Decision Taken By: CABINET MEMBER FOR Communities
Decision No: D110109MEM
Date: 26th July 2011
Decision(s) and Reason(s)
Vision for Kent - Formal Consultation
Minutes
Further to Decision No D110044MEM, details were given of comments submitted in relation to an earlier draft of the revised Vision for Kent (V4K). The report assessed the extent to which the Borough Council's concerns had been addressed in the document now subject to a period of formal consultation until 22 August 2011.
Whilst welcoming the changes which had been made to the document, a number of outstanding concerns were highlighted including continued absence of reference to the diversity of local approaches being developed to take forward the document's ambitions. It was considered important to take an active role in the Ambition Boards to ensure that West Kent did not lose out in the fair allocation of resources. Concern was also expressed about the splitting of certain local voluntary organisations as a result of the County Council's funding decisions and the potential impact of removal of their focus from Tonbridge and Malling.
Following consideration by the Communities Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Communities resolved that the comments set out in the report, together with the concerns expressed at the meeting, form the basis of the Borough Council's formal response to the draft Vision for Kent and the final letter be agreed in consultation with the Leader and Chairman of the Advisory Board.
Reasons: As set out in the report submitted to the Communities Advisory Board of 26 July 2011.
Signed O Baldock (Cabinet Member for Communities)
Signed Leader: M Worrall
Signed Chief Executive: D Hughes
Date of Publication: 29 July 2011
This decision will come into force and may then be implemented on the expiry of 5 working days after publication unless it is called in.