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13/1453 - Land Off, Clapper Lane, Staplehurst, Kent, TN12 0RB

Meeting: 28/05/2015 - Planning Committee (Item 20)

20 13/1453 - CHANGE OF USE OF LAND TO USE AS A RESIDENTIAL CARAVAN SITE FOR ONE GYPSY FAMILY WITH TWO CARAVANS, INCLUDING ONE STATIC MOBILE HOME, TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A UTILITY BUILDING AND LAYING OF HARDSTANDING - LAND OFF CLAPPER LANE, STAPLEHURST, KENT PDF 61 KB

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Minutes:

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

Councillor Brice (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting.

RESOLVED: That permission be granted subject to the conditions set out in the report with the amendment of condition 4 as follows:

The development shall not commence until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a scheme of landscaping using indigenous species which shall be in accordance with BS:5837 (2012) 'Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction - Recommendations' and include a programme for the approved scheme's implementation, maintenance and long term management. The scheme shall be designed using the principles established in the Council's adopted Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Guidelines and shall include the following:

· Details of the species, size, density and location of all new planting within the site;

· Native hedge planting along the southern boundary of the site; and

· Retention of and measures to protect the existing hedgerow alongside Clapper Lane.

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and biodiversity.

Voting: 10 – For 0 – Against 3 – Abstentions