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 Monday 10 February 2025.

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 report due to be considered at that public meeting.

To report to the Planning Policy and Local Plan Committee some initial feedback from the recently completed Local Plan Issues and Options and Call for Sites consultation exercises and to present an overview of some of the notable matters raised by different stakeholders – to be taken into account in progressing to the next stage of the plan-making process.

To provide the Planning Policy and Local Plan Committee with an update on the progress of three key pieces of evidence that will inform the review of the Local Plan, and to set out the next steps in undertaking the Local Plan Review process.