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Report of the Cabinet Member Development and Safety

RESOLVED THAT

the representations on the Tewkesbury Borough Plan Preferred Options Consultation contained in the letter at appendix 2 be agreed.

The Cabinet Member Development and Safety introduced the report and explained that Tewkesbury Borough Council had notified us of the publication of their Preferred Options Consultation Document which formed part of the preliminary stages of plan making for their Borough Plan. The public consultation ran for a period of approximately six weeks between Wednesday 10^th October 2018 and 5pm on Friday 30^th November 2018. A short extension for Cheltenham Borough Council had been arranged to allow this report to be considered by Cabinet.

The Tewkesbury Borough Plan would form part of the statutory local development plan for Tewkesbury, along with the Joint Core Strategy and Neighbourhood Plans. The Preferred Options document identified additional (to those identified in the Joint Core Strategy) specific locations for smaller scale development, including allocations for housing and employment. Further policies had been included to guide development within Tewkesbury Borough up to 2031.

The Cabinet Member informed that generally the document was welcomed but it was felt that a number of policies would benefit from additional wording or further work. Specifically policies which allocated land for development within Shurdington, being in close proximity to the Borough boundary; Gloucestershire Airport and the approach being taken to Local Green Space designation, ensuring that approaches are consistent on any cross boundary sites.

The Cabinet Member explained that this was an early stage of plan making and carried limited planning weight at this time. At least one further round of consultation would be expected before the plan would be submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination.

The Cabinet Member referred Members to the draft letter at Appendix 2 of the report which made representations on policies RES1, RES12, CIL, GRB1 and on Gloucestershire Airport.

The Leader added that at the recent Gloucestershire Airport Company AGM the response relating to the airport was fully supported by the Company.

RESOLVED THAT

the representations on the Tewkesbury Borough Plan Preferred Options Consultation contained in the letter at appendix 2 be agreed.