The
Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning and
Development.
In
presenting the application, the Development Manager advised the
Committee that additional comments had been received from
Staplehurst Parish Council withdrawing the following sentence from
their original consultation response:
It is also disappointing to note that the applicant
has already removed much of the hedge and trees shielding the site
from the road, resulting in the development site being obtrusive
from the road and impacting on the street scene.
Mr
Birkby, the applicant, addressed the meeting remotely.
RESOLVED:
1. That permission
be refused for the reason set out in the report with an informative
advising the applicant to discuss with the Officers how his needs
might be accommodated in a policy compliant way.
2. That the Head
of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to finalise
the wording of the informative.
Voting: 9
– For 2 –
Against 0
– Abstentions