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Cabinet:

(1)         
endorsed and recommended to Full Council to agree
the proposal by the LLDC to approve a first interim delegation
scheme to enable the delegation of a limited range of planning
functions, including the determination of planning applications and
other applicable applications, from the London Legacy Development
Corporation (LLDC) to the Council from 1 September 2024 to 30
November 2024;

(2)         
in the event that the relevant Statutory Instrument
(SI) to formally transfer all of the LLDC planning functions back
to the Council on 1 December 2024 is not laid in time, to endorse
and recommend to Full Council to agree the proposal by the LLDC to
approve a second interim delegation scheme to enable the delegation
of LLDC planning functions to the council from 1 December 2024
until such time as the SI receives parliamentary approval and the
planning functions are formally transferred;

(3)         
agreed to the principle of entering into a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the LLDC and the Greater
London Authority (GLA), to secure the key features listed in
Appendix 3 to the report;

(4)         
authorised the Corporate Director of Regeneration,
Planning & Delivery, in consultation with the Director of
Governance and Law make any further amendments to the MOU after
negotiation with the LLDC and GLA;

(5)         
adopted the Leyton Mills Supplementary Planning
Document (SPD) (Appendix 4 to the report); and

(6)         
authorised the Corporate Director of Regeneration,
Planning & Delivery to make any further minor amendments
necessary to the Leyton Mills SPD prior to its
publication.

Options & Alternatives Considered

The LLDC has the power to delegate its planning
functions to London boroughs under Section 203 of the Localism Act
2011. The four relevant boroughs have been working closely with the
LLDC and the GLA to ensure a smooth transition, and to put in place
‘Plan B’ arrangements as set out above, should the SI
not be ready in time. There are no alternative options to
this.

In relation to the adoption of the SPD, the alternative option
would be to do nothing (i.e. not to adopt the SPD as amended
following consultation). If this option were to be pursued,
development in the area would still be likely to come forward and
planning applications would be assessed against Local Plan
policies, but without the overarching, holistic vision of the SPD
and greater certainty about important considerations like
infrastructure delivery. Furthermore, without the SPD there would
be no framework for the area agreed with the LLDC.