Decision details

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

An update on transportation issues affecting the Borough was provided in the report with particular reference to train services.  The updated Tonbridge and Malling ‘Manifesto for Improved Rail Services’ was presented for consideration.

In addition, funding streams and awards via the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) and the Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) were set out.

The supplementary report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health, tabled at the meeting, summarised the Airports Commission consultation, launched on 11 November, and set out the headline points.

Following consideration by the Planning and Transportation Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Planning and Transportation resolved that the updated Manifesto for Improved Rail Services, attached as Annex 1 to the report, be endorsed, subject to a minor amendment about the cost of parking on page 12.