MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE

 

29 NOVEMBER 2018

 

REPORT OF THE HEAD OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

 

DEFERRED ITEM

 

Application 17/503291 was deferred at the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 19 December 2017 adjourned to 4 January 2018 for the reasons set out below.  

 

The up to date position is that the application has been withdrawn by the applicant and a new application has been submitted for residential development at the site.

 

APPLICATION

 

DATE DEFERRED

337.     17/503291 - ERECTION OF 6 NO. LIGHTWEIGHT COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL UNITS - THE PACKHOUSE, QUEEN STREET, PADDOCK WOOD, TONBRIDGE, KENT

 

Deferred to:

 

·           Check whether the correct certificates were served;

·           Seek the views of Kent Highway Services on the implications of the potential use of HGVs to serve the site taking into account possible business growth;

·           Investigate the potential for traffic calming measures on the shared access;

·           Seek details of the proposed landscaping scheme including what it would comprise and where it would be planted;

·           Enable the Officers to draft suggested conditions to prevent the amalgamation of the units into one enterprise and to link the hours of illumination to the hours of opening of the premises;

·           Discuss with the applicant the possibility of limiting the hours of operation on Saturdays; and

·           Enable a representative of Kent Highway Services to be in attendance when the application is discussed.

 

19 December 2017 adjourned to 4 January 2018