Social Value Ideas for Gravesham Borough Council

Fast food refusal grounds

Members agreed refusal grounds for the Woodlands application based on national policy on healthy places, proximity to schools and areas where children gather, obesity concerns, litter, traffic and saf…

“The application form indicates an area of naught point four hectares, but the BNG metric indicates an area of naught point one seven hectares. Indepen…”

Glamping pods approved

The committee approved delegated authority for planning permission for seven glamping pods at Eastcourt Farm, subject to conditions. The debate focused on balancing Green Belt harm against tourism, ru…

“This planning application is for the installation of seven number glamping pods retreats with associated development at East Court Farm Church Lane. A…”

Glamping site inspection

Members agreed to defer the Eastcourt Farm glamping application for a site inspection because of uncertainty about the site, access, neighbouring impacts and whether the proposal could be controlled a…

“Speaker 6: Thank you, chair. My opinion is that I've come to the conclusion that we're very unclear about the site and what's on it and what's going o…”

Planning Conditions Agreement - Tollgate Hotel Development

Planning committee has delegated authority to head of planning to grant permission for EV charging hub development subject to agreement of planning conditions with chair and vice chair. Key conditions…

“the recommendation to planning committee is to delegate the application to the head of planning to grant permission subject to the imposition of plann…”

General Fund outturn improved

The provisional general fund outturn showed a favourable improvement against budget, reducing the draw on general reserves by £857,000 to £1.95m. The report attributed this to strong property portfoli…

“Speaker 7: So thank you, chair, and and thank you for that earlier welcome as well. So the report starts on page 57. So it is the general fund provisi…”

Financial Sustainability Weakness

Significant weakness reported for fourth consecutive year (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) in council's financial sustainability. Working balances at end of year just over £5m with projections showing draw…

“we continue to report a what we call a significant weakness in arrangements around financial sustainability. working balances um as at the end of the …”

Disclaimer of Opinion on 2024-25 Accounts

Grant Thornton will issue a disclaimer of opinion on the 2024-25 financial statements due to lack of sufficient appropriate audit evidence. This results from two key factors: (1) inherent limitation f…

“Grant Thornton will be issuing a disclaimer of opinion on the 2425 financial statements and this reflects both an inherent limitation of scope and fro…”

Borough-wide nuisance vehicle PSPO

Cabinet endorsed a borough-wide Public Spaces Protection Order to tackle nuisance vehicles, including motorbikes, quad bikes, e-bikes, e-scooters and inappropriate cycling in pedestrian areas. The ord…

“This report six cabinet endorsement for the laying of a public spaces protection order, which I'll refer to as PSPO, in relation to nuisance vehicles.…”

PSPO for nuisance vehicles

The council approved a borough-wide public space protection order to tackle nuisance vehicles, including e-bikes, e-scooters, quad bikes and dirt bikes. Members discussed the use of drones, CCTV and p…

“Item eight, proposed public space protection order, new sink vehicles. Members are presented with a report in relation to a proposal of public space p…”