Agenda item

It was moved by Councillor Burton, seconded by Councillor Mrs Grigg, that the recommendations of the Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee relating to the Maidstone Borough Local Plan – Publication (Regulation 19) be agreed subject to the amendment of the first recommendation as follows:

That subject to the reclassification of Coxheath as a Larger Village and the insertion of the Indicative Housing Trajectory, the Council approves the Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2016 (attached as Appendix A to the report to the Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee dated 13 January 2016, revised to reflect (i) insertion of the words ‘community and’ at line 1 of Policy H1 paragraph 2 on page 78, before the word ‘strategic’; and (ii) any previously agreed site-specific infrastructure criterion not covered by (i) which were agreed by the Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee or its decision-making predecessor, and (iii), except where decisions and resolutions of the Planning Committee and/or the Planning Referrals Committee already supersede (i) and (ii)) for Publication (Regulation 19) and Submission to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Regulation 22) for examination under section 20 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

Councillor Burton explained that the amendment to the first recommendation was agreed by the Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee at its meeting held on 19 January 2016 having regard to the fact that several sites had secured a planning consent or a resolution to grant subject to the signing of a S106 agreement, resulting in previously agreed site specific policy criteria being superseded.

Five Members of the Council requested that a named vote be taken.  The voting was as follows:

For (38)

Councillors Mrs Blackmore, Boughton, Burton, Butler, Chittenden, Clark, Cox, Daley, Ells, English, Fissenden, Garland, Mrs Gooch, Greer, Mrs Grigg, Harper, Hemsley, Mrs Hinder, Mrs Joy, McKay, McLoughlin, Moriarty, B Mortimer, D Mortimer, Naghi, Paine, Mrs Parvin, Pickett, Mrs Ring, Mrs Robertson, Ross, J Sams, Vizzard, Mrs Watson, Webster, Webb, Willis, Mrs Wilson

Against (13)

Councillors Ash, Brice, Cuming, Fort, Newton, Perry, Round, Sargeant, Springett, Mrs Stockell, Thick, de Wiggondene and J A Wilson

RESOLVED:

1.  That subject to the reclassification of Coxheath as a Larger Village and the insertion of the Indicative Housing Trajectory, the Council approves the Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2016 (attached as Appendix A to the report to the Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee dated 13 January 2016, revised to reflect (i) insertion of the words ‘community and’ at line 1 of Policy H1 paragraph 2 on page 78, before the word ‘strategic’; and (ii) any previously agreed site-specific infrastructure criterion not covered by (i) which were agreed by the Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee or its decision-making predecessor, and (iii), except where decisions and resolutions of the Planning Committee and/or the Planning Referrals Committee already supersede (i) and (ii)) for Publication (Regulation 19) and Submission to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Regulation 22) for examination under section 20 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2.  That delegated powers be granted to the Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee to submit a schedule of proposed changes/main modifications to the pre-submission Publication version of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2016, arising from representations made (Regulation 20), to the Secretary of State.

3.  That the Borough’s full objectively assessed housing need of 18,560 dwellings be confirmed as the Council’s Local Plan housing target.