Agenda item

The Leader updated the Council in relation to the discussions at recent meetings of the Surrey Leaders’ Group.  She reported that Surrey County Council had made a bid to become an NNDR pilot.  The Surrey District Councils had agreed to an expression of interest subject to more details on the benefits or disadvantages.

From the experience of other Surrey Authorities it was evident that in producing Local Plans local authorities would be required to provide more houses and that it was not an option not to consider Green Belt sites.  There would be a need to look at every available site otherwise the developers would be likely to put them forward to the Plan Inspector.

In relation to property acquisitions, this Council had been quite conservative in its acquisitions compared to a number of other Surrey Local Authorities.