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20/502037/REM - Kent Medical Campus, Newnham Way

Meeting: 20/08/2020 - Planning Committee (Item 337)

337 20/502037/REM - RESERVED MATTERS OF APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT AND SCALE OF TEMPORARY CAR PARK PURSUANT TO OUTLINE APPLICATION 16/507292/OUT AS VARIED BY 18/506609/OUT (APPLICATION TO VARY CONDITIONS 3, 4 AND 5 OF PLANNING PERMISSION 16/507292/OUT (OUTLINE APPLICATION WITH ACCESS SOUGHT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL CAMPUS) TO ALLOW FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE NATURE RESERVE) - KENT MEDICAL CAMPUS, NEWNHAM WAY, MAIDSTONE, KENT pdf icon PDF 409 KB

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Minutes:

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

 

In presenting the application, the Principal Planning Officer advised the Committee that:

 

·  The location of the proposed car park was not fully consistent with the indicative masterplan for the development of the Kent Medical Campus and would not be acceptable as a permanent feature.  The Committee report had therefore proposed that a condition be imposed requiring that the car park shall be removed and the land upon which it is sited shall either be restored to its former condition or developed in compliance with a subsequent planning permission/approval of Reserved Matters on or before 31 August 2025.

 

·  Notification had been received earlier during the day that there might be a delay in when the applicants wished to commence work and they had asked for a five year temporary consent starting from implementation which might be within a few years’ time.

 

In response to concerns expressed by a Member about ensuring that the works commence within a reasonable period of time, the Principal Planning Officer advised the Committee that the time limits on a Reserved Matters application were covered by the conditions on the outline planning permission to which it was pursuant. However, for clarity, the condition could be amended to ensure it dealt with the Committee’s wish that the target start date be within three years as well as having an end date within five years of implementation.

 

RESOLVED: 

 

1.  That the Reserved Matters be approved subject to the conditions and informative set out in the report as amended by the Principal Planning Officer at the meeting.

 

2.  That the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to finalise the wording of the amended condition.

 

Voting:  12 – For  0 – Against  0 – Abstentions