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23/501635/FULL Chickenden Barn, Chickenden Lane, Staplehurst, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 0DP

Meeting: 22/02/2024 - Planning Committee (Item 256)

256 23/501635/FULL - CONVERSION OF EXISTING BARN TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING, INCLUDING NEW ENTRANCE AND ACCESS DRIVE WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING (RE-SUBMISSION OF 22/501591/FULL) - CHICKENDEN BARN, CHICKENDEN LANE, STAPLEHURST, TONBRIDGE, KENT PDF 205 KB

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Minutes:

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

Mrs Williams addressed the meeting on behalf of residents in Chickenden Lane.

RESOLVED: That subject to revisions in consultation with Ward Members addressing the Committee’s concerns regarding:

A. The loss of trees; and

B. The position of the proposed new access way and issues around (a) highway safety and sightlines and the impact on trees and hedgerows and (b) the wildlife route between pond and paddock,

the Head of Development Management be given delegated powers to grant permission subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report with any necessary amendments made in consultation with Ward Members.

Voting: 9 – For 0 – Against 0 – Abstentions

FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Cabinet Member for Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development be requested to consider the possibility of the Council employing its own ecologist to advise on the ecological implications of development proposals.

Voting: 9 – For 0 – Against 0 – Abstentions

Meeting: 15/02/2024 - Planning Committee (Item 242)

242 23/501635/FULL - CONVERSION OF EXISTING BARN TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING, INCLUDING NEW ENTRANCE AND ACCESS DRIVE WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING (RE-SUBMISSION OF 22/501591/FULL) - CHICKENDEN BARN, CHICKENDEN LANE, STAPLEHURST, TONBRIDGE, KENT PDF 205 KB