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14/503305 - Homeleigh Timber Supplies, Station Road, Staplehurst, Kent, TN12 0PY

 

 

Meeting: 26/02/2015 - Planning Committee (Item 264)

264 14/503305 - APPLICATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF RESERVED MATTERS OF APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT AND SCALE FOR 12 NO. DWELLINGS PURSUANT TO OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION MA/10/0220 FOR THE ERECTION OF UP TO 14 NO. DWELLINGS - HOMELEIGH TIMBER SUPPLIES, STATION ROAD, STAPLEHURST, KENT pdf icon PDF 72 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.

 

Mr Buller, an objector, Councillor Silkin of Staplehurst Parish Council (against), Mr Blythin, for the applicant, and Councillor Perry (Visiting Member) (against) addressed the meeting.

 

RESOLVED:  That permission be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report, as amended by the urgent update report, and the additional conditions and informative set out in the urgent update report with the amendment of original conditions 2 and 4 as follows:

 

Original Condition 2 (amended)

 

The development shall not commence until written details and samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the buildings, road surfacing and boundary walling hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and the development shall be constructed using the approved materials.  The materials for the buildings shall include natural slate and clay tiles.

 

Reason:  To ensure a satisfactory appearance to the development.

 

Original Condition 4 (amended)

 

No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a scheme of landscaping, using indigenous species and showing additional planting in place of the refuse collection area, an Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) in accordance with BS5837: 2012 which includes details of the soakaway, a methodology for the excavation of hard surfacing within the root protection areas of trees to be retained together with suitable measures for tree protection in the course of development and a programme for the approved scheme's implementation and long term management.  The scheme shall show crab apple trees along the access road.  The scheme shall be designed using the principles established in the Council's adopted Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Guidelines and shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details unless with the prior agreement in writing of the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason:  No such details have been submitted.

 

Voting:  11 – For  0 – Against  1 – Abstention

 

Note:  Councillor Moriarty was not present for the voting on this application.