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15/505906 - Garden Centre, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Kent, ME17 2AT

Meeting: 02/06/2016 - Planning Committee (Item 19)

19 15/505906 - DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING GARDEN CENTRE BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, ERECTION OF 14 DETACHED BESPOKE DWELLINGS INCLUDING GARAGES WITH ANNEX ABOVE, TWO STOREY B1 OFFICE UNIT (5,515SQFT); TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING, ACCESS AND LANDSCAPING - GRAFTY GREEN GARDEN CENTRE, HEADCORN ROAD, GRAFTY GREEN, KENT PDF 172 KB

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Minutes:

All Members except Councillor Harwood stated that they had been lobbied.

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

Councillor Galton of Boughton Malherbe Parish Council (in support), Mr Quinn, for the applicant, and Councillor Brice (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting.

RESOLVED:

1. That, with acceptance of the apportionment of contributions set out in paragraph 14.5 of the report of the Head of Planning and Development, consideration of this application be deferred for one cycle to seek the following amendments to the scheme:

The apex corner by Crumps Lane to be demarcated from the residential curtilages and to be a flood attenuation and natural habitat receptor site and the gardens on the west side to be cut in half and the western boundary demarcated as an open woodland landscape buffer/semi-natural state receptor site.

2. That when the application is reported back to Committee a full set of proposed conditions and draft Heads of Terms must be included to assist Members should they be minded to grant delegated powers to approve.

Voting: 13 – For 0 – Against 0 – Abstentions