| 1 | TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE |
| 2 | URGENT MATTERS BY REASON OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES |
| | | The Chairman will announce any late items which do not appear on the main agenda but which he has agreed should be considered by reason of special circumstances to be specified in the reports. |
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| 3 | DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST |
| | | | (a) | Personal interests under the Medway Code of Conduct
A Councillor who declares a personal interest in a matter, including the nature of the interest, may stay, speak and vote on the matter.
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| | (b) | Prejudicial interests under the Medway Code of Conduct
A Councillor who declares a personal and prejudicial interest in a matter, including the nature of the interest, must withdraw from the room and take no part in the debate or vote on the matter.
Councillors who have declared a personal and prejudicial interest may make representations, answer questions and give evidence before leaving the room but only if members of the public are allowed to attend for the same purpose.
If an interest is not declared at the outset of the meeting, it should be disclosed as soon as the interest becomes apparent.
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| | (c) | Whipping - the Council's constitution also requires any Member of the Committee who is subject to a party whip (i.e. agreeing to vote in line with the majority view of a private party group meeting) to declare the existence of the whip and the nature of it before the item is discussed. |
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| 4 | TO CONSIDER REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: |
| | (A) | Kent (Rail) Route Utilisation Strategy Consultation(Scrutiny) |
| | | To consider the recently published Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS) for Kent which allows Network Rail to review the ability of the network to meet the travel needs over the next 30 years and propose viable actions to deal with the identified gaps in the service provision. |
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| | > CTRL RUS appendix (pdf file 147.4kb) |
| | > CTRL RUS covering report (pdf file 132.5kb) |
| | (B) | Local Development Framework: Issues and Options report (Pre-decision scrutiny) |
| | | This report presents a full draft of the Issues and Options report that Cabinet will be asked to approve for public consultation purposes at its meeting on 2 June 2009.
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| | > LDF appendix (pdf file 28.0kb) |
| | > LDF covering report (pdf file 109.4kb) |
| | > LDF Issues and Options report (pdf file 889.1kb) |