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23/503788/FULL - Plots 6 & 7, Eclipse Park, Sittingbourne Road, North, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3EN

Meeting: 18/04/2024 - Planning Committee (Item 313)

313 23/503788/FULL - ERECTION OF A DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE SHOP AND A FLEXIBLE GENERAL EMPLOYMENT BUILDING (CLASS E(G)), INCLUDING LANDSCAPING, PARKING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS - PLOTS 6 & 7, ECLIPSE PARK, SITTINGBOURNE ROAD, NORTH, MAIDSTONE, KENT PDF 390 KB

Additional documents:

23/503788/FULL - Committee Report, item 313 PDF 413 KB

Minutes:

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

Mr Buckwell, agent for the applicant, addressed the meeting.

RESOLVED: That consideration of this application be deferred to enable the Officers to investigate and draw up potential conditions and informatives to address the following issues raised by Members in relation to the drive through coffee shop:

Idling engines

Air quality mitigation measures with input from Environmental Health

Landscaping – Ten-year management plan

EV charging points on site

Littering, including use of automatic number plate recognition technology

Lighting – Sensitive or dimmed when not in use

Informative(s) regarding other relevant legislation

Voting: 10 – For 3 – Against 0 – Abstentions

FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Cabinet Member for Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development be requested to bring forward a planning policy for dealing with litter from takeaway food and drink packaging, including the use of developing technology.

Voting: 10 – For 3 – Against 0 - Abstentions