Agenda, decisions and minutes

There were no declarations of interest made. 

To confirm as a correct record the Notes of the meeting of the Joint Transportation Board held on Monday 17 March 2014

RESOLVED:  That the Minutes of the meeting of the Joint Transportation Board held on 17 March 2014 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Decision Notice D140073MEM

The report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health gave an update on the phased approach undertaken to on-street parking management with a focus on Phase 7 and the Snodland Parking Review.  Details of responses received to the formal consultations were set out in Annex 2 to the report and reflected in the recommendations made for each location.  In response to a comment from the local Member regarding on-going differences of opinion between local residents the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health advised that the scheme for Cage Green Road, Tonbridge (Plan DD/564/22) could be withdrawn and revisited in Phase 8.

RESOLVED:  That the following be commended to the Borough Council Cabinet

(1)          subject to the withdrawal and commitment to revisit the proposal for Cage Green Road, Tonbridge (Plan DD/564/22) in Phase 8, the ‘Recommendation’ stated for each location within Annex 2 be endorsed; and

(2)          the proposed changes to the procedure for the implementation of changes to traffic regulation orders be endorsed.

The joint report of the KCC Head of Transportation and the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health provided an update on progress with the revised Town Centre Transport Strategy for Tonbridge, including the agreed streetscape and traffic management improvements. 

RESOLVED:  That the work to date on the High Street Improvements and the next steps, as set out in the report, be noted.

The report of the Interim Public Transport Head of Service, Kent County Council, provided an update on the introduction of the Young Persons Travel Pass from September 2014 and provided an assessment of the Kent 16+ Travel Card introduced in 2012. 

The report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health provided an update on the A21 Public Inquiry and the Kent County Council Rail Summit held in April 2014. 

The report of the Head of Transportation, Kent Highways, provided a summary of the current position of a number of Developer Funded Section 106 and Local Transport Plan (LTP) Schemes in the Borough.

The report of the Head of Transportation, Kent Highways, provided details of current County Member Highway Fund Schemes within the Borough.

The report of KCC Highways and Transportation provided an update on schemes approved for construction by the County Council in 2014.

The Chairman to move that the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting during consideration of any items the publication of which would disclose exempt information.

There were no items considered in private.