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APPLICATION

DATE DEFERRED

64.        23/501635/FULL - CONVERSION OF EXISTING BARN TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING, INCLUDING NEW ENTRANCE AND ACCESS DRIVE WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING (RE-SUBMISSION OF 22/501591/FULL) - CHICKENDEN BARN, CHICKENDEN LANE, STAPLEHURST, TONBRIDGE, KENT

Deferred to:

·           Seek further arboricultural information on tree removal and the impact of the proposed development on retained trees (if any); and

·           Negotiate with the applicant regarding the submission of an ecological method statement for the dredging of the ditch and pond given the potential to affect protected species.

24 August 2023

65.        21/503412/FULL - ERECTION OF 8 NO. FULL MASTS AND 4 NO. LOWER MASTS FLOODLIGHTING TO SERVE THE SPORTS PITCHES - MARDEN SPORTS CLUB, MAIDSTONE ROAD, MARDEN, KENT

Deferred to:

Assess the cumulative impact of the existing lighting, the lighting for the proposed padel courts and the lighting associated with this application;

Seek night-time photographs to see what the existing lighting looks like;

Seek details of a landscape scheme;

Seek details of the boundary treatments, including the acoustic fencing (height etc.) and bund to assess the visual impact and also to understand the planning status of the bund and fencing;

Seek up to date ecological information (including a bat survey) and an assessment of biodiversity net gain; and

Seek more information about the light spectrum proposed as the red end of the spectrum is less intrusive.

19 October 2023 adjourned to 26 October 2023

66.        23/503671/FULL – DEMOLTIOION OF EXISTING HOUSE AND OUTBUILDING. ERECTION OF 2 NO. DWELLINGS INCLUDING EXTENSION OF EXISTING CROSSOVER AND ASSOCIATED PARKING - MONTROSE, SUTTON ROAD, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Deferred to:

Negotiate with the applicant regarding the architectural quality of the development and to retain the landscape character;

Seek a condition that retains cordwood from tree felling;

Amend condition 5 (biodiversity) to seek a biodiversity net gain of 20%; and

Amend condition 6 (ecology) to remove the word ‘not’ from the first sentence, to read “The development hereby approved shall only proceed (including site clearance), in accordance with the advice in the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (Arbtech, May 2023).”

14 December 2023