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Theme 1
Thanet's Economy

  • Develop key industrial and employment sites at Eurokent, Manston, Thanet Reach and the Marlowe Innovation Centre and support the development of Kent International Airport

 

  • Develop grant funding package for firms seeking to invest in Thanet

 

  • Support at least 20 public events per year to include the Powerboat Grand Prix, Broadstairs Folk Week and the Margate Big Event

 

  • Maintain Blue Flag status for seven beaches

 

  • Start work on improving 215 listed buildings in the Ramsgate Townscape Heritage (over a five years period)

 

  • Maximising opportunities arising from the 2012 Olympics by working with Kent County Council

 

  • Promoting a ‘café culture’ through planning and licensing policies

 

  • Support the proposed relocation of Thanet College at Westwood

 

  • Support the construction of 300 new homes and community facilities at Westwood by 2011

 

  • Diversify the Port of Ramsgate by achieving signed agreements for Ramsgate as the operation and maintenance base for wind farms

 

  • Review the strategic future of the Port of Ramsgate to achieve commercial diversification, capital investment and maintain a strong revenue stream for the Council

  • Secure planning permission to redevelop the former Marks and Spencer building in Margate

 

  • Working with the owners of Dreamland and Arlington Square to agree plans for regenerating the site

 

  • Deliver a programme of improvements in Margate’s Old Town to include: restoration of the harbour arm; development of key sites and the installation of new lighting and CCTV

 

  • Use technology to promote awareness of Thanet as a destination

 

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