The
Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning and
Development.
In
introducing the application, the Planning Officer advised the
Committee that he wished to strengthen the proposed landscaping
condition to specify where landscaping should be provided to screen
the access further.
Councillor Sharp of Staplehurst Parish Council and Mr Collins,
agent for the applicant, addressed the meeting remotely.
RESOLVED:
1. That permission
be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in
the report with:
The amendment of condition 5 (Landscaping) to require the extension
of the front boundary landscaping by 10 metres up from the road
frontage and adjacent to the access road leading into the
site(mixed species native hedge to reflect the existing);
and
An additional condition requiring the
provision of an electric vehicle charging point subject to this
being feasible.
2. That the Head
of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to finalise
the wording of the amended and additional conditions and to amend
any other conditions as a consequence.
Voting: 11
– For 0 –
Against 0
- Abstentions