Cabinet asked to back new Local Plan consultation

A decision will be made on the consultation on 8 September

A council's cabinet is being asked to approve a new round of consultation on changes to its Local Plan.

If Canterbury City Council's cabinet gives the go-ahead on 8 September, it will be the fifth time the public has been asked for its views on the plan as it has been developed.

The government requires councils like Canterbury to have a Local Plan in place which is used to allocate land for new homes, jobs, schools and community uses.

Alan Baldock, the council's leader, said if all the new proposed brownfield and windfall allocations go forward to the final draft of the plan they would represent 4,299 homes.

The city council says under the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), the government has set the district a target of 1,215 new homes being built every year until 2042/43.

It is proposed the new consultation will look at a number of new site allocations, "Gypsy and Traveller draft policies" and allocations, and what other changes to the NPPF mean for the district.