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15/501168 - Orchard Farm Nursery, Chartway Street, Sutton Valence, Kent, ME17 3JB

Meeting: 07/04/2016 - Planning Committee (Item 358)

358 15/501168 - Change of use of land to use as a residential caravan site for one gypsy family with one mobile home, one touring caravan, utility building and hardstanding - Orchard Farm Nursery, Chartway Street, Sutton Valence, Kent PDF 106 KB

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Minutes:

Councillors Ash, Perry, Round and Mrs Stockell stated that they had been lobbied.

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

Ms Gosden of Broomfield and Kingswood Parish Council addressed the meeting.

RESOLVED: That permission be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report and the urgent update report, and with an amendment to Condition 5 as follows:

Condition 5

Prior to first occupation of the site details of landscaping scheme using indigenous species and including the retention and enhancement of the existing planting along the site boundaries shall be submitted for approval in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall be designed using the principles established in the Council’s adopted Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Guidelines.

Reason: To safeguard the character and appearance of the countryside, and in the interest of biodiversity.

Voting: 7 – For 4 Against 2 – Abstentions