Agenda, decisions and minutes

There were no Apologies for Absence.

There were no urgent items.

Councillor Gooch indicated her wish to speak on Agenda Items 8 (Business Rate Pooling) & 9 (Maidstone Borough Local Plan Public Consultation Draft – Group 1 Development Management Policies) and Councillors Burton and McKay indicated their wish to speak on Agenda Item 9 (Maidstone Borough Local Plan Public Consultation Draft – Group 1 Development Management Policies).

Councillor Mrs Stockell was in attendance.

There were no disclosures by Members or Officers.

There were no disclosures of lobbying.

RESOLVED: That the Items on the Agenda be taken in public as proposed.

RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 11 September 2013 be approved as a correct record and signed.

a)  That, in principle, the inclusion of this Council in the Kent application to the Department of Communities and Local Government for a Business Rates Pool for 2014/15, subject to satisfactory governance arrangements and membership providing a financial advantage to the area covered by the pool, be agreed;

b)  That delegated authority be given to the Director of Regeneration & Communities, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make a final decision, following assessment of the final membership and governance arrangements.

DECISION MADE:

a)  That, in principle, the inclusion of this Council in the Kent application to the Department of Communities and Local Government for a Business Rates Pool for 2014/15, subject to satisfactory governance arrangements and membership providing a financial advantage to the area covered by the pool, be agreed;

b)  That delegated authority be given to the Director of Regeneration & Communities, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make a final decision, following assessment of the final membership and governance arrangements.

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That consideration of Policy DM20 (Mooring Facilities and Boat Yards) be deferred and the remaining 14 Policies in the first group of development management policies for the Maidstone Borough Local Plan (as attached at Appendix A to the report of the Head of Planning and Development) for public consultation at the Preparation stage of the local plan process (Regulation 18) be agreed, subject to the following amendments:-

i)  Clarification be provided in the guidance for Policy DM2 (Renewable and low carbon energy schemes) concerning the principles of conditions for temporary and permanent planning consents;

ii)  Policy DM17 (Town centre uses) Paragraph 1 ii. be amended to make reference to cumulative impact assessments; and

iii)  The words “an important regeneration site, as its priority” in Policy DM17, Paragraph 12.102, be amended to read “an important regeneration site, as a priority”.

DECISION MADE:

That consideration of Policy DM20 (Mooring Facilities and Boat Yards) be deferred and the remaining 14 Policies in the first group of development management policies for the Maidstone Borough Local Plan (as attached at Appendix A to the report of the Head of Planning and Development) for public consultation at the Preparation stage of the local plan process (Regulation 18) be agreed, subject to the following amendments:-

i)  Clarification be provided in the guidance for Policy DM2 (Renewable and low carbon energy schemes) concerning the principles of conditions for temporary and permanent planning consents;

ii)  Policy DM17 (Town centre uses) Paragraph 1 ii. be amended to make reference to cumulative impact assessments; and

iii)  The words “an important regeneration site, as its priority” in Policy DM17, Paragraph 12.102, be amended to read “an important regeneration site, as a priority”.

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10.30 a.m. to 11.13 a.m.