1.  That, in principle, a long term approach be taken with respect to securing investment for development and regeneration projects and that this should be underpinned by public:private collaboration.

2.  That further work be undertaken with respect to the asset portfolio of the authority in order to identify assets for disposal in the short term and assets that could be considered for inclusion in a public:private partnership for the future delivery of development and regeneration projects over the longer term in Maidstone as summarisedbelow and in Appendix 1 to the report of the Director of Prosperity and Regeneration.