1)
That the proposed response as set out in Section 4 of the report be
agreed subject to the following amendments:
a)
That the first sentence of the draft response to Question 5 as set
out at paragraph 4.10 of the report of the Head of Planning and
Development be amended to read: “With respect to rail and bus
improvements the document would benefit from clarification as to
how KCC will work to influence the new Southeastern franchise from 2018 with regard to
London services, in particular to prioritise services to London
Cannon Street.”
b)
That the first two sentences of the draft response to Question 7 as
set out at paragraph 4.17 be retained,
and that the remainder of the paragraph be deleted.
c)
That the draft response to Question 7 as set out at paragraph 4.18
be deleted.
2)
That the response as amended be forwarded to Kent County Council as
the Borough Council’s formal response to the Local Transport
Plan 4 consultation by the deadline of 30 October 2016.