Decisions

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

The report outlined the Borough Council’s latest Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) (attached as Annex 1), which reviewed the effectiveness of the organisations planning policies and helped to ensure that progress was being made towards achieved the objectives as set out in the suite of Adopted Development plan documents.  The AMR was a statistical document to help guide the direction of travel for future corporate and planning policy.

Members noted that the AMR covered the previous financial year due to the period for data collection and reported on the period 2024/25.  The last AMR was published by Tonbridge and Malling in 2024 and this version sought to provide an up to date consideration of the effectiveness of policies as well as progress in preparing planning documents as set out in the Local Development Scheme and actions taken in relation to the duty to cooperate.

Following consideration by the Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee, the Cabinet Member for Planning

RESOLVED:  That

(1)             the Authority Monitoring Report for the period 2024/25  (attached at Annex 1 be endorsed; and

(2)             the Authority Monitoring Report for the period 2024/25 be approved for publication by the end of December 2025.

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

Members reviewed the Infrastructure Funding Statement  (IFS) 2024/25 which set out the infrastructure delivery and contributions collected by the Borough Council, allocations made within the monitoring period, projects delivered within the relevant period and new agreements entered into.  Contributions agreed over the 2024/25 period were also outlined.

The Borough Council had a statutory requirement under the Community Infrastructure Levey Regulations 2010 (Regulation 121A) to publish an annual IFS by the end of December each year.  The purpose of which was to summarise all financial and non-financial developer contributions.

Following consideration by the Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee, the Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Tonbridge Regeneration

RESOLVED:  That

(1)             the Infrastructure Funding Statement 2024/25 and associated documents be endorsed; and

(2)             the Infrastructure Funding Statement 2024/25 be approved for publication by the end of December 2024.