Issue details

Summary

This report will provide details of the Chatham Dockyard and its Defences Planning Policy Document (PPD) for Cabinet’s consideration.

The Regeneration, Community and Culture Overview and Scrutiny Committee considered a report on this matter in December 2013, following public consultation, in which a series of minor revisions and clarifications to the PPD had been proposed by officers. However, in January 2014, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) advised that it did not propose to progress Chatham's nomination for World Heritage Site (WHS) status, and adoption of the PPD was put on hold. In September 2014 the Chatham Dockyard and its Defences Heritage Co-ordination Group (formerly the Chatham World Heritage steering group) considered that the Planning Policy Document remained valuable policy guidance, and that it should be put forward for adoption. A series of nomenclature and mapping changes will be made to reflect the decision not to pursue WHS status, but the document otherwise remains the same.

Access to Information

The report together with any other documents being considered (unless they contain exempt information) will be available for inspection 5 clear days before the decision is taken by the Cabinet. Copies are available on the Council's website or requested from Democratic Services Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TR or email democratic.services@medway.gov.uk If you wish to submit information to the Cabinet about the item please also contact Democratic Services.