Decision details

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet recommend that Council:

1.     Note the recommendations made in the Examiner’s Report (Appendix 1) into the Lymington and Pennington Neighbourhood Plan (Appendix 2 shows the submission plan);

2.     Agree the Examiner’s proposed modifications (including further minor modifications identified by the two planning authorities) and the NFDC responses to them as set out in the Decision Statement (Appendix 3); and

3.     Subject to the separate agreement of New Forest National Park Authority, agree for officers to make the necessary arrangements for the Lymington and Pennington Neighbourhood Plan to proceed to Referendum (the date of the referendum is anticipated to be towards the end January 2026).

KEY DECISION:

Report to Cabinet and Council

PORTFOLIO:

Planning and Economy

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED/REJECTED:

As set out in the report.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST:

None.

DISCUSSION:

The Portfolio Holder for Planning and Economy introduced the report. He explained that the plan had been 9 years in the making and he hoped that, following all of the hard work that had gone into it and approval of the examiners, suggested modifications, and the approval by the New Forest National Park that this can then proceed to a referendum in January 2026.  Once adopted the plan will help serve the residents of Lymington and Pennington in the future.