Minutes:
Barbara Ann Overwater, senior planning policy officer was present to talk about the new Southwark plan. The officer explained the core strategy was adopted in 2007 and the new Southwark plan would contain information about “area visions” for example an area vision for Dulwich. It would also include the new (proposed) planning policies that would be done over a three year period and this would be the first stage of the consultation.
Barbara encouraged people to visit the council website in order to look at the various options. It included a new (reviewed) map of the borough, the area action plan, new planning policies and the supplementary planning documents. The new planning policies for deciding a planning application would involve some of the following:
· Travel
· Home
· Town Centres
· Social Infrastructure
· Sustainability
The consultation would be from 31 October 2014 until 6 March 2015. Officers from the planning policy team would be attending community events and workshops in order to consult as wide as possible.
The 2nd stage would be working out the options for the planning policies. The 3rd stage would be to submit the final version of the Southwark plan to central government for examination.
For more information visit www.southwark.gov.uk/newsouthwarkplan or contact 0207 525 4530