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11/0679 : LAND R/O 125, TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME16 8JS

Meeting: 12/01/2012 - Planning Committee (Item 247)

247 MA/11/0679 - ERECTION OF THREE DWELLINGS COMPRISING ONE DETACHED DWELLING WITH INTEGRAL GARAGE AND TWO SEMI-DETACHED DWELLINGS WITH ACCESS TO TONBRIDGE ROAD VIA ACCESS PERMITTED UNDER MA/08/2323 - LAND R/O 125 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE PDF 36 KB

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Minutes:

All Members except Councillors Collins, Hinder, Nelson-Gracie, Mrs Robertson and J A Wilson stated that they had been lobbied.

The Committee considered the report and the urgent update report of the Head of Planning.

Ms Gladstone, for objectors, and Mr Norton, for the applicant, addressed the meeting.

Contrary to the recommendation of the Head of Planning, the Committee agreed to refuse permission notwithstanding advice from the Head of Planning that he believed the reason to justify refusal would not be sustainable at appeal.

RESOLVED: That permission be refused for the following reason:-

Due to the interconnected and interdependent relationship of the application site with the adjoining ‘All Angels Close’, the sites should be considered together as a single site and the proposals together as a single development. Therefore contributions towards open space, healthcare, community facilities and, in particular, affordable housing provision are considered to be necessary. In the absence of such contributions, the proposals are contrary to policy CF1 of the Maidstone Borough-Wide Local Plan 2000, the Council’s Affordable Housing DPD 2006 and Open Space DPD 2006.

Voting: 9 – For 2 – Against 1 – Abstention

FINAL DECISION DEFERRED pursuant to Section 26.3 of the Council Procedure Rules set out in Part 4 of the Constitution.

Note: Councillor Ash left the meeting whilst this application was discussed.