a)  That the draft Maidstone Borough Local Plan, as attached at Appendix A to the report of the Head of Planning and Development, be approved for public consultation (Regulation 18) subject to:-

i)  The deletion of the following housing sites:-

   H1(18) Cross Keys, Bearsted
    H1(19) Fant Farm, Maidstone
    H1(51) Cripple Street, Loose
    H1(58) Ware Street, Thurnham

ii)  That Yalding and Coxheath be reclassified as larger villages;

iii)  That paragraph 14.10 be revised to reflect the top priority for

  Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) resources being transport;

iv)  That paragraph 1 of SP5 be amended to read “Provided proposals do not harm the character…..”;

v)  That under H1(7) paragraph 13, v. be amended to read “widening Gore Court Road to a suitable width to accommodate contra-flow traffic and a footway on the eastern side of the carriageway between White Horse Lane and the access into the north of Sutton Road site” and this be repeated in each of the site allocation policies for the South East sites, as well as the removal of paragraph 11 from H1(7);

vi)  That H1(17) be amended to include a landscaping and buffer zone to protect the amenity of residents to the South and to retain the character of the lane itself as a country lane; and

vii)  That paragraph 11 of Key Local Issues (top of Page 9 of the Local Plan) be amended to read:-

“Ensuring that applications for development adequately address:-

(a) the impact of climate change;

(b) the issues of flooding and water supply; and

(c) ensure dependable infrastructure is included for the removal

  of sewage and waste water”

b)  That further transport modelling will be undertaken in the near future be noted;

c)  That the designation of land at Junction 8 of the M20 motorway as a strategic location for employment use be rejected;

d)  That a further call for housing sites and sites for Gypsy and Traveller pitches, as part of the public consultation on the Maidstone Borough Local Plan, a review of the currently rejected housing sites and further consideration of additional housing in the town centre, be agreed;

e)  That the recommendations set out in the Urgent Update circulated at the meeting be agreed; and

f)  That the responses to the SCRAIP (attached as Appendix A) be agreed.