Issue - meetings

To seek endorsement of the responses to the joint consultation.

(Report attached – Appendices available via the Council’s website and in Group Rooms)

RESOLVED that

that the outcome of the Bromsgrove and Redditch Special Consultation on Redditch Expansion (as detailed at Appendix A to the report) be approved.

The Committee received a report that detailed the outcome of the Bromsgrove and Redditch Consultation on Redditch expansion, which had been conducted from 8th February 2010 to 22nd March 2010.

Members were informed that the period of consultation was conducted following the Examination in Public into the Phase Two Revision of the West Midlands Regional Spacial Strategy (WMRSS), which provided the framework and targets for the separate Core Strategies being produced by Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough Councils.  It had been recommended that 7000 dwellings be delivered to meet Redditch’s growth needs up to 2026.  Of those 4000 were to be delivered within Redditch’s boundaries and around 3000 in Bromsgrove District.

Officers clarified the status of the WMRSS in that it continues to be part of the development plan.  Members were informed that Central Government’s intention would be to abolish Regional Spacial Strategies.  However, Members were informed that the possibility could not be taken into account at this time.

RESOLVED that

that the outcome of the Bromsgrove and Redditch Special Consultation on Redditch Expansion (as detailed at Appendix A to the report) be approved.