Agenda item
15/506840 - Temporary change of use of land for the storage of topsoil prior to distribution (Restrospective) - Land North Of Bicknor Wood, Gore Court Road, Maidstone, Kent
- Meeting of Planning Committee, Thursday 7th April, 2016 6.00 pm (Item 355.)
- View the background to item 355.
Minutes:
Councillor Munford stated that he had been lobbied.
The Committee considered the report and the urgent update report of the Head of Planning and Development.
Mr Tickle, an objector, and Councillor Newton (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting.
RESOLVED: That permission be
granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report, as amended by
the urgent update report, and subject to further amendments to
conditions 1, 3 and 8 and an additional condition and informative
as follows:-
Amended Conditions
Condition 1
The use hereby permitted shall be for a limited
period being the period of 3 years from the date of this decision.
At the end of this period the use hereby permitted shall cease, the
topsoil heaps, fencing and any other associated paraphernalia shall
be removed from the land, and the land restored to its former
condition before the development took place. Within 1 month of the date of this permission
hereby granted details of a remediation plan to show how these
works will be undertaken and including a timescale for the
completion of the remediation, shall be submitted to and approved
in writing by the local planning authority. The works shall be
carried out in accordance with the approved remediation
plan.
Reason: To prevent inappropriate development in the countryside.
Condition 3
Within a period of one month of the date of this
permission, or before any further soil is removed from the site or
re-distributed within the site, whichever is the sooner, details of
an access route within the site which provides for a 15 m buffer
adjacent to the Ancient Woodland along which no vehicle shall have
access and which provides for a physical barrier which prevents
such access and shows an alternative lorry route to the soil
storage area, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by, the
local planning authority. The works shall be carried out in
accordance with the approved details prior to any further soil
being removed from the site or re-distributed within the
site.
Reason: To protect the adjacent Ancient Woodland.
Condition 8
The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance
with plan reference SUTT/001 received 28/08/15 and the Materials
Management Plan received 18/09/15.
Reason: To ensure a satisfactory appearance to the development and to safeguard the enjoyment of their properties by existing and prospective occupiers.
Additional Condition
(9)
Notwithstanding the submitted Construction
Management Plan (CMP) and within 1
month of the date of the permission hereby granted, an amended CMP
shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning
authority, to additionally include measures to secure traffic
movements to and from the application site through the Imperial
Park development site, using either the temporary haul road or the
completed site road, except for a small length between the
application site and Imperial Park access points as shown on plan
SUTT/001 received 28/08/15. The amended
Construction Management Plan (CMP) shall also include a condition
survey of the highway (Gore Court Road) prior to any further
removal of soil from the site, and details of working hours. The
development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved
details.
Reason: In the interests of highway
safety and residential amenity.
Additional Informative
With regards to condition 9 above, the Council considers the hours of operation to be excessive and that in order to seek compliance with condition 9 the hours of work between Mondays to Fridays should be reduced and no work should be carried out on Saturdays. This needs to be reflected within the amended Construction Management Plan.
Voting: 12 - For 1 – Against 0 - Abstentions
Supporting documents:
- 15/506840 - Site Plan, item 355. PDF 353 KB
- 15/506840 - Commttee Report, item 355. PDF 124 KB
- 15-506840_photos, item 355. PDF 721 KB
- 15/506840/FULL_urgent update, item 355. PDF 168 KB