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17/503291 - The Packhouse, Queen Street, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6PJ

Meeting: 19/12/2017 - Planning Committee (Item 337)

337 17/503291 - ERECTION OF 6 NO. LIGHTWEIGHT COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL UNITS - THE PACKHOUSE, QUEEN STREET, PADDOCK WOOD, TONBRIDGE, KENT PDF 174 KB

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Minutes:

Councillors Brice and Boughton stated that they had been lobbied.

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

Mrs Ayling, an objector, Councillor Robbins of Yalding Parish Council and Councillor McLoughlin (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting.

RESOLVED: That consideration of this application be deferred to:

· Check whether the correct certificates were served;

· Seek the views of Kent Highway Services on the implications of the potential use of HGVs to serve the site taking into account possible business growth;

· Investigate the potential for traffic calming measures on the shared access;

· Seek details of the proposed landscaping scheme including what it would comprise and where it would be planted;

· Enable the Officers to draft suggested conditions to prevent the amalgamation of the units into one enterprise and to link the hours of illumination to the hours of opening of the premises;

· Discuss with the applicant the possibility of limiting the hours of operation on Saturdays;

· Enable a representative of Kent Highway Services to be in attendance when the application is discussed.

Voting: 12 – For 0 – Against 0 – Abstentions