Decision details

Cabinet considered the report and RESOLVED (unanimous) to recommend to Council:

1.    That following the successful referendum on 2 November 2017 the Castor Neighbourhood Plan, as set out at Appendix A, be ‘made’ (which means to all intents and purposes ‘adopted’) and thereby form part of the Development Plan for Peterborough for the purpose of making decisions on relevant planning applications within Castor Parish; and

2.    That the decision statement included at Appendix B be published.

This recommendation was made to be in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations (as amended).  The plan had been assessed by an independent examiner and officers agreed that the plan met the basic conditions and other requirements of legislation. As such, the Plan should be ‘made’ part of the Development Plan.

The Council did not have alternative options given the content of the legislation and the content of the Castor Neighbourhood Plan and the process followed in its production.