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High Street / Best Street, Chatham, Masterplan

Meeting: 30/03/2010 - Cabinet (Item 16)

16 Best Street/High Street Masterplan Chatham pdf icon PDF 132 KB

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Background:

 

This report sought approval to undertake consultation on a masterplan for the Best Street/High Street area of Chatham. A copy of the masterplan had been circulated separately as part of the supplementary agenda.

 

It was noted that the draftmasterplan was underpinned by a number of specific principles concerning retail provision, cultural/leisure/community provision, employment space and street scene improvements. Details of these were set out in the report.

 

The report gave details of the consultation programme that would follow the practices contained within the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement. The Regeneration, Community and Culture Overview and Scrutiny Committee would consider the results of the consultation exercise before final proposals were submitted to Cabinet.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

52/2010

The Cabinet approved the draft masterplan proposals for the purposes of consultation, with the results being reported back to Cabinet together with final proposals at a later date.

 

Reasons:

 

A masterplan for Best Street/High Street Chatham, supported by the local community, will provide a basis for future planning decisions and help in regenerating the area.