Issue - meetings
15/507908 - Land Adj Highfield House, Maidstone Road, Marden, Kent, TN12 9AG
Meeting: 14/01/2016 - Planning Committee (Item 241)
Additional documents:
- 15/507908 - Committee Report, item 241
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- 507908-HIGHFIELD HOUSE_Urgent Update_doc, item 241
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View as HTML (241/3) 11 KB
- APPENDIX 1 - appeal decision for MA-14-0679.pdf_Urgent Update, item 241
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- 15-507908_photos, item 241
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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 Spanier, an objector, Mr Blundell, for the applicant, and Councillor Mrs Blackmore (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting.
Contrary to the recommendation of the Head of Planning and Development, the Committee agreed that the Planning Inspectorate be advised that if the applicant had not lodged an appeal against non-determination, the Council would have refused permission. In making this decision, Members felt that the proposed development by virtue of its location (breaching the northern boundary of the village in this location marked by the railway line) would cause harm to the character and appearance of the open countryside contrary to Local Plan Policy ENV28 of the Maidstone Borough-Wide Local Plan 2000 and Central Government advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework 2012.
RESOLVED: That the Planning Inspectorate be advised that if the applicant had not lodged an appeal against non-determination, the Council would have refused permission for the following reason:
The proposed development by virtue of its location (breaching the northern boundary of the village in this location marked by the railway line) would cause harm to the character and appearance of the open countryside contrary to Local Plan Policy ENV28 of the Maidstone Borough-Wide Local Plan 2000 and Central Government advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework 2012.
Voting: 9 – For 3 – Against 1 – Abstention