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18/502850 -Barty House Nursing Home & Land At Barty Farm, Roundwell, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent

Meeting: 16/08/2018 - Planning Committee (Item 96)

96 18/502850 - LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR ALTERATIONS TO BOUNDARY WALL, RELOCATION OF GAS CABINET AND PROVISION OF LANDSCAPING TO FACILITATE IMPROVED ACCESS - BARTY HOUSE NURSING HOME & LAND AT BARTY FARM, ROUNDWELL, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, KENT pdf icon PDF 342 KB

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Minutes:

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