A meeting of the Council of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell which will be held at the Council Chamber, Epsom Town Hall, Epsom on Tuesday 10th December 2024 at 7.30 pm.
Online access to this meeting is available on YouTube: (and recordings as well)
The extracts below are from the minutes of the meeting. The Local Plan includes development of five sites that are in the Green Belt. There are 16 items on the agenda.
Limited places will be available in the public viewing gallery.
- PETITION FOR COUNCIL DEBATE (Pages 17 – 22)
Following the trigger for a full Council debate being reached, this report sets out the details of the Petition and the procedure for its debate.
1 Reason for Recommendation
1.1 A petition, entitled “Remove Green Belt from the Epsom and Ewell Borough Council Local Plan” has met the threshold for Council debate (receiving over 1,500 valid signatures) and been accepted under the requirements of the Council’s Petition Scheme. Details of the Petition are set out at Appendix 1 to this report.
- PROPOSED SUBMISSION EPSOM AND EWELL LOCAL PLAN (Pages 141 – 556)
The purpose of this report is to present the Proposed Submission Local Plan (2022-2040) to Full Council with the recommendation that public consultation be undertaken as soon as practically possible and in accordance with our Local Development Scheme (the Local Plan timetable).
The Licencing and Planning Policy Committee on the 20 November 2024 agreed to recommend to Full Council that; the Proposed Submission Local Plan be endorsed as being sound; public consultation should commence on the document as soon as is practically possible for a period of six weeks and that the plan should be submitted for independent examination as soon as is practically possible.
The Regulation 19 consultation is the second consultation stage on the Local Plan prior to the document being submitted for examination by a Planning Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State. The Regulation 19 consultation seeks representations on legal compliance and the four tests of soundness set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
Recommendation (s)
The Council is asked to:
(1) Endorse the Proposed Submission Local Plan as being sound.
(2) Approve that public consultation on the Proposed Submission Local Plan commences as soon as is practicably possible for a period of 6 weeks, dates to be agreed with the Chair of Licensing and Planning Policy Committee.
(3) Approve the submission of the Proposed Submission Local Plan 2022-2040 and all associated documents, together with a Statement including how the responses from previous consultations have been taken into account and a summary of the main issues raised in the publication stage responses, to the Secretary of State for independent examination under Regulation 22 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulation as soon as is practically
The agenda for the meeting can be viewed or downloaded.
Ewell Green Belt 