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13/1823 - Mayfield Nursery, Ashford Road, Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1BN

Meeting: 15/01/2015 - Planning Committee (Item 225)

225 MA/13/1823 - AN OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND THE ERECTION OF 49 DWELLINGS AND ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING AND LANDSCAPING, WITH THE MATTER OF ACCESS TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE CURRENT TIME AND ALL OTHER MATTERS RESERVED - MAYFIELD NURSERY, ASHFORD ROAD, HARRIETSHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT pdf icon PDF 57 KB

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Minutes:

All Members stated that they had been lobbied.

 

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

 

Mrs Roots, an objector, Councillor Bilke of Harrietsham Parish Council (against), Mr Escott, for the applicant, and Councillors Powell and Sams (Visiting Members) addressed the meeting.

 

RESOLVED:  That subject to the prior completion of a Section 106 legal agreement in such terms as the Head of Legal Partnership may advise to secure the following:

 

·  The provision of 40% affordable residential units within the application site;

 

·  A contribution for Kent County Council of £2,360.96 per applicable house and £590.24 per applicable flattowards the build costs of extending Harrietsham Primary School;

 

·  A contribution for Kent County Council of £30.70 per dwelling to be used to address the demand from the development towards the provision of new/expanded facilities and services both through dedicated adult education centres and through outreach community learning facilities local to the application site;

 

·  A contribution for Kent County Council of £8.44 per dwelling to be used to address the demand from the development towards youth services through increased centre based youth services local to the application site;

 

·  A contribution for Kent County Council of £122.01 per dwelling to be used to address the demand from the development towards additional book stock and services at libraries local to Harrietsham;

 

·  A contribution for Kent County Council of £15.95 per dwelling to address the demand from the development for adult social services to be used towards the provision of new/expanded facilities and services both on site and local to the development, including assistive technology and enhancement of local community facilities to ensure full DDA access;

 

·  A contribution for NHS Property Services of £23,587 (£360 per predicted occupier based on size of market dwellings) to be prioritised firstly towards healthcare facilities at the Glebe Medical Centre, Harrietsham and then the Len Valley Medical Centre, Lenham; and

 

·  A contribution towards highway improvements to the A20 in Harrietsham (the details to be finalised by the Head of Planning and Development acting under delegated powers),

 

the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to grant outline permission subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report, as amended by the urgent update report, and the additional informatives set out in the urgent update report with an additional condition and additional informatives as follows:

 

Additional Condition

 

The details of landscape, ecological mitigation and sustainable surface water drainage required by conditions 1, 6, 12 and 15 above shall include, inter alia, an ecological receptor site and a sustainable urban drainage system in the south of the site adjacent to the site boundary.

 

Reason:  In the interest of pollution and flood prevention, and safeguarding biodiversity assets.

 

Additional Informatives

 

The design of any scheme coming forward at reserved matters stage should, in its detailing, reflect the local vernacular of the built environment to the south of Ashford Road in the vicinity of Harrietsham.

 

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