'Local plan takes a step backwards' - say Medway Liberal Democrats
Conservative Leader of Medway Council, Alan Jarrett, has stated that the local plan is heading back to Regulation 18. Before this term of office, Regulation 18 had already been passed and the objective was to proceed through Regulation 19 and examination in public in order to put the local plan in place. The Conservative led council has not only failed to progress the local plan during this term of office, but has now arrived at a point when the only way to proceed to go back to the start and begin Regulation 18 all over again.