Issue - meetings

Consider report by Service Director Regulatory Services.  (Copy attached.)

There had been circulated copies of a report by the Service Director Regulatory Services proposing approval of the annual update of the Development Plan Scheme.  The report explained that publishing a Development Plan Scheme at least annually was a statutory duty and it must include a participation statement setting out how, when and with whom the Council would consult on the various Local Development Plan stages.  The proposed Development Plan Scheme 2019, contained in Appendix 1 to the report, had been prepared to provide information on the development plan process.  It set out the latest position on the Council’s development plans.  Members noted that the new Planning Bill may have an impact on timescales.

DECISION

AGREED:-

(a)     to approve the proposed Development Plan Scheme 2019, as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report, for publication, deposit and copying to Scottish Ministers;

(b)     that the Development Plan Scheme be reviewed and published at least annually; and

(c)     to authorise the Service Director Regulatory Services to make any necessary minor editing and design changes to the Development Plan Scheme prior to publishing it.