Tendring Council Local Plan Committee Meeting, 13th May 2014

I attended this meeting, along with around 50 other members of the public.

The meeting agenda is here:

Tendring Council - Local Plan Commitee
View Local Plan Committee Agenda, 13 May 2014
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(This has now been updated to be minutes of the meeting.)

Objections to the 'Colchester Fringe' proposals were mentioned as having been received, and they are also mentioned in the paperwork related to the meeting, see here.

Gary Guiver, Planning Policy Manager, was the main speaker at the meeting, going through the documents from the agenda, although there was quite a bit of discussion, and questions from members of the committee and the public.

Mr Guiver said the public consultation had been very useful as an intelligence-gathering excercise, although it was not going to be possible to please everyone.

Colchester Council is reviewing its local plan at the same time as Tendring's review, and both councils are open to development in the 'Colchester Fringe' area, so the proposals are being taken seriously by both councils.

All the recommendations from the meeting agenda were approved at the meeting, including the following regarding housing and employment numbers:

"That the Local Plan Committee considers the evidence outlined in this report and agrees that the new version of the Local Plan should include proposals and policies that aim to deliver at least 12,120 new homes and 5,000 new jobs in Tendring over the 17 year period 2014 to 2031."
(From 'A.3 Housing and Employment Growth in the new Local Plan' from the meeting agenda.)

Regarding public consultations, there could be a separate one for the 'Colchester Fringe' proposals, if they go ahead, because there could be a separate local plan for them.

There is a 'project plan' at the end of the following document from the meeting agenda:

A4 Appendix A - A.4 Local Development Scheme 2014-2017
Section 8 - Project Chart, on Page 22.

Regards
James
Colchester East Action Group (CHEAG)