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Vision, Mission and Values Section

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Our Vision section followed by Our Mission section.

Reformat so that Our Mission is first section, followed by Our Vision.

Action Section

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Prioritisation of three actions for 2017/18:

·  Providing a clean and safe environment

·  Regenerating the town centre

·  A home for everyone

Supported by Committee.

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Regenerating the town centre.

Maintaining and enhancing the town centre.

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A home for everyone.

Planning for the delivery of sufficient homes to meet our borough’s needs.

Our Values Section

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Section placed on page 3.

Section to be relocated to last page of document.

Respecting the Character and Heritage of our Borough Section

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We will:

·  Deliver and honour our Parish Charter

·  Deliver the Communication and Engagement Action Plan

·  Work with our Parishes and Communities on the design of their communities

We will:

·  Deliver and honour our Parish Charter

·  Deliver the Communication and Engagement Action Plan

·  Work with our Parishes and Communities on the design of their communities

·  Deliver the blue and green infrastructure strategy and the biodiversity action plan

Maintaining and enhancing the town centre Section

(formerly Regenerating the town centre)

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Maidstone has had an historically thriving town centre, however we need to ensure that we keep pace with the changing economic environment and continue to meet the demands of businesses and consumers. Investment in Maidstone town centre is needed if it is to continue to be a popular place for leisure, to live, shop and work

Maidstone has a historically thriving town centre, however we need to ensure that we keep pace with the changing economic environment and continue to meet the demands of businesses, residents and consumers.

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We mean: Ensuring we have a thriving and attractive town centre that is fit for the future.

We mean: Ensuring that we provide a diverse and thriving town with a full range of business, retail, cultural, and leisure opportunities with the investment to support them.

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We will:

·  Deliver the Destination Management Plan

We will:

·  Deliver (review and update) the Town Centre Development Plan

·  Deliver the Destination Management Plan

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Measured by:

Bullet points deleted.

Measured by:

·  % of vacant retail units

·  Target to minimise conversion of office space to residential

·  % hotel occupancy

·  Resident satisfaction

·  How Maidstone is rated as a retail, cultural and leisure destination

Securing Improvements to the Transport Infrastructure for the Borough Section

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We mean:

·  A transport network that meets the needs of residents and businesses

We will:

·  Deliver an Integrated Transport Strategy and work with our partners to seek improvements to the transport infrastructure

·  Deliver the Local Plan

·  Introduce Community Infrastructure Levy

·  Create a transport operators group

We mean:

·  A sustainable transport network that meetings the needs of residents and businesses

We will:

·  Deliver an Integrated Transport Strategy and work with our partners to seek improvements to the transport  ...  view the full decision text for item 134