Agenda item

Council will receive the following recommendations from the Executive Mayor in Cabinet and consider the following:

·       Croydon Suburban Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (SPD2)

·       South Norwood Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (CAAMP)

The Mayor introduced the item and invited the Executive Mayor to move the first recommendation to council.

The Executive Mayor informed Members that removing the Croydon Suburban Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (SPD2) would represent the start of a reset of the planning policy in Croydon. The Executive Mayor felt as though SPD2 had been used to force inappropriate and unwanted development in the borough and whilst housing demands were a real issue, it was important that this challenge was met with solutions that worked for residents.

The Executive Mayor went on to state that he would like to put design and respect of the local character of areas within the borough at the heart of any future planning policy. The Executive Mayor notified Members that in the coming months, he would be looking at what further changes could be made to the local plan.

The Executive Mayor moved the recommendations in the report.

The Motion was seconded by Councillor Bains.

The recommendation was deferred until item 10 on the agenda.

The Mayor invited the Cabinet Member for Planning and Regeneration, Councillor Bains to introduce the second set of recommendations to Council.

Councillor Bains stated that the report proposed to provide protection for historical characteristics of the local area and would also enable the Planning Department at the council to be more efficient by providing them with clearer regulations to refer to. Councillor Bains also welcomed further engagement from the community if they felt as though there were any other important historical characteristics which required protection.

Councillor Bains moved the recommendations in the report.

This was seconded by the Executive Mayor.

The recommendations were taken to a vote and carried with all Members voting in favour.

RESOLVED, to:

1.3        Consider the report at Appendix B and note the Consultation Statement for the South Norwood Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (CAAMP) (set out in Appendix 2 of the report at Appendix B), including the list of comments, responses and (where applicable) amendments at Appendix 1 of the report at Appendix B.

1.4        Agree the adoption of the South Norwood Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (CAAMP) 2022 (set out in Appendix 2 of the report at Appendix B) as a Supplementary Planning Document in accordance with The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, particularly regulation 14; and,

1.5        Agree the changes to the South Norwood Conservation Area boundary as described in the report at Appendix B and in the South Norwood Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (CAAMP) (set out in Appendix 2 of the report at Appendix B); and,

1.6        Agree the revocation of the South Norwood Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (CAAMP) 2007 (set out in Appendix 3 of the report at Appendix B) in accordance with The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, particularly regulation 15(3).

1.7        Agree the delegation to the Director of Planning and Sustainable Regeneration, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning & Regeneration, in relation to the making of minor factual, editorial and image changes to the South Norwood Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (CAAMP) (set out in Appendix 2 of the report at Appendix B) prior to adoption.