
 
C.  
the minor modifications proposed to the ‘Made’
Tatsfield Neighbourhood Plan including typos, spelling and
grammatical errors (set out within Appendix A to the report) be
noted.