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21/505160/FULL - Land At Highlands Farm, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 6AL

Meeting: 16/12/2021 - Planning Committee (Item 183)

183 21/505160/FULL - CHANGE OF USE OF LAND FOR STATIONING OF 2(NO) STATIC MOBILE HOMES, 2(NO) TOURING CARAVANS AND 4(NO) PARKING SPACES FOR GYPSY/TRAVELLER FAMILY, INCLUDING HARDSTANDING, STABLE BUILDING AND THE KEEPING OF HORSES; BARN; STORAGE SHED AND POULTRY CAGES AND KENNELS (RETROSPECTIVE) - LAND AT HIGHLANDS FARM, YALDING HILL, YALDING, MAIDSTONE, KENT pdf icon PDF 126 KB

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Minutes:

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

 

In introducing the application, the Senior Planning Officer asked the Committee to ignore the reference to the Loose Neighbourhood Plan in the first sentence of paragraph 7.03 of the report.

 

Councillor Brown of Yalding Parish Council and Mr McKay, 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 the second sentence of condition 3 (Positioning of Caravans) to read:

 

  The caravans shall only be positioned on the site as set out on the submitted drawings and shall not be positioned to the southern part of the site; and

 

  The amendment of condition 6 (Commercial Activities) to read:

 

No commercial activities shall take place on the land, including the breeding of poultry and dogs and the storage of materials.

 

2.  That the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to finalise the wording of the amended conditions and to amend any other conditions as a consequence.

 

Voting:  9 – For  1 – Against  2 – Abstentions

 

FURTHER RESOLVED:  That the applicant and the Licensing Team be requested to liaise regarding animal welfare standards at the site.

 

Voting:  11 - For  0 – Against  1 – Abstention