Issue - meetings

(Director of Governance) The attached Planning Policy Briefing Note (March 2018) has been produced by the Planning Policy Team to ensure that a consistent approach is taken to the provision of planning policy advice for the District, particularly in relation to the Epping Forest District Local Plan Submission Version, which was published on 18 December 2017.

The Assistant Director (Development Management) will introduce the requirements of the Planning Policy Briefing Note, the primary purpose of which is to inform the development management process and to assist Development Management Officers, Councillors, Applicants and Planning Agents.

The Principal Planning Officer introduced a Briefing Note, produced by the Planning Policy Team.

The Principal Planning Officer reported that the Briefing Note had been written to ensure a consistent approach was taken to the provision of planning policy advice following the publication of the Epping Forest District Local Plan Submission Version on 18 December 2017. Its primary purpose was to inform the development management process and to assist Development Management Officers, Councillors, Applicants and Planning Agents. Other Council Officers involved in the development management process might also find the Briefing Note useful.

Resolved:

(1)        That the Planning Policy Briefing Note for the Epping Forest District Local Plan Submission Version published on 18 December 2017 be noted.