Issue - meetings
15/504667 - Barty House Nursing Home, Roundwell, Bearsted, Kent, ME14 4HN
Meeting: 28/04/2016 - Planning Committee (Item 378)
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- 15/504667 - committee report, item 378
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- 504667 Barty House_update, item 378
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- 15-504667_photos, item 378
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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 Spooner of the Bearsted and Thurnham Society (an objector), Mrs Scott, for the applicant, and Councillor Cuming (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting on this application and associated application 14/506738.
Contrary to the recommendation of the Head of Planning and Development, the Committee agreed to refuse permission. In making this decision, Members felt that the proposed development would cause harm to the setting of the Grade II listed Barty Nursing Home and to the fabric of the curtilage wall. Notwithstanding the lack of a 5 year housing land supply, it was considered that the benefits of the development were not sufficient to overcome the harm identified.
RESOLVED: That permission be refused for the following reason:
The proposed development would cause harm to the setting of the Grade II listed Barty Nursing Home and to the fabric of the curtilage wall. Notwithstanding the lack of a 5 year housing land supply, it is considered that the benefits of the development are not sufficient to overcome the harm identified.
Voting: 6 – For 4 – Against 2 - Abstentions