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17/504579/OUT - Durrants Farm, West Street, Hunton,

Meeting: 05/12/2019 - Planning Committee (Item 152)

152 17/504579/OUT - OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND THE ERECTION OF 8 NO. DWELLING HOUSES WITH ACCESS, LAYOUT, SCALE AND APPEARANCE TO BE CONSIDERED AT THIS STAGE WITH LANDSCAPING RESERVED FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION - DURRANTS FARM, WEST STREET, HUNTON, KENT pdf icon PDF 187 KB

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Minutes:

There were no disclosures of lobbying.

 

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

 

Ms Harvey addressed the meeting on behalf of the applicant.  Councillor Webb (Visiting Member) made representations on behalf of Hunton Parish Council.

 

Contrary to the recommendation of the Head of Planning and Development, the Committee agreed to refuse permission.  In making this decision, the Committee considered that the proposed development by virtue of its poor, inappropriate and incongruous design and layout which is more appropriate to an urban location than the open countryside, its density and the lack of accessibility for the number of houses proposed by sustainable modes of transport to the Maidstone urban area, rural service centre or larger village, would cause harm to the open countryside character and sustainability objectives as set out by Policies SS1, SP17, DM1, DM5 and DM30 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2017 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

The Committee also considered that, in the absence of appropriate surveys for protected species having been carried out to establish the extent that they may be affected by the development and of exceptional circumstances to justify the use of planning conditions, the proposals would be contrary to Policy DM3 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2017, the National Planning Policy Framework and advice contained in Circular 06/2005 - Biodiversity and Geological Conservation - Statutory Obligations and their Impact within the Planning System - specifically paragraph 99, which require such matters to be established before planning permission is granted.

 

RESOLVED:  That permission be refused for the following reasons:

 

1.  The proposed development by virtue of its poor, inappropriate and incongruous design and layout which is more appropriate to an urban location than the open countryside, its density and the lack of accessibility for the number of houses proposed by sustainable modes of transport to the Maidstone urban area, rural service centre or larger village, would cause harm to the open countryside character and sustainability objectives as set out by Policies SS1, SP17, DM1, DM5 and DM30 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2017 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

2.  In the absence of appropriate surveys for protected species having been carried out to establish the extent that they may be affected by the development and of exceptional circumstances to justify the use of planning conditions, the proposals would be contrary to Policy DM3 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2017, the National Planning Policy Framework and advice contained in Circular 06/2005 - Biodiversity and Geological Conservation - Statutory Obligations and their Impact within the Planning System - specifically paragraph 99, which require such matters to be established before planning permission is granted.

 

Voting:  9 – For  0 – Against  0 – Abstentions