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RESOLVED: That the updated Biodiversity and Climate Change Action Plan be approved.

(See Record of Decision)

The Lead Member for Planning and Infrastructure introduced the report, outlining the types of actions applicable to their portfolio, as outlined in appendix 1 to the report, which was under review by each Executive Member.  The Biodiversity and Climate Change Manager stated that the updated plan was a more streamlined and robust version of the document.

The Committee expressed that the updated plan attached at appendix 1 to the report was a good one, but that the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s Waste Review should be reflected in the plan, given the aim to reduce waste at point 4.1.

In response to questions, the Lead Member for Planning and Infrastructure stated that he believed the actions within his portfolio were deliverable and that Officers had reiterated this advice. The Integrated Transport Strategy would be re-produced after the Local Plan Review, with a response awaited from Kent County Council on the progression of the Quality Bus Partnership.

RESOLVED:  That the Executive be recommended to:

1.  Consider the recommendations from the Overview and Scrutiny Waste Review, which are applicable to this plan; and

2.  Approve the updated Biodiversity and Climate Change Action Plan attached at appendix 1 to the report.