Agenda, decisions and minutes
Venue: Town Hall, High Street, Maidstone. View directions
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: There were no apologies for absence.
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Notification of Substitute Members Minutes: There were no Substitute Members.
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Urgent Items Minutes: The Chairman stated that, in his opinion, the updates received for Agenda Items 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 should be taken as urgent items.
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Notification of Visiting Members Minutes: The following Members
were in attendance:-
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Disclosures by Members and Officers Minutes: Councillor Springett declared an Other Significant Interest for Agenda Item 16 – Maidstone Borough Local Plan – mixed use allocations.
Councillor Burton, the Chairman, declared an Other Significant Interest in Site H1 (10) Land South of Sutton Road, Langley for Agenda Item 17 of the agenda – Reconsideration of previously rejected Maidstone Borough Local Plan Regulation 18 Draft and 2014 SHLAA Housing Sites. Councillor Burton explained that he would withdraw from the meeting and in his absence the Vice Chairman would take the chair.
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Disclosures of Lobbying Minutes: All Members stated that they had been lobbied on Agenda Item 17 of the agenda.
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Minutes of the meeting held on 9 June 2015 PDF 65 KB Minutes: RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 9 June 2015 be approved as a correct record and signed.
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Presentation of Petitions (if any) Minutes: There were no petitions.
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Questions and answer session for members of the public Minutes: Ms Geraldine Brown,
Chairman of the Kent Association of Local Councils asked the
following question of the Chairman:- “There is no
conclusive evidence from the chart to suggest that there was a
‘blip’ in population growth in Maidstone from
2001-2008. Three phases of growth are apparent since 1981: (a) a
period of relatively rapid growth from 1981 to 1989; (b) a period
of mixed change, including some year on year falls in population,
from 1990 to about 1999; (c) a sustained period of more rapid
growth from 1999-2013, which accelerated until 2007, but even in
2013 remained higher than at almost any point before
2005.” I concur with this expert analysis. Ultimately KALC and anyone else who objects to the Objectively Assessed Need figure can participate in the Local Plan Examination to have their challenges on the Strategic Housing Market Assessment considered by the independent planning inspector”.
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Exempt Items Minutes: RESOLVED: That the items on the agenda be taken in public as proposed.
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For information - Committee Work Programme PDF 67 KB Minutes: Members’
attention was drawn to the paper setting out the Committee’s
Work Programme for the year. |
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Additional documents: Decision:
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That the Committee agree to review the recommendations made in the
Planning, Transport and Development Overview and Scrutiny
Committee’s review report on “Transport in Maidstone
– alternatives to using the car”;
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That the Committee agree to plan into the Committee’s Work
Programme officer update reports on the recommendations and the
Committee Chairman and Vice Chairman take this forward at the
earliest possible timescale; and 3) That the Committee agree the posts on outside bodies as recommended in the review report and that the Chairman invites nominations for those posts to be submitted to the Democracy Committee by the required deadline. Minutes: Members noted that the
Planning, Transport and Development Overview and Scrutiny
Committee’s Review of Transport in Maidstone Borough –
alternatives to using a car had been published in May 2015 and had
come up with a significant number of recommendations for this
Committee to carry forward.
1)
That the Committee agree to review the recommendations made in the
Planning, Transport and Development Overview and Scrutiny
Committee’s review report on “Transport in Maidstone
– alternatives to using the car”;
2)
That the Committee agree to plan into the Committee’s Work
Programme officer update reports on the recommendations and the
Committee Chairman and Vice Chairman take this forward at the
earliest possible timescale; and 3) That the Committee agree the posts on outside bodies as recommended in the review report and that the Chairman invites nominations for those posts to be submitted to the Democracy Committee by the required deadline.
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Verbal Updates - Task and Finish Groups Minutes: Members were given an
update of progress on the four Task and Finish Officer Groups that
were set up some months ago to address issues of local deficiencies
in infrastructure provision. These
issues had been originally expressed by Members, local residents
and other groups mainly in the rural service centres. |
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Additional documents:
Decision:
1)
That the proposed Open Space Standards for inclusion in Policy DM11
of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan for Regulation 18 consultation
be approved;
2)
That the amendments to Policy DM11 and supporting text for
Regulation 18 Consultation be approved subject to: Minutes: Members considered the
report of the Head of Planning and Development which
related to the process of identifying local standards for open
space provision. RESOLVED: 1) That the proposed Open
Space Standards for inclusion in Policy DM11 of the Maidstone
Borough Local Plan for Regulation 18 consultation be
approved;
2)
That the amendments to Policy DM11 and supporting text for
Regulation 18 Consultation be approved subject to:
3)
That the proposed draft Open Space Quality Standards at Appendix A
to the report be noted. For: 9 Against: 0 Abstain: 0
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Report of the Head of Planning and Development - Landscapes of Local Value PDF 248 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Members considered the report of the Head of Planning and Development which set out the process of identifying landscapes of local value for protection by policies within the Maidstone Borough Local Plan.
RESOLVED: That the item be
deferred until the next Committee meeting due to be held on 18
August 2015 to enable Officers to provide further consideration of
the Low Weald and to produce a larger scale map of the area under
consideration. |
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Report of the Head of Planning and Development - Affordable Housing Policy PDF 220 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Members considered the
report of the Head of Planning and Development relating to
Affordable Housing Policy.
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Adjournment of the Meeting Minutes: Following the deferral of the report of the Head of Planning and Development relating to the Affordable Housing Policy the Committee considered whether to adjourn the meeting.
RESOLVED: That the meeting be adjourned until 5 p.m. on 23 July 2015 when the remaining items on the agenda would be discussed. |
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Duration of the Meeting Minutes: 6.30 p.m. to 10.40 p.m. |