Decision - Proposed Submission Shoreham Harbour Joint Area Action Plan

That the Tourism, Development and Culture Committee recommends the following to Full Council

(1) That the “Proposed Submission Shoreham Harbour Joint Area Action Plan” appended as Appendix 1 to the report be agreed and published for a six week period of statutory public consultation together with its supporting documents commencing November 2017;

            (2) That the document be subsequently submitted to the Secretary of State, subject to no material changes arising from the consultation, other than alterations for the purposes of clarification, improved accuracy or meaning or typographical corrections, being necessary;

            (3) That the Head of Planning be authorised to publish and subsequently submit all necessary supporting evidence and studies to the Secretary of State;

            (4) That the Head of Planning be authorised:

            (a) to agree any draft “main modifications” to the Shoreham Harbour Joint Area Action Plan as necessary to make the plan sound;

            (b) to publish such draft modifications for public consultation; save that should any draft modification involve a major shift in the policy approach of the Shoreham Harbour Joint Area Action Plan the draft modification shall be referred by the Head of Planning to the Tourism, Development & Culture Committee for approval; and