Public consultation on proposed modifications to the Leeds Core Strategy Selective Review is open.
Leeds City Council’s executive board approved six weeks of consultation to run until Friday 28 June with the details and the opportunity to comment at;
www.leeds.gov.uk/cssr
The modifications, which propose enhancements to a number of Core Strategy policies, have been put forward by independent government-appointed planning inspector Claire Sherratt DIP URP MRT following public hearing sessions which took place in February this year.
They involve minor changes to wording to make the Core Strategy more effective and more closely aligned to national planning policy. These relate to housebuilding standards, affordable housing levels, accessibility in new housing, providing electric vehicle charging infrastructure, sustainability, greenspace compliance and limiting the environmental impact of new housing in Leeds.
The inspector’s proposed modifications will not alter the overall new housing target for Leeds put forward in the review, which is proposed to be 51,952 new homes between 2017 and 2033. This would replace the existing Core Strategy target of 70,000 new homes between 2012 and 2028, with the levels of housing which have been delivered across the city since 2012 factored in to the new target to ensure fairness and that future new housing is carried out in a sustainable way.
Leader of Leeds City Council Councillor Judith Blake said:
“The Core Strategy Selective Review is a vital piece of work for the future of the city, and hopefully this will be the final round of public consultation before we can get this process concluded and an updated Core Strategy in place.
“We’d like to hear the views of as many as possible so we get these revised policies adopted and in place to ensure all future development in Leeds is managed in a planned and sustainable way.”
All of the responses received in the consultation will be sent to the planning inspector who is expected to produce a final report to be considered by Leeds City Council’s executive board and then debated at a meeting of full council later this year.
