Decision details

This report introduces, and is accompanied by, a full draft of the Kent and Medway Structure Plan. The proposed deposit plan timetable and an extract from a Kent County Council cabinet report are set out in the appendices. Following approval by Medway Council and Kent County Council it is proposed the draft Plan be published for public consultation in September 2003, with a public examination (i.e. public inquiry) in mid 2004.

189/2003 The Cabinet recommended to Council that the deposit draft of the Kent and Medway Structure Plan be approved for publication and consultation.
190/2003 The Cabinet endorsed the timetable envisaged for the publication of the Deposit Plan and the subsequent stages leading to final adoption of the Plan.
191/2003 The Cabinet agreed that the Director of Development and Environment be delegated authority to make further changes as prove necessary in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development and Kent County Council prior to final consideration of the Deposit Plan by full Council in July.

The approval of this report and its suggested actions will enable the next stage of the Kent and Medway Structure Plan to proceed.