Decision - Background studies for the City Plan

That the Cabinet Member for Planning, Employment, Economy and Regeneration approves the following studies as supporting evidence for the City Plan and other Local Development Documents – an update of the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 2011, the Student Housing and Houses in Multiple Occupation Concentration Assessment 2011, the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Schedules Update 2011; and Take-aways Near Schools Study 2011.

To gain formal approval of the two background studies that form part of the evidence base for the City Plan and other Development Plan Documents and council strategies. It also allows the final documents to go into the public domain to inform planning decisions.

The Studies are required by Government planning guidance requiring plans to be supported by a sound evidence base. Indeed if the final background studies are not approved the interim versions will remain in the public domain. The latest information may not therefore be taken into consideration in planning matters. Without formal approval of the background studies the evidence base to the City Wide Plan may be considered unsound.