Decision details

To seek approval for Oldham?s Monitoring Report 2017/18.
In line with the Regulations the Monitoring Report provides details on whether the council is meeting the milestones set out in the Local Development Scheme (LDS) for preparing the various Local Plan documents. Performance is monitored against the LDS that was in place at the start of the monitoring period. The Monitoring Report also monitors a range of planning indicators, such as housing, employment and biodiversity, which seek to assess the effectiveness of the council?s land-use planning policies, and whether they are achieving their objectives and delivering sustainable development. This is our fourteenth Monitoring Report.

RESOLVED - That:
To approve the Monitoring Report for publication and send it to CLG

Option 1 - To approve the Monitoring Report for publication and send it to CLG (Advantages ? approving the Monitoring Report will help with implementing our local planning policies and meets the regulations.)
(Disadvantages ? there are no disadvantages to approving and sending the Monitoring Report to CLG.)
Option 2 - To not approve the Monitoring Report and not send it to CLG. (Advantages ? there are no advantages in not approving the Monitoring Report.) (Disadvantages ? not approving the Monitoring Report could result in less certainty and confidence in developments coming forward and would result in us not meeting the regulations.)

Option 2 - To not approve the Monitoring Report and not send it to CLG. (Advantages ? there are no advantages in not approving the Monitoring Report.) (Disadvantages ? not approving the Monitoring Report could result in less certainty and confidence in developments coming forward and would result in us not meeting the regulations.)

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