Maidstone East: A Collaborative Project

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1. November 2016 Maidstone East Development: A Collaborative Project Simon Dodd - GEN² / Kent County Council & John Foster - Maidstone Borough Council

2. M20 (4 mins) M2 (7 mins) Via A229

3. MBC’s 5 year Town Centre I nvestment Plan

4. MBC Draft Local Plan: Policy RMX1 (2) Maidstone East and former Royal Mail Sorting Office, Sandling Road, Maidstone Allocated for development for up to 10,000m2 comparison and convenience retail and approximately 210 dwellings

5. Why intervene and collaborate? Opportunity driven to facilitate wide reaching quality place making Emerging Planning Policy for a Strategic Gateway location Previous market failures KCC neighbouring landholdings & operational requirements OPE synergies

6. Collaboration Benefits? Sharing risk and reward Complimentary skills and experience Synergy with other government agendas Wider town centre regeneration plans Major stakeholder engagement to deliver a shared ambitious vision

7. Partnership Agreement to share pre-acquisitions costs Memorandum of Understanding (MoU ) setting out long and short term objectives Project team formation Joint appointment of external advisors Supporting Economic Business Case Feasibility & Development Appraisals

8. Governance KCC/MBC Collaboration Agreement Detailed Business Plan including preferred short term holding strategy Formation of KCC/MBC Strategic Board Financial protocols Project team delegations

9. Governance

10. KCC/MBC Maidstone East Project

11. Masterplanning Early Stakeholder engagement/consultation throughout Appointment of lead consultant and wider multi-disciplinary team Extensive site investigations Market intelligence (occupier/investor demand) Value engineering through design De-risking to enable private sector delivery

12. Q & A