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Innovation Park Medway Masterplan - Request to Consult

 

 

Meeting: 04/09/2018 - Cabinet (Item 4)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of the draft Innovation Park Medway Masterplan, the aim of which would be to facilitate a high quality, flexible scheme to encourage a wide range of high-value technology, engineering, manufacturing and knowledge-intensive businesses on an area of land currently in use by Rochester Airport Ltd, as well as covering land leased to BAE, and Woolmans Wood Caravan Site which was privately owned.

 

The report stated that the Masterplan sought to address the objective of opening up potential to deliver high value businesses attracted by strategic connectivity and an innovative environment. Therefore, the Masterplan presented a framework that would give certainty on the major place making features whilst allowing development plots to retain flexibility in order to allow agile responses to market interest.

 

The report stated that public consultation would be undertaken over a six week period from 17 September to 28 October 2018 subject to both Cabinet approval and Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council’s approval, given that the site crossed the boundary with Tonbridge and Malling. The report also stated that a Diversity Impact Assessment would be carried out during the consultation stage.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

110/2018

The Cabinet approved option 1 (consultation on the proposed masterplan) as set out in section 3 of this report and to report back the outcome of consultation to Cabinet in December 2018.

111/2018

The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Director Regeneration, Culture, Environment and Transformation and Deputy Chief Executive, to approve any necessary minor amendments to the draft masterplan, in consultation with the relevant Portfolio Holders, prior to consultation.

 

Reasons:

 

Public consultation on the masterplan is necessary in order to adopt the masterplan, allowing high quality development to come forward at Innovation Park Medway.