Issue - meetings

Town Centre Development Plan 2015-2020

Meeting: 16/12/2015 - Policy and Resources Committee (Item 130)

130 Report of the Head of Planning and Development - Town Centre Strategic Development Plan 2015-2020

Additional documents:

Decision:

That:

 

1)  The priority areas set out in Section 6 of the report of the Director of Planning and Development be approved;

2)  The draft 5 year investment and action plan be approved;

3)  The formation of a Town Centre Strategic Advisory Board be approved; and

4)  The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee be nominated as members of the Town Centre Strategic Advisory Board. 

Minutes:

Members considered the report of the Director of Planning and Development which set out a vision, plan and programme of projects to develop, improve and enhance Maidstone Town Centre in line with the Council’s approved policies and emerging aspirations.

 

In response to questions from Members, the Head of Commercial and Economic Development responded as follows:-

·  the town centre was just one of four key themes of the Economic Development Strategy, there were many elements within the action plan that related to rural areas and these would be picked up at a later stage

·  the digital information points would be implemented, in both the town centre and the rural areas

The Head of Commercial and Economic Development was asked to send a list of the documents that feed into this report by email to all Members of this Committee for information.

RESOLVED that:

 

1)  The priority areas set out in Section 6 of the report of the Director of Planning and Development be approved;

2)  The draft 5 year investment and action plan be approved;

3)  The formation of a Town Centre Strategic Advisory Board be approved; and

4)  The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee be nominated as members of the Town Centre Strategic Advisory Board. 

 

Voting:  For:  15  Against:  0  Abstentions:  0