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MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL
SPATIAL PLANNING STRATEGY ADVISORY GROUP
22 JANUARY 2013
REPORT OF DIRECTOR OF CHANGE, PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Report prepared by Deanne Cunningham & Fiona Fraser Boulton
1. MAIDSTONE LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT 2012
1.1 Issue for Decision
1.1.1 To consider the Maidstone Landscape Character Assessment 2012 (attached as Appendix A), the Maidstone Landscape Character Assessment Supplement 2012 (attached as Appendix B), the Landscape Value Pilot Study: Proposed Methodology (attached as Appendix C) and the Map of Medway Valley Pilot Study Area (refer to map attached as Appendix D).
1.2 Recommendation of the Director of Change, Planning and the Environment
1.2.1 That the Spatial Planning Strategic Advisory Group recommends the Cabinet Member for Planning, Transport and the Environment:
i. Adopts the Maidstone Landscape Character Assessment 2012 (attached as Appendix A) as a material consideration in development management decisions; and
ii. Saves parts of the adopted Maidstone Borough Council Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Guidelines 2000 and publishes them as the Maidstone Landscape character Assessment Supplement 2012 (attached as Appendix B) as a material consideration in development management planning decisions; and
iii. Endorses the methodology of the Landscape Value Pilot Study (attached as Appendix C); and
iv. Agrees the Medway Valley as the proposed Pilot Study Area (refer to plan attached as Appendix D).
1.3 Reasons for Recommendation
1.3.1 The reasons for this recommendation are set out in the report to the Cabinet Member for Planning, Transport and Development (attached as Appendix E).
1.4 Relevant Documents
1.4.1 Appendices
Appendix A: Maidstone Landscape Character Assessment 2012
Appendix B: Maidstone Landscape Character Assessment Supplement 2012
Appendix C: Landscape Value Pilot Study: Proposed Methodology
Appendix D: Map of Medway Valley Pilot Study Area
Appendix E: Cabinet Member Report on the Maidstone Landscape Character Assessment 2012
1.4.2 Background Documents
None
IS THIS A KEY DECISION REPORT?
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If yes, when did it first appear in the Forward Plan?
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This is a Key Decision because: It involves more than one ward. .
Wards/Parishes affected: All.
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