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

Mr Goulette, for the applicant, and Councillors Beerling and Mrs Smith had already addressed the meeting.

RESOLVED:

1.  That subject to any purchaser of the application site from the Council being contractually obliged to enter into a Section 106 legal agreement to secure the following:-

  1.  The provision of a minimum of 40% of the residential units permitted for affordable housing;

  2.  A contribution of £14,130 for the Primary Care Trust towards improvements to the surgeries identified in the report;

  3.  A contribution of £19,698.50 for the Kent County Council for improvements to the book stock at the new library, improvements to adult education facilities to be located at the new library and the provision of a new youth facility a quarter of a mile from the application site; and

  4.  A contribution of £1,575 per unit to improve the play facilities at the Cornwallis Recreation Ground,

  the Head of Development Management be given delegated powers to grant outline permission subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report, as amended by the urgent update report, with the deletion of informative 16, the amendment of condition 14 and additional informatives as follows:

  Condition 14 (amended)

  The dwellings shall achieve at least Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.  No dwelling shall be occupied until a final Code Certificate has been issued for it certifying that Code Level 4 has been achieved.

Reason:  To ensure a sustainable and energy efficient form of development in accordance with Kent Design 2000 and PPS1.

Additional Informatives

No vehicles may arrive, depart, be loaded or unloaded within the general site and plant and machinery shall not be operated, that would generate noise beyond the boundary of the site, except between 0800 hours and 1800 hours on Mondays to Fridays and between 0800 hours and 1300 hours on Saturdays (and at no time on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays).

It is recommended that within the Design and Access statement, consideration should be given to the ‘Strategic Housing Market Assessment’ and the ‘Town Centre Study’.

2.  A ‘Task and Finish Group’ comprising the Chairman, Councillor English, Councillor Harwood and Ward Members should be set up to assist the Technical Services Section in the production of a marketing brochure to be given to prospective purchasers.

Voting:  13 – For  0 – Against  0 – Abstentions