Council Minute 368 (November 2014) agreed Bearing Fruits 2031: The Swale Borough Local Plan and its supporting evidence and documentation for publication and submission to the Planning Inspectorate. Part of this documentation was an updated Local Development Scheme (in essence, the programme for production of local planning documents). However, recent experience at the Canterbury Local Plan Examination in Public highlighted the need for a specific council minute adopting the LDS, which in the City Council’s case had to be established after their examination had commenced. In order to make sure Swale has thoroughly and explicitly met this requirement, it is recommended that we establish a council minute specifically for the LDS.