That the draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan, as attached at Appendix A to the report of the Head of Planning and Development, be approved for public consultation alongside the Maidstone Borough Local Plan.

DECISION MADE:

That the draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan, as attached at Appendix A to the report of the Head of Planning and Development, be approved for public consultation alongside the Maidstone Borough Local Plan.

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Interview with Michael Murphy, Principal Planning Officer

Michael Murphy, Principal Planning Officer, gave the Committee an overview of Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP).

The IDP identifies the infrastructure required to meet the spatial objectives and growth anticipated in the council’s emerging local plan.  It includes infrastructure schemes that will be provided by the council and other public bodies (public and private).  It is also closely linked with the council’s Integrated Transport Strategy and takes account of Kent County Council’s infrastructure and investment finance model.

The IDP is an evidence base which supports the local plan and helps to demonstrate that the local plan is both realistic and deliverable, particularly in respect of housing and employment site allocations included in the draft local plan.

RESOLVED: That the Planning, Transport and Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee recommended to Cabinet that the draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan be approved for public consultation alongside the Maidstone Borough Local Plan.