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15/506840 - Land North Of Bicknor Wood, Gore Court Road, Maidstone, Kent

Meeting: 07/04/2016 - Planning Committee (Item 355)

355 15/506840 - Temporary change of use of land for the storage of topsoil prior to distribution (Restrospective) - Land North Of Bicknor Wood, Gore Court Road, Maidstone, Kent pdf icon PDF 353 KB

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Minutes:

Councillor Munford stated that he had been lobbied.

 

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

 

Mr Tickle, an objector, and Councillor Newton (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting.

 

RESOLVED:  That permission be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report, as amended by the urgent update report, and subject to further amendments to conditions 1, 3 and 8 and an additional condition and informative as follows:-

Amended Conditions

Condition 1

The use hereby permitted shall be for a limited period being the period of 3 years from the date of this decision. At the end of this period the use hereby permitted shall cease, the topsoil heaps, fencing and any other associated paraphernalia shall be removed from the land, and the land restored to its former condition before the development took place.  Within 1 month of the date of this permission hereby granted details of a remediation plan to show how these works will be undertaken and including a timescale for the completion of the remediation, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved remediation plan.

 

Reason: To prevent inappropriate development in the countryside.

 

Condition 3

Within a period of one month of the date of this permission, or before any further soil is removed from the site or re-distributed within the site, whichever is the sooner, details of an access route within the site which provides for a 15 m buffer adjacent to the Ancient Woodland along which no vehicle shall have access and which provides for a physical barrier which prevents such access and shows an alternative lorry route to the soil storage area, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to any further soil being removed from the site or re-distributed within the site.

 

Reason: To protect the adjacent Ancient Woodland.

 

Condition 8

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with plan reference SUTT/001 received 28/08/15 and the Materials Management Plan received 18/09/15.

 

Reason: To ensure a satisfactory appearance to the development and to safeguard the enjoyment of their properties by existing and prospective occupiers.

 

Additional Condition (9)

Notwithstanding the submitted Construction Management Plan (CMP)  and within 1 month of the date of the permission hereby granted, an amended CMP shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority, to additionally include measures to secure traffic movements to and from the application site through the Imperial Park development site, using either the temporary haul road or the completed site road, except for a small length between the application site and Imperial Park access points as shown on plan SUTT/001 received 28/08/15.  The amended Construction Management Plan (CMP) shall also include a condition survey of the highway (Gore Court Road) prior to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 355