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MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE

 

20 JULY 2023

 

REPORT OF THE HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

 

DEFERRED ITEMS

 

The following applications stand deferred from a previous meeting of the Planning Committee.  The Head of Development Management will report orally at the meeting on the latest situation.

 

APPLICATION

 

DATE DEFERRED

40.        22/504433/FULL - RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND RECONFIGURATION OF PATIO TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE WITH PROPOSED PRIVACY SCREEN; THE ERECTION OF A GAZEBO WITH SURROUNDING DECKING; THE ERECTION OF AN ORANGERY; AND THE PART CONVERSION OF THE INTEGRAL GARAGE TO A UTILITY ROOM AND WC (RE-SUBMISSION OF 22/500345/FULL) - 8 NETHERMOUNT, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, KENT

 

Deferred for one meeting cycle to enable the Officers, in consultation with Councillor Springett (a Ward Member), to seek to negotiate a compromise solution to concerns raised about the new raised decking constructed adjacent to the conservatory, the side conservatory window and the proposed privacy screen.

 

22 June 2023

43.        23/501008/LBC - LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR ERECTION OF A THIRD FLOOR TO CREATE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS SPACE - CHORD ELECTRONICS LTD, THE OLD PUMP HOUSE, FARLEIGH BRIDGE, EAST FARLEIGH, MAIDSTONE, KENT

 

Deferred to enable Members to see the Conservation Officer’s assessment of the impact of the proposed development on the significance and setting of designated heritage assets, including the Farleigh Lane road bridge over the River Medway, and weigh any potential harm against the public benefits of the proposal.

 

 

22 June 2023

44.        23/501009/FULL - ERECTION OF A THIRD FLOOR TO CREATE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS SPACE - CHORD ELECTRONICS LTD, THE OLD PUMP HOUSE, FARLEIGH BRIDGE, EAST FARLEIGH, MAIDSTONE, KENT

 

Deferred in line with deferral of application 23/501008/LBC and to:

 

Seek further details in relation to proposed condition 6 (External Lighting) given the sensitive location of the application site from a historic landscape and riverside perspective and the evidence that red spectrum is softer and causes less harm to biodiversity than blue and green light; and

 

Strengthen proposed condition 7 relating to renewables.

 

22 June 2023