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Tonbridge & Malling Local Plan Reg.19 consultation

Meeting: 06/11/2018 - Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee (Item 113)

113 Tonbridge & Malling Local Plan Reg.19 Consultation pdf icon PDF 110 KB

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Minutes:

Mrs Sarah Lee, Principal Planning Officer (Strategic Planning), informed the Committee that Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council had prepared a Regulation 19 Local Plan for consultation.  Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council aimed to submit the Local Plan prior to 24January 2019 to ensure that it was examined against the 2012 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).  The proposed response from Maidstone Borough Council was particularly focussed on sustainable transport and urged Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council to investigate, and specify in the plan, specific transport measures.  The representations would be submitted so that they could be considered by the Local Plan Inspector.  It was anticipated that Officers at Tonbridge and Malling would enter into a Statement of Common Ground with Maidstone Borough Council prior to the examination.

 

The Committee commented that it recognised Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council’s ambition to submit the document ahead of the deadline, however, some elements of the Regulation 19 Consultation were not clear, particularly in terms of transport and air quality.

 

RESOLVED: That the responses sets out in Appendix 1, as amended by the urgent update, be agreed as this Council’s response to the Tonbridge & Malling Local Plan Regulation 19 Consultation.

 

Voting: Unanimous