1.  That the amalgamation of the Core Strategy Local Plan and the Development Delivery Local Plan, to be called the Maidstone Borough Local Plan (“MBLP”), be approved;

2.  That the plan period for the Maidstone Borough Local Plan be 2011 to 2031; and

3.  That, subject to the following amendment, the Local Development Scheme 2013-2015 (as set out at Appendix A to the report of the Director of Change, Planning and the Environment) be adopted and that the Scheme comes into effect from the date of adoption:-

“That the final sentence of paragraph 3.6 of the Scheme be amended to read “The Council will undertake an additional stage of public consultation on the MBLP for the new all policies and land allocations (called “participation” or regulation 18) in 2013, as set out in the LDS, before proceeding to formal public consultation stage (called “publication” or regulation 19) in 2014 on the entire Local Plan.”