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17/501308 - 1 Brooklands, Headcorn, Kent, TN27 9QS

Meeting: 16/11/2017 - Planning Committee (Item 276)

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Minutes:

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

 

Councillor Dungey, of Headcorn Parish Council, addressed the meeting.

 

Contrary to the recommendation of the Head of Planning and Development, the Committee agreed to refuse permission. In making this decision, Members felt that the proposed development would be an unacceptable flood risk and would fail the sequential test. The Committee were of the view that there were more suitable locations in the village to place such a property which would not be subject to the same level of flood risk.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the proposed development by virtue of its location in Flood Zone 3a would fail the sequential test as set out in NPPF (paragraph 101) and Policy DM1 (xi) of the Adopted Maidstone Borough Local Plan (2017) and the Council considers there are alternative locations in Headcorn Village that can accommodate alternative development and as such there is no need to place housing in an area of known flood risk.

 

Voting: Unanimous