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Adoption of Strood Waterfront Development Brief 2018

 

 

Meeting: 12/06/2018 - Cabinet (Item 5)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of the outcome of consultation on the Strood Waterfront Development Brief 2018. The aim of the updated policy would be to support the Council’s ambitions to realise the regeneration opportunities presented by a number of sites in Strood, to secure investment and deliver development that would boost the area’s economic, environmental and community wellbeing.

 

The report stated that a public consultation had been undertaken for an eight week period and was carried out in accordance with the Medway Statement of Community Involvement 2014. In summary, there were 82 respondents to the consultation survey. 83% of residents responding to the consultation stated that they would like to see the regeneration of the Strood Waterfront sites. Details of the outcome of the consultation were set out in section 6 and Appendix C to the report.

 

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken on the proposals, details of which were set out in Appendix B to the report.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

81/2018

The Cabinet approved the adoption of the Strood Waterfront Development Brief 2018, as set out in Appendix A to the report as a Supplementary Planning Document (Option 1).

82/2018

The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Director Regeneration, Culture, Environment and Transformation and Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Portfolio Holders for Inward Investment, Strategic Regeneration and Partnerships and Planning, Economic Growth and Regulation, to approve minor changes to the Development Strategy document prior to publication for the purpose of presentation or improving clarity.

 

Reasons:

 

Adopting the Strood Waterfront Development Brief as a Supplementary Planning Document will enable the Development Brief to form part of the Council’s development plan, and allow the marketing of the sites at Riverside and Civic to proceed and bring forward homes at pace, through providing greater certainty to the development sector.