To adopt the updated Local Development Scheme for Tewkesbury Borough.  

That the updated Local Development Scheme for Tewkesbury Borough, as attached to the report at Appendix 1, be ADOPTED to take effect immediately.  

72.1          The report of the Head of Development Services, circulated at Pages No. 63-69, attached an amended Local Development Scheme for Tewkesbury Borough which Members were asked to adopt with immediate effect.

72.2          The Committee was advised that the Local Development Scheme outlined the timetable for preparing statutory development plan documents in the Borough. The published version required revision as it was out of date and an up to date Local Development Scheme was required as part of the Local Plan Examination for the Tewkesbury Borough Plan. The revised Scheme contained the latest timetable for the production of the Joint Core Strategy and the Tewkesbury Borough Plan which noted the key stages as: examination in summer 2023 and adoption in winter 2023 for the Joint Core Strategy; and examination in spring 2021 and adoption in autumn/winter 2021 for the Tewkesbury Borough Plan. The Local Development Scheme had to be adopted and in place prior to the Local Plan Examination commencing in February.

72.3          It was proposed, seconded and