ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on profiling the local authority, the European content of development and other plans, on the range of funding Kent has received and its purpose, and other important EU-influenced activity. The Kent Structure Plan Third Review was adopted in 1996, and the new plan and explanatory memorandum have been published. The chapter explores how mainland Europe provides examples of land use planning which Kent can draw upon in its town centre planning and management. The INTERREG programme was launched in 1990 to promote the economic development of border regions and to assist them in gaining the most benefit from European integration. It is anticipated that the successes of the INTERREG I programme for coastal management will be repeated once INTERREG II is assessed. In particular, in 1998 it was planned that INTERREG II funding would facilitate the establishment of a Coastal and Marine Observatory in Kent, modelled on the Observatoire de l'Environment Littoral at Marin, based in Wimereux.
