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18/500563 - The Stables, East Court, The Street, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JX
Meeting: 30/04/2018 - Planning Committee (Item 495)
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All Members except Councillors Boughton and Perry stated that they had been lobbied.
The Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning and Development.
Ms Furze, an objector, and Councillor Howells of Detling Parish Council addressed the meeting.
Contrary to the recommendation of the Head of Planning and Development, the Committee agreed to refuse permission. In making this decision, Members felt that:
· The proposal due to the form, location and layout of the proposed parking area and the lack of landscaping shown on the proposed layout, would have a detrimental impact on residential amenity. The detrimental effect on residential amenity was further underlined by the risk of substantial noise and disturbance associated with the proposed parking area. The proposal would be contrary to policy DM1 (iv) of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan Adopted 2017;
· The location and layout of the proposed parking area and the associated noise and disturbance would have a negative impact on the Detling Conservation Area contrary to policy DM1 (ii) and (vi) of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan Adopted 2017; and
· In the absence of a landscape scheme for the front and side boundaries of the proposed houses the proposal failed to demonstrate that the setting of the AONB and sensitive location would be protected contrary to policy SP17 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan Adopted 2017.
RESOLVED: That permission be refused for the following reasons:
1. The proposal due to the form, location and layout of the proposed parking area and the lack of landscaping shown on the proposed layout, will have a detrimental impact on residential amenity. The detrimental effect on residential amenity is further underlined by the risk of substantial noise and disturbance associated with the proposed parking area. The proposal would be contrary to policy DM1 (iv) of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan Adopted 2017.
2. The location and layout of the proposed parking area and the associated noise and disturbance would have a negative impact on the Detling Conservation Area contrary to policy DM1 (ii) and (vi) of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan Adopted 2017.
3. In the absence of a landscape scheme for the front and side boundaries of the proposed houses the proposal fails to demonstrate that the setting of the AONB and sensitive location will be protected contrary to policy SP17 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan Adopted 2017.
Voting: 12 – For 0 – Against 0 – Abstentions
Meeting: 26/04/2018 - Planning Committee (Item 480)
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See Minute 473 above.