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15/505971 - Land At Widehurst Farm,Thorn Road, Marden, Kent, TN12 9LN

 

 

Meeting: 25/02/2016 - Planning Committee (Item 296)

296 15/505971 - CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLAR FARM TO INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS TO GENERATE UP TO 5MW OF ELECTRICITY WITH SWITCH ROOM, DEER FENCING AND CAMERAS, LANDSCAPING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS, TOGETHER WITH MEASURES TO PROMOTE BIODIVERSITY - LAND AT WIDEHURST FARM, THORN ROAD, MARDEN, KENT pdf icon PDF 255 KB

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Minutes:

All Members stated that they had been lobbied.

 

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

 

Mrs Thorpe, for objectors, Mr Richardson, for the applicant, and Councillors Mrs Blackmore and McLoughlin (Visiting Members) addressed the meeting.

 

RESOLVED:  That subject to no new material planning issues being raised in response to the advertisement of the development as a departure from the Development Plan, the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to grant permission subject to the conditions and informative set out in the report with the addition of the following reason for condition 15:

 

To ensure that the principles of sustainable drainage are incorporated into this proposal and to ensure ongoing efficiency of the drainage provisions.  These details are required prior to commencement because they are fundamental to the acceptability of the proposal overall.

 

Voting:  6 – For  5 – Against  1 - Abstention