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MA 13 1149 LAND AT LANGLEY PARK SUTTON ROAD MAIDSTONE KENT

Meeting: 06/02/2014 - Planning Committee (Item 274)

274 MA/13/1149 - OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF UP TO 600 DWELLINGS WITH ASSOCIATED LOCAL CENTRE COMPRISING CONVENIENCE STORE (USE CLASS A1) (1,300SQM - 1,500SQM GROSS FLOOR AREA (GFA)), RETAIL/COMMERCIAL UNITS (USE CLASS A1, A2, A3, A5 AND/OR D1) (400SQM GFA) AND PUBLIC HOUSE (USE CLASS A4) (550SQM - 700SQM GFA); A TWO FORM ENTRY PRIMARY SCHOOL (WITH PRE-SCHOOL PROVISION AND A COMMUNITY FACILITY); PUBLIC OPEN SPACE; ALLOTMENTS; NATURE CONSERVATION AREA; AND LANDSCAPING, WITH ALL MATTERS RESERVED EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING: MEANS OF VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE FROM SUTTON ROAD, AND THE SPINE ROAD WITHIN THE SITE; 170 DWELLINGS (PHASE 1) WITH ITS ASSOCIATED OPEN SPACE; DRAINAGE PROVISION, INCLUDING THE SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION FACILITY, STRATEGIC FOUL AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUMPING STATION; EARTHWORKS, TO INCLUDE GROUND RE-MODELLING - LAND AT LANGLEY PARK, SUTTON ROAD, MAIDSTONE, KENT PDF 310 KB

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Minutes:

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

Councillor Ellis of Boughton Monchelsea Parish Council, Councillor Taylor-Maggio of Langley Parish Council, Mr Marshall, for the applicant, and Councillors Newton and Munford (Visiting Members) addressed the meeting.

RESOLVED:

1. That subject to the prior completion of a S106 legal agreement in such terms as the Head of Legal Services may advise to secure the following:

The provision of a minimum of 30% affordable housing;

Contributions of £3,000 per dwelling for highway mitigation works to the A274 corridor to address the impacts of this development;

Contributions of £300 per residential unit for enhancements to the Willington Street junction;

A contribution of £106,200 for phase 1 towards improvements to health care provision within the locality;

Contributions of £360 per person for the remainder of the phases throughout the site (as shown on the submitted formula) towards health care provision within the locality;

Contributions for primary education of £14,285 per pupil (based on the formula set out in the report) – this is to be used to provide a new primary school on site with land of not less than 2.05ha in area. The primary school should be provided prior to the completion of the (cumulative) 350^th dwelling of this site and the sites to the north of Sutton Road (MA/13/0951 and MA/13/1523);

The transfer to Kent County Council of land of not less than 2.05ha in area for the construction of a primary school, either in a single transfer or two phases, where the first phase consists of not less than 1.4ha. 1.4ha of the site to be transferred at nil value with the remainder transferred at a price agreed by the contributing developers (ss2a,b,c) and the Local Education Authority; or at a value set by the District Surveyor. The primary school should be provided prior to the completion of the (cumulative) 350^th dwelling of this site and the sites to the north of Sutton Road (MA/13/0951 and MA/13/1523);

Contributions for secondary education of £589.95 per flat and £2,359.80 per house - this would be for the expansion of existing secondary schools that the application site falls within the catchment area of;

Contributions of £128.44 per dwelling for additional book stock within local libraries;

Contributions towards community learning of £30.34 per dwelling to be spent within the Borough of Maidstone;

Contributions towards youth services of £8.39 per dwelling to be spent within the Borough of Maidstone;

Contributions towards adult social care of £97.26 per dwelling to be spent within the Borough Maidstone;

A suitable marketing campaign to promote the early occupation of the proposed commercial properties to the north of the site - this shall commence once construction of phase 1 has begun;

A contribution of £40,000 for the enhancement of sports and recreation facilities within a 2 mile radius of the application site; and

The provision of a community facility on site that shall be attached to the ... view the full minutes text for item 274