Decision details

(Report of Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health)

The report sought endorsement of officer level comments returned to Kent County Council (KCC) in respect of the recent consultation on the fourth Local Transport Plan which closed on 30 October.  An update was also provided on other relevant transportation items.

Reference was made to the nine strategic priorities within the Plan together with the additional district priorities for Tonbridge and Malling which had been highlighted in the Growth and Infrastructure Framework.  Attention was drawn to a number of further priorities which reflected early responses received in relation to the emerging Local Plan.  During discussion it was requested that a letter be sent to KCC reinforcing the Borough Council’s priorities and emphasising the need for air quality issues to be afforded greater priority in the Plan, for liaison between authorities on improvements to the A20 corridor, and advancement of the Tonbridge High Street traffic signal co-ordination project.

Following consideration by the Planning and Transportation Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure resolved that:

The comments in the questionnaire that are supportive of Local Transport Plan 4 and the identified priorities for Tonbridge and Malling, as set out at Annex 1 to the report, be endorsed and a further letter be sent to Kent County Council on the matters outlined above.