Councillor Lee Athwal

... the Cabinet of Tonbridge and Malling endorsed and adopted the Indoor Sports Facilities Strategy and the Playing Pitches and Outdoor Sports Facilities Strategy as the Borough Council’s current policy position on sports facilities, subject to careful consideration of comments from local sports teams and, for the latter strategy, the inclusion of the Joint Parish Skate Park in the BMX and Skate Parks section, while also delegating authority to the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health to publish Stage E reviews of these strategies.

...the Cabinet noted updates to the Strategic Risk Register, including the three risks categorized as RED (Achievement of Savings and Transformation Strategy, Failure to agree a Local Plan, and Managed exit from the Agile System), and also noted the identified service risks.

...to support the publication of the Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy, delegating the final response to the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning.

...to note the annual information risk report, support investment in enhanced cybersecurity, fund incident response with grant money, and initially fund security monitoring from reserves before incorporating it into the core budget.

...to note the net favorable variance of approximately £730,000 as of the end of July 2025, the current business rate pool position, and the progress towards the savings target for the 2026/27 budget.