Decision - Review of the Waste and Minerals Local Plan - Adopted of Revised Policies

RESOLVED: That Culture, Heritage, Sport, Tourism & Economic Development Committee: 1. Noted the responses to the RPD Proposed Submission and Main Modifications consultations and the contents of the Inspectors' Report with their conclusion that the revised policies, as modified, are legally compliant and 'sound'. 2. Recommended to Council that the RPD be approved for adoption, incorporating the main modifications and minor modifications, as part of the Development Plan for the City, subject to the Interim Head of Planning agreeing any further minor non-material changes to the text with East Sussex County Council and the South Downs National Park Authority; That Full Council: 1. Notes the responses to the RPD Proposed Submission and Main Modifications consultations and the contents of the Inspectors' Report with their conclusion that the revised polices, as modified, are legally compliant and 'sound'. 2. Approves adoption of the Revised Policies, incorporating the main modifications and minor modifications, as part of the Development Plan for the City, subject to the Interim Head of Planning agreeing any further minor non-material changes to the text with East Sussex County Council and the South Downs National Park Authority.

The Inspectors concluded that the Waste and Minerals Local Plan was not sound or legally compliant as submitted. They recommended main modifications, after which the Plan would provide a sound basis for waste and minerals planning across East Sussex, the relevant part of the South Downs National Park and Brighton & Hove.