Decisions

The report of the Chief Executive provided an update as to how the Borough Council and its communities continued to respond and adapt to living with coronavirus and recommended that the ongoing actions were endorsed. 

The Cabinet resolved that:

(1)         the Borough Council’s ongoing actions in respect of the response to Covid-19 be endorsed.

Consideration of recommendations (JTB 21/3) to the Cabinet from the meeting of the Joint Transportation Board of 8 February 2021.

The Cabinet resolved that:

-      the recommendations of the Joint Transportation Board of 8 March 2021 and the Street Scene and Environment Services Advisory Board of 30 October 2019 be approved as follows:

(1)             in relation to the on-street Pay and Display charges the appropriate Traffic Regulation Order be made to facilitate the variation to charges, as set out at Annex 1;

(2)             in relation to the on-street permit charges, the objections be set aside and the appropriate Traffic Regulation Order be made to facilitate the variation to charges as set out at Annex 1.

The report of the Management Team set out an indicative response to ‘The Future of the New Homes Bonus’ consultation recently published by the Government.  The deadline for responses was 7 April 2021.

Concern was expressed that the proposals could have a significant financial impact on the Borough Council and that, dependent on the outcome of the consultation, the funding gap would be more than that currently reflected in the Medium Term Financial Strategy and, in turn put financial sustainability to greater and greater risk.

The Cabinet resolved that:

(1)         the indicative response to ‘The Future of the New Homes Bonus’ consultation, attached at Annex 1, be approved in principle; and

(2)        delegated authority be given to the Leader and the Cabinet Members for Finance, Innovation and Property and Strategic Planning and Infrastructure, in liaison with the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, to make any appropriate adjustments to the indicative response should any new information need to be added in advance of the deadline of 7 April 2021.

The report of the Director of Central Services and Deputy Chief Executive advised that East Peckham Parish Council had asked the Borough Council to make a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) in respect of allotment land at Church Lane, East Peckham.

The making of a CPO on behalf of the Parish Council in the circumstances set out in the report presented a low risk to the Borough Council provided that an appropriate costs indemnity agreement was in place.

The Cabinet resolved that, subject to East Peckham Parish Council entering into a CPO Indemnity Agreement on terms acceptable to the Director of Central Services and the Deputy Chief Executive:

(1)             a Compulsory Purchase Order under s.39 of the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 be made on behalf of the Parish Council in respect of the allotment land at Church Lane, East Peckham;

(2)             any further decisions required for the preparation, drafting, completion, making and submission of the Compulsory Purchase Order to the Secretary of State be delegated to the Director of Central Services and Deputy Chief Executive; and

(3)             in the event that the Order was confirmed by the Secretary of State, authority to service such notices or make such General Vesting Declarations as are required to give effect to the Order and vest the title of the land to the Parish Council be delegated to the Director of Central Services and Deputy Chief Executive.

Consideration of recommendations (CH 21/3) to the Cabinet from the meeting of the Communities and Housing Advisory Board of 16 February 2021.

The Cabinet resolved that:

(1)         the proposed charges brought forward by the Tonbridge Allotments and Gardens Association, as detailed in the report, be agreed.

(Report of Director of Street Scene, Leisure and Technical Services)

The report presented the outcome of the formal consultation on proposals contained in the Access Group 3 and Access Group 4 subsets of the Parking Action Plan where a streamlined process had been applied to the consideration and promotion of minor changes to the Traffic Regulation Order. 

Following consideration by the Joint Transportation Board, the Cabinet Member for Street Scene and Environment Services resolved that:

Subject to the removal of the proposal to provide double yellow lines across a dropped kerb at 37 West Street, Wrotham, the recommendations for each location in Access Group 4 shown in Annex 1 to the report be adopted and, where appropriate, the proposals be implemented.

(Report of Director of Street Scene, Leisure and Technical Services)

The report presented the outcome of the investigation and informal consultation stages of 19 parking restriction proposals contained in Phase 12 of the Parking Action Plan.  The report sought approval to proceed to formal consultation in respect of 10 locations and invited consideration of whether the schemes at Wyvern Close, Snodland (Location Ref: 12-07) and Gorham Drive, Tonbridge (Location Ref: 12-08) should be abandoned or proceed to formal consultation. 

Following consideration by the Joint Transportation Board, the Cabinet Member for Street Scene and Environment Services resolved that:

Subject to the inclusion of the schemes at Wyvern Close, Snodland and Gorham Drive, Tonbridge in the formal consultation, the recommendations for each location in Phase 12 shown in Annex 1 to the report be adopted and, where appropriate, the proposals be taken forward to formal consultation.