Agenda

The Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members.

To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Committee, held on Tuesday 28 May 2024.

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registerable Interests of Non-Registerable Interests, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

Subject to providing two working days’ notice, a Member of the Committee may ask the Chairman of the Committee a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties which affect the Tendring District and which falls within the terms of reference of the Committee.

The Council’s Public Speaking Scheme for the Planning Policy & Local Plan Committee gives the opportunity for members of the public and other interested parties/stakeholders to speak to the Council’s elected members on that Committee on any specific agenda item to be considered at that public meeting.

To invite discussion and seek agreement from the Planning Policy and Local Plan Committee to Tendring District Council’s formal response to the statutory consultation being carried out by National Grid on its proposed Norwich to Tilbury electricity power line connection project.

To report to the Planning Policy and Local Plan Committee:

·      The findings of the most recently updated Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) including:

o  The number of new homes built in Tendring during the 2023/24 financial year and the up-dated year-by-year ‘trajectory’ for future housebuilding; and

o  The current housing land supply position (the ‘five-year’ supply).

·      The baseline housing position for the Local Plan Review.

To seek the Planning Policy & Local Plan Committee’s agreement to publish an updated ‘Local Development Scheme’ (LDS), updating the proposed timetable for reviewing the Local Plan in light of a delay caused by the General Election.