The Lead Member for Planning
and Infrastructure introduced the report and advised that there
were three Statements of Common Ground that were ready to be signed
off, which were with; Kent County Council (Exempt Appendix 2), Kent
Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Unit (Exempt Appendix 6)
and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Exempt Appendix
9).
The Lead Member stated that as
the other Statements of Common Ground were not ready to be signed
off, if they could not come back to a future meeting of the
Committee, he would liaise with the Chairman and group Leaders
under the urgency process already agreed with the
Committee.
In response to questions from
the Committee the Lead Member confirmed that the documents were
factual and would outline both agreements and disagreements as the
Council had a duty to cooperate, not to agree.
Should there be any significant
changes to the documents, the Lead Member undertook to notify the
Committee.
RESOLVED: That;
1.
The Lead Member be recommended to approve draft
Statements of Common Ground set out in Exempt Appendices 2, 6 and 9
(between Maidstone Borough Council and Kent County Council, Kent
Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Unit and the Defence
Infrastructure Organisation);
The draft
Statements of Common Ground set out in Exempt Appendices 1, 3, 4,
5, 7 and 8 be noted.
