(Item PE 19/20 referred from Planning and Transportation Advisory Board minutes of 2 October 2019)

Consideration of recommendations to the Cabinet from the Planning and Transportation Advisory Board of 2 October 2019.  A detailed proposed response to the consultation was circulated in advance of the meeting.

The Cabinet resolved that:

The proposed response to the Tunbridge Wells Local Plan Regulation 18 consultation be approved for submission by the consultation deadline on 1 November 2019 subject to:

(1)             movement of the paragraph on support for the approach of meeting identified needs for future development within the borough of Tunbridge Wells to the general preamble of the response;

(2)             the insertion of the words “ including north-south travel throughout Tonbridge and Malling and any flood mitigation measures” after the words “adverse impacts on existing infrastructure and services” at the top of page 2 of the response”; and

(3)             the final version being sent to the Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure prior to submission.