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Mrs Sarah Lee,
Principal Planning Officer (Strategic Planning), informed the
Committee that Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council had prepared a
Regulation 19 Local Plan for consultation. Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council aimed to
submit the Local Plan prior to 24January 2019 to ensure that it was
examined against the 2012 National Planning Policy Framework
(NPPF). The proposed response from
Maidstone Borough Council was particularly focussed on sustainable
transport and urged Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council to
investigate, and specify in the plan, specific transport
measures. The representations would be
submitted so that they could be considered by the Local Plan
Inspector. It was anticipated that
Officers at Tonbridge and Malling would enter into a Statement of
Common Ground with Maidstone Borough Council prior to the
examination.
The Committee
commented that it recognised Tonbridge and Malling Borough
Council’s ambition to submit the document ahead of the
deadline, however, some elements of the Regulation 19 Consultation
were not clear, particularly in terms of transport and air
quality.
RESOLVED:That the responses sets out in Appendix 1, as
amended by the urgent update, be agreed as this Council’s
response to the Tonbridge & Malling Local Plan Regulation 19
Consultation.