Issue - meetings

That officers prepare draft Air Quality Technical Guidance for Maidstone Borough, adapted from the Kent and Medway Air Quality Partnership guidance, with the intention of this Committee adopting the Guidance for development management purposes.

The Principal Planning Officer presented a report on Air Quality Technical Guidance.

The Committee was asked to note that planning can play a significant role in addressing air quality issues by delivering growth in a sustainable manner, securing appropriate measures to mitigate air quality impacts and contributing to the wider strategy to improve air quality.

In response to a question from a member of the Committee, the Principal Planning Officer explained that the Air Quality Impact Assessment approach had been replaced in many parts of the country, in line with the approach set out by the Kent and Medway Air Quality Partnership. Air quality impacts would still be thoroughly assessed through the new approach, but increased emphasis would be placed on the effectiveness of measures to address the identified impacts

RESOLVED:

That officers prepare draft Air Quality Technical Guidance for Maidstone Borough, adapted from the Kent and Medway Air Quality Partnership guidance, with the intention of this Committee adopting the Guidance for development management purposes.

Voting:  For – 9  Against – 0 Abstentions – 0