Agenda and minutes

(a)   Committee: 18 September 2007

(b)   Member Panel: 29 November 2007

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meetings of the Committee held on 18 September 2007 and of the Member Panel held on 29 November 2007 are correctly recorded and that they be signed by the Chairman.

(Mr A J King was present for this item pursuant to Committee Procedure Role 2.24 and spoke)

(1)       This item was brought forward with the concurrence of the Chairman and the Committee.

(2)       RESOLVED that:-

(a)        the report be noted; and

(b)        Counsel’s opinion be sought as to the stance the County Council should take in the event that it receives a direction from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to make a Definitive Map Modification Order to add Public Rights of Way across the former Bayham Estate.

(1)       Members of the Committee requested further information as set out in paragraph (2)(b) and (c) below.

(2)       RESOLVED that:-

(a)       the report be noted;

(b)       Members of the Council be written to inviting them to identify Home to School routes that may be incorrectly defined as hazardous or non-hazardous; and

(c)        a report to sent to all Members of the Committee and the Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Environment, Highways and Waste clarifying the relationship between Home to School Transport and the Kent Freedom Pass.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

RESOLVED to:-

(a)       endorse the actions taken or contemplated on the respective cases set out in paragraphs 10 to 42 and 59 to 61 of the report and those contained within Schedule 1 to 3 of Appendices 1 to 3 on pages 8:13 to 8:28 of the report;

(b)       note with approval the guiding principle that the County Council will not hesitate from taking any necessary formal action;

(c)        note the progress made in implementation of the chargeable monitoring regulations that allow the County Council to charge for monitoring of minerals and landfill permissions at a prescribed fee; and

(d)       support the development of the chargeable monitoring scheme in accordance with the provisional programme set out in paragraphs 53 to 58 of the report.

(Open Access to Minutes)

(Members resolved that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 5 and 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act)

(1)       The Head of Planning Applications Group reported the latest enforcement position concerning the Woodgers Wharf site, Upchurch.

(2)       RESOLVED to endorse the strategy outlined in paragraphs 4 to 11 of the report.

(1)       The Head of Planning Applications Group reported the latest enforcement position concerning Deal Field Shaw (Shaw Grange), Charing.

(2)       RESOLVED to:-

(a)       endorse the enforcement strategy outlined in paragraphs 3 to 8 of the report; and

(b)       convene a meeting of the Committee’s Member Panel to consider in detail how to further progress the County Council’s Enforcement Strategy in relation to this site.