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15/509251 - Land North Of Bicknor Wood, Sutton Road, Maidstone, Kent

Meeting: 14/07/2016 - Planning Committee (Item 90)

90 15/509251 - OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH ASSOCIATED VEHICULAR, PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE ACCESS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS, INCLUDING PROVISION OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. (ALL MATTERS RESERVED FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ACCESS) - LAND NORTH OF BICKNOR WOOD, SUTTON ROAD, MAIDSTONE, KENT pdf icon PDF 246 KB

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Minutes:

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

 

Mr Barker, an objector, Councillor Aplin of Otham Parish Council (against), Councillor Greenhead of Downswood Parish Council (against), Mr Goodban, for the applicant, and Councillor Newton (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.  That subject to the prior completion of a S106 legal agreement in such terms as the Head of Legal Partnership may advise to secure the following:

 

·  A financial contribution of £978.34 per dwelling towards the provision of health facilities at one of the following surgeries: Wallis Avenue Surgery, Mote Medical Practice, Northumberland Court, Downswood Surgery, Grove Park Surgery;

 

·  A financial contribution of £6,460.00 per dwelling towards the construction of Langley Park Primary School and Langley Park Primary School site acquisition;

 

·  A financial contribution of £272.00 per dwelling towards improvements to existing off-site open space facilities at Senacre Recreation Ground;

 

·  The provision of 30% affordable housing with a 60/40 tenure split in favour of Affordable Rent including 2 (two) Wheelchair Accessible Homes;

 

·  The provision of a minimum 5.8 hectares of public open space;

 

·  A financial contribution of £2,274.84 per dwelling towards the third phase of the expansion of the Cornwallis Academy (secondary education);

 

·  A financial contribution of £30.70 per dwelling towards the refurbishment required at St Faiths Adult Education Centre in Maidstone to provide additional capacity to meet the needs of the additional attendees (community learning contribution);

 

·  A financial contribution of £8.49 per dwelling towards additional equipment required to support the additional attendees at the Fusion Café Youth project (youth services contribution);

 

·  A financial contribution of £48.02 per dwelling towards additional library book stock required to mitigate the impact of the new borrowers from this development;

 

·  A financial contribution of £53.88 per dwelling towards the cost of providing additional services for this proposed development, namely accessibility improvements to a community building local to the development where social care services are delivered by KCC or a third party (social care contribution);

 

·  A Landscape and Ecological Management Plan, to include:

 

Description and evaluation of features to be managed to include the long term maintenance and management of the SUDS schemes located in the buffer zone to the southern boundary;

Aims and objectives of management;

Management prescriptions for achieving aims and objectives;

Preparation of a work schedule (including an annual work plan capable of being rolled forward over a five-year period);

Details of the body or organisation responsible for implementation of the plan;

Details of on-going species and habitat monitoring; and

Provision for remedial measures.

 

The LEMP shall also include details of the legal and funding mechanism(s) by which the long-term implementation of the plan will be secured by the developer with the management body(ies) responsible for its delivery.

 

·  Appropriate financial contributions for significant highways and transport improvements to include the following elements that are subject to further negotiations:

 

A per dwelling contribution towards the A274 Sutton Road/Willington Street/Wallis Avenue junction improvements;

A per dwelling contribution towards bus prioritisation measures from the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 90