Decision details

24/502907/FULL - FORMATION OF HARDSTANDING FOR HGV PARKING AND ERECTION OF SHOWER BLOCK EXTENSION TO AMENITY BUILDING, ALONGSIDE THE RECONFIGURATION OF EXISTING COACH PARKING AND RETAINING WALL AND ASSOCIATED ACOUSTIC FENCING, LIGHTING, AND CCTV - M2

Decision Maker: Planning Committee

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

24/502907/FULL M20 Service Station, M20 Junction 8 From Junction 7 Off Slip, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1SS

Decisions:

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

 

Ms Reaney addressed the meeting on behalf of the applicant.

 

RESOLVED:  That subject to:

 

A.  No representations being received raising issues not already assessed;

 

B.  The prior completion of a legal agreement in such terms as the Head of Legal Partnership may advise to secure monies (to be agreed by Officers in consultation with KCC Ecology) to cover the long-term monitoring for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG); and

 

C.  The conditions and informatives set out in the report, as amended by the urgent update report, with an additional informative about repairing and improving the fencing around the site,

 

the Head of Development Management be given delegated powers to grant permission and to be able to settle or amend any necessary Heads of Terms, planning conditions and/or informatives in line with the matters set out in the recommendation and as resolved by the Planning Committee including:

 

Flexibility to determine whether the on-site BNG of at least 10% for at least 30 years should be secured by way of an obligation or condition; and

 

Flexibility to have further discussions about the proposed BNG enhancement area in the western corner of the site and the BNG calculations and to make amendments to conditions to ensure that some open habitats are retained.

 

Voting:  10 – For  1 – Against  2 - Abstentions

 

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Contact: Kathryn Altieri Email: kathrynaltieri@maidstone.gov.uk.

Report author: Rebecca Bass

Publication date: 08/01/2025

Date of decision: 12/12/2024

Decided: 12/12/2024 - Planning Committee

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