Purpose

To consider submission of the Plan for
examination following Regulation 19 consultation.

Content

Resolved:
 
That
Cabinet, having considered the response from the formal
consultation:
 
a)   
Endorses the submission of the Gypsies and
Travellers Development Plan Document Pre-Submission Draft at
Appendix 1 together with relevant associated documentation for
independent examination;
 
b)   
Recommends to Full Council that the Gypsies and
Travellers Development Plan Document Pre-Submission Draft is
submitted to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and
Local Government together with relevant associated documentation;
 
c)   
Directs that submission is accompanied by a
request that the Inspector appointed to carry out the examination
recommends any modifications necessary to make the Plan sound and
legally compliant in accordance with Section 20(7C) of the Planning
and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended); and
 
d)   
Authorises the Director of Planning to take or
authorise such steps as may be necessary for the independent
examination of the Plan to be completed, including:
 
i.              
Make appropriate arrangements for submission of
the Plan and the completion and submission of all documents
relating to the Plan;
 
ii.            
Make all necessary arrangements for examination
including – the appointment of a Programme Officer; the
undertaking and/or commissioning of other work necessary to prepare
for and participate at examination; proposing main and/or minor
modifications to the Plan and/or modifications to the Policies Map;
entering into Memorandums of Understanding and Statements of Common
Ground; and the delegation to officers and other commissioned
experts to prepare and submit evidence, representations and
submissions to the examination and, where necessary, appear at any
hearing sessions and represent the council; and
 
iii.           
Implement any consequential actions relating to
the examination, including undertaking any consultation that may be
necessary, and publishing the recommendations and reasons of the
person appointed to carry out the examination.
 
e)   
Recommends to Full Council that as part of
submitting the Plan for examination, it is accompanied by the
following request:
 
The council
recognises that the plan will be examined in the context of site
evidence and delivery. As the examination of the plan will take
time and new sites have already begun to be approved on a
speculative basis through the submission of planning applications,
these will have implications for the number of pitches proposed for
allocation. As such, the council resolves to ask the Inspector to
take into account the additional supply
of pitches that have been approved since the regulation 19
consultation and consider reducing the allocations when assessing
the proposed allocations within the Plan.
 
Reason for Decision:
 
To
ensure that progress continues to be made on updating
Wiltshire’s local plan
in
line with the commitment set out in the council’s Local
Development Scheme
and
statutory requirements, and an efficient examination process. This
Plan together with the wider Wiltshire Local Plan review will
complete the update of
the
Wiltshire Core Strategy ensuring the housing needs of all sectors
of the
community are addressed.