Decision - Waste and Minerals Core Strategy - Preferred Strategy consultation

To seek approval to go out to consultation with the Preferred Strategy.

(1)         That Cabinet notes the progress made on the East Sussex and Brighton & Hove Waste and Minerals Development Framework.

(2)         That Cabinet agrees the publication of the Preferred Strategy and associated Sustainability Appraisal for a six-week period of consultation commencing on 21 October 2009, subject to any minor factual changes to the text as agreed by the Director for Environment.

Cabinet approval is now needed to publish the Preferred Strategy for public consultation. The recommended period for comments should be six weeks.

Alternative options considered are set out in the Preferred Strategy document itself, and reasons for not taking them forward are presented in a background paper.