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21/501790/REM - Plot 3 Maidstone Innovation Centre, Newnham Court Way, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5FT

Meeting: 24/06/2021 - Planning Committee (Item 54)

54 21/501790/REM - SECTION 73 APPLICATION FOR MINOR MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPROVED PLANS CONDITION 1 AND VARIATION OF CONDITION 5 (CHANGES TO LANDSCAPING, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO BUILDING AND OTHER CHANGES) PURSUANT TO 18/506658/REM (RESERVED MATTERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PROPOSED FOUR STOREY INNOVATION CENTRE OFFICE BUILDING) - PLOT 3, MAIDSTONE INNOVATION CENTRE, NEWNHAM COURT WAY, WEAVERING, MAIDSTONE, KENT pdf icon PDF 280 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 sub-station was already in place so that part of the proposal was retrospective.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.  That permission be granted subject to the conditions set out in the report with:

 

  The amendment of condition 4 (Landscape and Ecological Maintenance and Management Plans) to specify 10-year maintenance and management plans;

 

  The amendment of condition 5 (Planting and Species Details) to specify (a) appropriate native planting and (b) mature hedging such as Hornbeam around the sub-station; and

 

The amendment of the appropriate conditions to change the native shrub planting in the landscape area to the front of the building to wildflower grassland with a single autumn cut to maximise biodiversity.

 

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

 

3.  That delegated powers be given to the Head of Planning and Development to investigate whether wildflower planting can be achieved in the service margin with an appropriate maintenance and management regime to maximise biodiversity and, if so, to add or amend conditions as appropriate.

 

Voting:  12 – For  0 – Against  0 – Abstentions

 

Note:  Having stated that he had pre-determined this application, Councillor Round did not participate in the discussion or the voting.