Decision details

Update of the Dorset Council Local Plan Local Development Scheme.

(a)    Cabinet agreed that the current plan-making system continued, and this was to be reviewed at the point the new plan-making system was in place.

(b)    That the revised Local Development Scheme and key programme milestones for development plan preparation contained within it be agreed, and to bring this into effect on 5 March 2025.

(c)    That the Local Development Scheme be published on the Dorset Council website.

(d)    That a copy of the Local Development Scheme be submitted to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government by 6 March 2025, to comply with the request from the Deputy Prime Minister.

(e)    Cabinet agree to continue to produce a Local Plan separate from the Minerals plan and Waste plan but to undertake a review of this approach once the new plan-making system was introduced.

Reason for the decision

To respond to the request from the Deputy Prime Minister for all Local Planning Authorities to update their Local Development Scheme within 12 weeks of the publication of the revised National Planning Policy Framework. The revised Local Development Scheme needed to be agreed with a copy being sent to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government by 6 March 2025.