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20/502286/FULL Lockmeadow Leisure Complex

Meeting: 23/07/2020 - Planning Committee (Item 322)

322 20/502286/FULL - EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING LOCKMEADOW LEISURE CENTRE, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF GATED CAR PARK ENTRANCE, CLADDING OF EXISTING CIRCULAR COLUMNS IN PPC ALUMINIUM RECTANGULAR SECTIONS, RE-PAINTING OF EXISTING GUTTERING AND HIGH LEVEL FASCIAS, REPLACEMENT OF LOW LEVEL RAILINGS WITH FLAT BAR SECTIONS, AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING SOUTHERN CATTLE MARKET STRUCTURE AND CAR PARK RAILINGS - LOCKMEADOW LEISURE COMPLEX, BARKER ROAD, MAIDSTONE, KENT pdf icon PDF 592 KB

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Minutes:

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

 

RESOLVED: 

 

1.  That permission be granted subject to the conditions and informative set out in the report with additional informatives (a) advising the applicant that the ability to have a secure gating mechanism at the entrance to the car park should be retained and (b) encouraging the applicant to pursue a strategy for the installation of electric vehicle charging points at the site.

 

2.  That the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to finalise the wording of the additional informatives.

 

Voting:  12 – For  0 – Against  0 – Abstentions

 

FURTHER RESOLVED:  That a reference be sent to the Biodiversity and Climate Change Working Group asking it to ensure that the renovation of the Lockmeadow entertainment complex is exemplar in terms of environmental sustainability with consideration being given to not just the installation of electric vehicle charging points but also additional native tree planting along the riverside and potentially the retro-fitting of the building with, for example, an air source heat pump.