Decision details

The emerging Kent and Medway Structure Plan was placed on public deposit during the autumn of 2003 and it is now necessary for the Cabinet and Council to consider the representations received and approve and publish a response to them.

The Cabinet noted the next steps and associated timetable leading to the adoption of the Kent and Medway Structure Plan.

The Cabinet agreed the proposed response to the matters raised as a result of representations received to the Deposit Kent and Medway Structure Plan summarised in appendix 1 to the report and set out in the separate detailed schedule.

The Cabinet agreed to authorise the Director of Development and Environment in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Economic Development to collate any other proposed changes of a minor nature in order to provide a comprehensive schedule for publication of the changes envisaged to both the text and policies of the plan (as set out in appendix 1 to the report).

The Cabinet agreed the list of matters for the Examination in Public reproduced in appendix 3 to the report, subject to consultation with the examination panel and public consultation prior to finalisation.

Publishing the proposed responses and changes to the Plan is a necessary step prior to the Examination in Public, and is required to meet the Council's duties as set out in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.