140624 Appendix A - DraftWorkProgramme

Planning, Transport and Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme 2014-15

2014


Meeting Date

Agenda Items

Details and desired outcome

Notes

 

9 June

Election of Chair and Vice Chair

Forward Work Planning

Draft results of Local Plan public consultation

 

 

 

24 June

 

·       Update on the state of play with the ITS

 

 

 

Peter Rosevear and Tim Read from KCC possibly attending

 

22 July

·         Transport review – Cycling witnesses to be invited

 

 

 

19 August

·         Design South East report on the Local Plan consultation events (before the multi-stakeholder workshop)

·         Validation and summary of representations from the consultation on local plan

·         Review of strategic housing market assessment

 

 

 

 

16 September

·         Cabinet Member priorities for 2014-15

·         Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy

·         Open Space Standards – incl action plan

·         Verbal update on Infrastructure Delivery Plan

 

 

 

30 September

 

 

 

 

September

Multi-stakeholder meeting

 

 

 

 

21 October

Implications arising from a review of the Economic Development Strategy, Qualitative Study on Employment Sites and key employment issues arising from local plan representations

 

Report from Head of Economic and Commercial Development – PT&D OSC requested before the joint meeting with ECD OSC in November.

 

18 November

 

 

 

25 November (ECD date)

Proposed date for the Joint ECD/PT&D meeting to look at Qualitative Employment data

 

 

To be confirmed by Scrutiny Coordinating Committee 10/7/14





Meeting Date

Agenda Items

Details and desired outcome

Notes

 

16 December

 

·         Maidstone Borough Local Plan representations - Development Management Policies

·         Results of Qualitative Landscape Study

·         Results of Qualitative Agricultural Land Classification

 

 

2015

20 January

 

·         Local plan site allocations (new and deleted) for further public consultation (regulation 18) including Gypsy and Traveller site allocation

·         Revisit inclusion of Invicta Barracks in Local Plan

·         Verbal update on Infrastructure Delivery Plan

 

 

17 February

 

 

 

 

17 March

 

 

 

 

21 April

 

Infrastructure Delivery Plan for Local Plan[1]

 

 

 

Review Topic – Transport in the Borough

 

Keep open for discussion re adding to FWP

·         Arriva Bus services (Staplehurst PC and Editor of Downs Mail)

·         Traffic and Road Infrastructure (@rapoffice via Twitter)

·         Promoting cycling, walking and public transport to ease congestion in the town (James Gower via Twitter)

·         Using the SMART model across the borough (Cllr Grigg)

·         Update on the paperless pilot with parishes for planning support (see minutes of 15/4/14)

·         Office space – ensuring prime office space doesn’t get converted to residential developments

·         Mobile phone services – eradicate dead zones in the town. Motorways and main trunk roads

·         Improving the Borough’s sewerage provision and infrastructure (relations with Southern Water)

·         Planning permissions – recommending Planning Committee review the impact of contentious developments

·         Revisit the discussion on the removal of the Invicta Barracks from the Local Plan

 



[1] Probably not needed if verbal updates given at Aug and Jan meetings