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19/504225/FULL Land To The South Of The Gables

Meeting: 23/01/2020 - Planning Committee (Item 197)

197 19/504225/FULL - ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT BARN (REVISED SCHEME TO 19/502397/FULL) - LAND TO THE SOUTH OF THE GABLES, MARDEN ROAD, STAPLEHURST, KENT pdf icon PDF 185 KB

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Minutes:

The Chairman and Councillors Kimmance, Perry and Wilby stated that they had been lobbied.

 

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

 

Dr Bradbury, an objector, and Councillor Buller of Staplehurst Parish Council addressed the meeting.

 

During the discussion on this application, concern was expressed that the Staplehurst Neighbourhood Plan and, in particular, Policy PW2 had not been addressed in the assessment of the proposal.  The Major Projects Manager acknowledged that there had been an omission in not listing the Neighbourhood Plan Policy in the Officers’ report.  He explained that the Policy considerations ran in parallel with the Local Plan Policies cited and relied upon in the report, and he did not think that the Officers would have come to a different recommendation if they had specifically referenced the Policy as the tests were the same.

 

RESOLVED: 

 

1.  That permission be granted subject to the conditions set out in the report with the amendment of condition 5 (Enhancement of Biodiversity) to refer to hedgehog (not hedgerow)corridors and to add bee bricks to the list of potential biodiversity enhancements.

 

2.  That the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to finalise the wording of the amended condition and to amend any other conditions as a consequence.

 

Voting:  5 – For  2 – Against  4 – Abstentions