All Members of the Committee stated that they had been lobbied.

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

Mr Cooper, an objector, Councillor Munford of Boughton Monchelsea Parish Council, Mr Przyjemski, for the applicant, and Councillors Field and FitzGerald addressed the meeting.

RESOLVED:  That permission be granted subject to the conditions set out in the report, as amended by the urgent update report, the additional condition set out in the urgent update report and the following additional condition and informative:-

Additional Condition

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans/documents:

Drawing nos. DHA/7329/01; 02 rev B; 03 Rev A; 04; 05; 06; 07 received on 6 November 2009 together with design and access statement and as amended by additional drawings DHA/7329/08; 09; 10 received on 25 January 2010 and letter dated 21 April 2010 and FRA (incorporating drawing nos. 11286/01B; 1186/02A; 11286/03A) as received on 23 August 2010.

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity, the management of surface water run-off, biodiversity interests and residential amenity in accordance with policies ENV28 and ENV43 of the Maidstone Borough-Wide Local Plan 2000, policies NRM4, NRM5 and C4 of the South East Plan 2009, PPS7 and PPS25.

Informative

In providing the details for surface water management under condition 6, the applicant is advised to consider the use of a swale or ditch drainage system.

Voting:  13 – For  0 – Against  0 - Abstentions