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19/506376/FULL - 29 The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 4BE
Meeting: 27/02/2020 - Planning Committee (Item 218)
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Minutes:
The Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning and Development.
Councillor Hannington of Bearsted Parish Council and Councillor Springett (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting.
Contrary to the recommendation of the Head of Planning and Development, the Committee agreed to refuse permission. In making this decision, Members considered that the proposed window enlargements and design amendments to the south-west and north-west elevations had resulted in poor design by failing to reflect the hierarchy of windows creating a cluttered elevation overly dominated by glazing, and the louvred designs put forward would not overcome this contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework 2019, Policies DM1 and DM9 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2017 and the guidance contained within the Council’s Residential Extensions Supplementary Planning Document.
RESOLVED: That permission be refused for the following reason:
The proposed window enlargements and design amendments to the south-west and north-west elevations have resulted in poor design by failing to reflect the hierarchy of windows creating a cluttered elevation overly dominated by glazing, and the louvred designs put forward would not overcome this contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework 2019, Policies DM1 and DM9 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2017 and the guidance contained within the Council’s Residential Extensions Supplementary Planning Document.
Voting: 12 – For 0 – Against 1 - Abstention