All
Members except Councillors Boughton and Parfitt-Reid stated that
they had been lobbied.
The
Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning and
Development.
The
Principal Planning Officer advised the Committee that paragraphs
7.02 and 7.04 of the report should refer to policy DM4 of the
Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2017, not policy DM14.
Mr
Rowe, an objector, and Councillor Cuming (Visiting Member)
addressed the meeting. Ms Allwood, agent for the applicant, had already
addressed the meeting on this and associated application
18/502860/OUT.
RESOLVED: That
Listed Building Consent be granted
subject to the conditions set out in the report.
Voting: 11 –
For 0 –
Against 1 –
Abstention
FURTHER
RESOLVED: That the
Joint Transportation Board be requested to investigate concerns
which have been raised about highway and pedestrian safety in
Roundwell, Bearsted; specifically, the need for a reduction in
traffic speeds to 30 mph, the limited forward visibility of
vehicles travelling along the road and the danger to pedestrians
having to cross Roundwell to the southern side as there is no
footpath on the northern side.
Voting: 12 – For
0 –
Against 0 –
Abstentions