The Group considered the report of the
Assistant Director of Development and Community Strategy regarding
the Designation of Rural Service Centres for Maidstone Borough.
Members congratulated officers for the
rigorous research that had been undertaken and the evidence that
had been produced within the report.
RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CABINET MEMBER
FOR REGENERATION: That
the designation of Staplehurst, Marden,
Headcorn, Lenham and Harrietsham villages as Rural Service
Centres as part of the settlement hierarchy and spatial
distribution strategy contained within the next public consultation
draft of the Core Strategy be approved.