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14/0668 - Oaklands, Gravelly Bottom Road, Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 3NS

Meeting: 02/06/2016 - Planning Committee (Item 20)

20 14/0668 - RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF LAND FROM AGRICULTURAL TO RESIDENTIAL INVOLVING THE STATIONING OF ONE MOBILE HOME AND THE LAYING OF HARD SURFACING - OAKLANDS, GRAVELLY BOTTOM ROAD, KINGSWOOD, MAIDSTONE, KENT pdf icon PDF 36 KB

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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 Lane, an objector, and Councillor Hoy of Broomfield and Kingswood Parish Council (against) addressed the meeting.  At the invitation of the Chairman, Councillor Brice (Visiting Member) also addressed the meeting.

 

The Senior Solicitor suggested that paragraphs one and two of recommended condition one be amended to refer specifically to Mr David Eldridge with his resident dependents.

 

RESOLVED:  That subject to there being no call in of this application by the Department for Communities and Local Government, permission be granted subject to the conditions and informative set out in the report with the amendment of condition one as follows:

 

The occupation of the site hereby permitted shall be carried on only by the applicant Mr David Eldridge with his resident dependents, and shall be for a limited period until 31 July 2023, or the period during which the site ceases to be occupied by them, whichever is the shorter.

 

When the land ceases to be occupied by Mr David Eldridge with his resident dependents, the use hereby permitted shall cease and any caravans, materials and equipment brought onto the land in connection with the use shall be removed.

 

Reason:  The site is in an area where the stationing of caravans/mobile homes is not normally permitted and an exception has been made to reflect the personal need of the applicant and family.

 

Voting:  8 – For  4 – Against  1 – Abstention