a)                        Community Governance Review – Badgers Mount Order

The Chairman advised that since the publication of the agenda Officers had been made aware of some typographical errors in the Establishment Order which had since been corrected.  Councillor Fleming proposed and Councillor Pett seconded the recommendations from the Governance Committee.

Councillor Grint speaking as a resident and Ward Councillor and on behalf of his fellow ward councillor, was very pleased to be able to support the historic creation of an independent parish council and thanked Shoreham Parish Council for its care, cooperation and help with becoming independent.

Resolved:  That subject to typographical amendments in the Establishment Order, a Parish Council for the parish of Badgers Mount be established on and from 1 April 2015 in the terms of the Establishment Order as appended to the report submitted.

b)                        Community Governance Review

Councillor Fleming proposed and Councillor Pett seconded the recommendations from the Governance Committee.

Resolved:  That

a)    Romney Street Ward be created in the Parish of Shoreham;

b)    the number of parish councillors for the Romney Street Ward, the Shoreham Ward and The Well Hill Hundreds Ward of the Parish of Shoreham be 1, 6 and 1 respectively; and

c)    the boundary between the parishes of Chevening and Sevenoaks Weald be amended in the vicinity of Bowzell Green.

c)                        Changes to the Council’s Constitution

Councillor Fleming proposed and Councillor Pett seconded the recommendations from the Governance Committee.

Resolved:  That the following amended wording replace Part 13 paragraph 15 (2)  of the Constitution ‘Officer Responsibilities and Delegations – Delegation to Chief Planning Officer’

(i)     ‘Where the Council is a consultee (e.g. when the planning application has been submitted to Kent County Council as the Mineral Planning or Education Authority, or to an adjoining planning authority) and the application is considered to be significant, controversial, or sensitive in nature then the Chief Planning Officer shall if requested by a Member or Members report the matter to the next Development Control Committee.

(ii)   Where the Council is a consultee (e.g. when the planning application submitted by Kent County Council as the Mineral Planning or Education Authority, or to an adjoining planning authority) and when timeframes do not allow and the application is considered to be significant, controversial, or sensitive in nature then the Chief Planning Officer shall if requested by a Member or Members seek the views of the Local Ward Member, the Leader and other relevant Portfolio holders and Deputies.’

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