Agenda item

14/0828 - THE REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND SOUTH OF ASHFORD ROAD FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING THE ERECTION OF 113/114 DWELLINGS, INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD, LANDSCAPED PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, A LAP, A CONVENIENCE STORE AND HIGHWAYS WORKS TO ASHFORD ROAD - LAND SOUTH OF ASHFORD ROAD, HARRIETSHAM, KENT

Minutes:

The Chairman and Councillors Clark, Paine and Harper stated that they had been lobbied.

 

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

 

Mr Powell, an objector, Councillor Chinnery of Harrietsham Parish Council, Mr Houghton, for the applicant, and Councillor J Sams (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting.

 

RESOLVED:  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:

 

·  The provision of 40% affordable residential units within the application site OR the provision of 39% affordable housing within the application site and the provision of a community facility fully fitted out for occupation and use by the Parish Council on plot 9;

 

·  A contribution of £2,360.96 per ‘applicable’ house and £590.24 per ‘applicable’ flat towards the first phase of the 1FE expansion of Harrietsham Primary School;

 

·  A contribution of £8.44 per dwelling to be used to address the demand from the development towards youth services (supplied to youth workers and organisations serving Harrietsham);

 

·  A contribution of £48.02 per dwelling to be used to address the demand from the development towards additional book stock supplied to the mobile library service serving the development;

 

·  A contribution of £71,028 (based on £360 per predicted occupier of market dwellings) towards the improvement of healthcare facilities at The Glebe Medical Centre, Harrietsham being the provision of two additional clinical rooms;

 

·  A contribution of £3,500 per dwelling towards highway improvements to the A20 in Harrietsham;

 

·  A contribution of £200 per dwelling towards the improvement and maintenance of public rights of way to the south of the A20 in the vicinity of Harrietsham (namely KH272, KH272A, KH276 and KH652 (in no particular preferential order)); and

 

·  The provision of land identified on drawing number061302-WARD-PLAN2 received 20 January 2015 for public allotments and a contribution of £907.80 per dwelling towards improvement and replacement of offsite outdoor sports facilities and children’s and young people’s equipped play areas at Glebe Fields OR a contribution of £1,575 per dwelling towards improvement and replacement of offsite outdoor sports facilities and children’s and young people’s equipped play areas at Glebe Fields and the improvement of infrastructure and provision capacity of the existing allotments to the west of the site,

 

the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to grant permission subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report, as amended by the urgent update report, and the additional condition set out in the urgent update report.

 

Voting:  13 – For  0 – Against  0 - Abstentions

 

The Committee wishing to receive further assurances in relation to the delivery of the highway improvement works to coincide with the implementation of the development,

 

FURTHER RESOLVED:

 

1.  That the issue of the phasing of the A20 Highway Improvement Scheme at Harrietsham be referred to the Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transport Committee together with a request that a formal meeting be arranged with Kent County Council Highway Officers and Transport Planners to achieve a satisfactory timetable to ensure that the works are delivered to coincide with the implementation of the development comprised in application MA/14/0828 and other developments coming forward along the A20 corridor.

 

2.  To RECOMMEND to the STRATEGIC PLANNING, SUSTAINABILITY AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE:  That representatives of Harrietsham Parish Council be invited to attend and participate in this meeting and that the matter be referred to the Joint Transportation Board if the Committee considers it necessary.

 

Voting:  13 – For  0 – Against  0 - Abstentions

 

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