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18/506068/REM Land South West Of Hermitage Lane/Oakapple Lane

Meeting: 21/02/2019 - Planning Committee (Item 276)

276 18/506068/REM - APPROVAL OF RESERVED MATTERS FOR ACCESS, APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT AND SCALE PURSUANT TO OUTLINE APPLICATION 13/2079 FOR THE ERECTION OF 80 DWELLINGS INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND EARTHWORKS - LAND SOUTH WEST OF HERMITAGE LANE/OAKAPPLE LANE, BARMING, MAIDSTONE, KENT pdf icon PDF 344 KB

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Minutes:

All Members except Councillor Chappell-Tay stated that they had been lobbied.

 

The Committee considered the report and the urgent update report of the Head of Planning and Development.

 

Mr Ridout, an objector, Councillor Mrs Gooch, on behalf of Barming Parish Council and in her capacity as a Ward Member, and Mr Wilford, for the applicant, addressed the meeting.

 

Note: Having stated earlier that she had been engaged in discussions at all levels (Borough, Parish, residents etc.) about this application and had firm views on it, Councillor Mrs Gooch sat in the public gallery while it was discussed, and did not participate in the discussion or the voting other than to address the Committee on behalf of the Parish Council and in her capacity as Ward Member.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.  That subject to:

 

(a)  Further negotiations to secure (i) a semi-natural hedgerow along the boundary with the cemetery; (ii) the incorporation of renewable energy generation measures, possibly in the form of solar PV panels, with priority given to installation on the affordable housing element of the development; and (iii) gaps beneath fences to allow the movement of wildlife; AND

 

(b)  The conditions set out in the report with the addition of an informative advising the applicant that a delivery group should be established comprising local stakeholders including the Barming and Heath Ward Members, representatives of Barming Parish Council and Councillor Harwood to discuss issues relating to the delivery of this development, including landscaping, and also the inter-relationship with the adjoining site that is likely to come forward in the near future,

 

the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to grant permission and to add or amend any necessary conditions as a consequence of the negotiations referred to in paragraph 1(a) above and to finalise the wording of the additional informative.

 

2.  That if the Head of Planning and Development is unable to secure the measures set out in paragraph 1(a) above, the application must be reported back to the Committee.

 

Voting:  9 – For   0 – Against  2 – Abstentions

 

Note:  Councillor Brice entered the meeting after consideration of this application (6.55 p.m.).