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22/503721/FULL - 2 Wierton Corner Cottages, Wierton Hill Boughton Monchelsea, Kent ME17 4JT

 

 

Meeting: 15/12/2022 - Planning Committee (Item 178)

178 22/503721/FULL - DEMOLITION OF EXISTING PORCH AND ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE-STOREY, PART TWO-STOREY SIDE EXTENSION - 2 WIERTON CORNER COTTAGES, WIERTON HILL, BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA, KENT pdf icon PDF 179 KB

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Development Management.

 

The Committee was informed that the application had been called in by Boughton Monchelsea Parish Council which was unable to be represented at the meeting due to the adverse weather conditions.

 

During the discussion, the Development Management Team Leader advised the Committee that she wished to:

 

(a)  Add an external lighting condition as follows:

 

No external lighting shall be installed unless full details of any such lighting have first been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.  The approved details shall be in accordance with the Institute of Lighting Obtrusive Light Limitations for Exterior Lighting Installations for Environmental Zone E1.  The development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained and maintained.

 

Reason: In order to protect dark skies and prevent undue light pollution, in accordance with the maintenance of the character and quality of the Greensand Ridge Landscape of Local Value.

 

(b)  Amend the last line of condition 5 (Enhancement of Biodiversity) to read:

 

   The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details prior to first use of the extension and all features shall be retained and maintained thereafter.

 

(c)  Amend the last line of condition 6 (Decentralised and Renewable or Low-Carbon Sources of Energy) to read:

 

  The approved details shall be installed prior to first occupation of the extension and retained and maintained thereafter.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.  That permission be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report, as amended/added to by the Development Management Team Leader during the discussion, with the amendment of the second line of condition 5 (Enhancement of Biodiversity) to read:

 

   The scheme shall consist of the enhancement of biodiversity through at least one integrated methods into the design and appearance of the extension…

 

2.  That the Head of Development Management be given delegated powers to be able to add, 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:  10 – For  0 – Against  2 – Abstentions