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22/500597/FULL Land At South East Coast Ambulance Service, Heath Road, Coxheath, Maidstone, ME17 4BG
Meeting: 20/10/2022 - Planning Committee (Item 132)
Additional documents:
- 22/500597/FULL Committee Report, item 132
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- 22/500597/FULL Appendix A, item 132
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- URGENT UPDATE - Coxheath Ambulance Station, item 132
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Minutes:
The Committee considered the report and the urgent update report of the Head of Development Management.
In introducing the application, the Senior Planning Officer advised the Committee that:
· Part (i) of recommended condition 12 (Ecological Enhancements) should be deleted as the integration of ecological enhancements into the design and fabric of each dwelling was covered in condition 11.
· To clarify, the Drainage Strategy condition was not a pre-commencement condition as stated in paragraph 6.61 of the report.
· Since publication of the report, a representation had been received from a local resident raising objections to the application in terms of loss of light and privacy, anti-social behaviour regarding the eastern communal garden, highway safety and the impact on water supply. The issues of residential amenity and highway safety had been addressed in the report and the agent for the applicant had confirmed that the eastern communal garden would be closed in the evening. The issue of water supply was not a matter for consideration.
Mr Richards, agent for the applicant, addressed the meeting remotely.
The Democratic Services Officer read out a statement on behalf of Councillor Parfitt-Reid who had requested that the application be reported to the Planning Committee if the Officers were minded to grant permission under delegated powers but was unable to attend the meeting due to personal circumstances.
RESOLVED:
1. That permission be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report, as amended by the urgent update report and by the Senior Planning Officer during her introduction of the application, with the amendment of condition 9 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) to require that Prunus spinosa which has been specified in boundary hedgerows be replaced with Rhamnus cathartica (Purging Buckthorn).
2. That the Head of Development Management be given delegated powers to be able to settle or amend any necessary planning conditions in line with the matters set out in the recommendation and as resolved by the Planning Committee.
Voting: 12 – For 0 – Against 0 – Abstentions