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The report of the
Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health outlined the
process through which the High Weald National Landscape Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Management Plan 2024/29 had been
prepared and recommended its adoption.   Tonbridge and Malling contained a small area
of this AONB to the south of Tonbridge which accounted for less
than 1% of the total area.
 
Cabinet had due
regard to the financial and value for considerations and legal
implications and noted that failure to adopt the High Weald AONB
Management Plan would mean that the Borough Council would be in
breach of the CRoW Act 2000, which could lead to funding sanctions
from Natural England.  It was also noted
that the agreed Tonbridge and Malling financial contribution for
the High Weald Joint Advisory Committee for the next three years
from 2024/25 was £1545.
 
RESOLVED:
That
 
(1)            
the High Weald National Landscape Management Plan 2024/29 be
adopted as a material planning consideration; and
 
(2)            
preparation of the High Weald National Landscape Management Plan
2024/29 be delegated to the Director of Planning, Housing and
Environmental Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Planning, to make further minor changes during the adoption
process.