Issue - meetings

RESOLVED: That

1.  The Draft Statement of Common Ground between Maidstone Borough Council and National Highways, attached as Exempt Appendix 1 to the report, be approved; and

2.  The Draft Statement of Common Ground between Maidstone Borough Council and Natural England, attached as Exempt Appendix 2 to the report, be approved.

(see Record of Decision)

The Lead Member for Planning and Infrastructure introduced the report, briefly outlining the purposes of Statements of Common Ground (SoCG) as part of the Local Plan Review process.

The Committee were informed that Group Leaders had been consulted on the use of urgency provisions, as the LPR Inspector now required the SoCG to be submitted by the 13 April 2023. It was likely that urgency provisions would be used in the near future, where required and appropriate, given that the Council was about to commence the second stage hearings to the LPR process and further SoCG would need to be provided during that time.

RESOLVED: That the Lead Member for Planning and Infrastructure be recommended to:

1.  Approve the Draft Statement of Common Ground between Maidstone Borough Council and National Highways, attached as Exempt Appendix 1 to this report; and

2.  Approve the Draft Statement of Common Ground between Maidstone Borough Council and Natural England, attached as Exempt Appendix 2 to this report.