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19/503912/FULL Land At Bicknor Farm

Meeting: 23/01/2020 - Planning Committee (Item 195)

195 19/503912/FULL - DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WITH 302 DWELLINGS, PARKING, ACCESS, AMENITY SPACE, LANDSCAPING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS - LAND AT BICKNOR FARM, SUTTON ROAD, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, KENT pdf icon PDF 191 KB

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Minutes:

All Members except Councillors Brindle, Harwood, Perry and Young stated that they had been lobbied.

 

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

 

Councillor Hipkins of Otham Parish Council and Mr Anderson, for the applicant, addressed the meeting.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.  That subject to:

 

(a)  The prior completion of a legal agreement in such terms as the Head of Legal Partnership may advise to secure the Heads of Terms set out in the report; AND

 

(b)  The conditions set out in the report, as amended by the urgent update report, and the additional conditions set out in the urgent update report with the further amendment of amended condition 9 (Biodiversity Management and Enhancement) to include the incorporation of bee bricks and the provision of an on-site reptile receptor site in the south facing buffer to the ancient woodland,

 

the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to grant permission and to be able to settle or amend any necessary Heads of Terms and planning conditions in line with the matters set out in the recommendation (as amended) and as resolved by the Planning Committee.

 

2.  That the details to be submitted pursuant to amended condition 6 (Soft Landscaping) are to be agreed in consultation with the Parish Council and the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Political Group Spokespersons of the Planning Committee.

 

Voting:  11 – For  1 – Against  0 – Abstentions

 

Arising from the discussion on this application, the Chairman undertook to liaise with the Vice-Chairman and Councillor Harwood regarding the inclusion of an item on the agenda for a future meeting of the Committee to consider general highway and pedestrian crossing safety issues associated with the existing roundabout adjacent to this site.