Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the eighth Annual Monitoring Report which analysed progress against a range of indicators associated with the adopted development plan and the emerging Local Development Framework, in accordance with s35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. The report highlighted the main findings of this year’s report including that Medway was out performing many other areas on a number of measures and, as a consequence, was avoiding the worst effects of the continuing economic downturn.

The Medway Annual Monitoring Report 2012 (Volume 1) was circulated to Cabinet Members in Supplementary Agenda No.1. During the discussion of this item the Portfolio Holder for Strategic Development and Culture undertook to clarify the stewardship reported within the ‘CS6 Preservation and Enhancement of Natural Assets’ section of the monitoring report.

Reasons:

To enable continued monitoring of the development plan to be made available to the local community and others.