Issue - meetings

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

Mrs Bates, an objector, Mrs Poletti of the New Allington Action Group (against), Councillor Levett of Teston Parish Council (against), Mr Wilford, for the applicant, and Councillors Daley, Mrs Robertson, Mrs Gooch and Willis (Visiting Members) addressed the meeting.

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

·  The provision of 30% affordable residential units within the application site;

·  The provision of land measuring no less than 2.05 ha to allow for the construction of the 2FE Primary School.  The terms of land transfer to be the same as agreed for the appealed scheme 1 - 13/1749;

·  The provision of land measuring no less than 0.36 ha to be set aside for the Community Hall and the construction of the Community Hall by the owners of the land (applicant) to a specification reflecting its use and ready to use and then transferred to a management company;

·  A financial contribution of £14,286per pupil totalling £1,685,748 towards the cost of constructing the Primary School;

·  A financial contribution of £11,799 per pupil totalling £991,116 towards the cost of expansion of Maplesden Noakes Secondary School;

·  A financial contribution of £48.02 per dwelling totalling £20,166.64 to be used to address the demand from the development towards additional bookstock at Allington Library;

·  A financial contribution of £30.70 per dwelling totalling £12,894 to accommodate the increased demand arising from the development with provision of new and/or expanded facilities and services through dedicated education centres and outreach community learning facilities;

·  A financial contribution of £47.44 per dwelling totalling £19,925 to accommodate the increased demand arising from the development by providing new and expanded adult care facilities and services;

·  A financial contribution towards Highways totalling £3,039 per dwelling towards the following:

£400 per dwelling for the A26 improvement works – modifications to the junction of Fountain Lane and Tonbridge Road;

£1,362 per dwelling for the A20/Coldharbour junction works – modifications to the layout and approaches of Coldharbour roundabout (London Road);

£102 per dwelling for the M20 Junction 5 improvement works with a white lining scheme;

£39 per dwelling for pedestrian crossing facilities in Hermitage Lane north of the site;

£52 per dwelling for improvements to create a shared pedestrian/cycle use of the footway along the eastern side of Hermitage Lane; and

£1,084 per dwelling to support the bus service via Allington for a period of 5 years.

·  A financial contribution of £30,000 towards the funding of surfacing and improvements to public right of way KB35 and KB18, to facilitate improvements to the public right of way network which immediately serves the development and connects with the town centre;

·  A contribution towards Healthcare, based on the formula number of dwellings x 2.34 x £360 (excluding affordable housing) to be spent on the following 6 surgeries, all of which are within a 1.5 mile  ...  view the full minutes text for item 90