Issue - meetings

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

Ms Lamb, for the applicant, and Councillor Newton (Visiting Member) addressed the meeting.

It was moved by Councillor Harwood, seconded by Councillor English, that subject to the prior completion of a S106 legal agreement, the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to grant permission subject to the conditions set out in the report, as amended by the second urgent update report, with the amendment of the Head of Term of the proposed S106 legal agreement relating to the establishment of a “development monitoring committee” to include Councillor Harwood as a member of the Committee and an amended condition 9 regarding the incorporation into the landscaping scheme of native trees and shrubs with downy leaves which are effective in capturing particulate pollutants from the atmosphere.

An amendment was moved by Councillor Prendergast, seconded by Councillor Powell, that the application be deferred for updated Air Quality Assessments based on the cumulative impact of this and other developments coming forward along the A274 Sutton Road.  When put to the vote, the amendment was lost.

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 21.4, three Members of the Committee requested that a named vote be taken on the original motion.

The voting was as follows:

RESOLVED:  That subject to the prior completion of a S106 legal agreement, the precise details to be negotiated and agreed by the Head of Planning and Development in consultation with the Head of Legal Partnership, to secure the following:

·  The provision of 30% affordable residential units within the application site; the tenure split to be 38% shared ownership (31 units) and 62% social rented (50 units);

·  A financial contribution of £798,095.00, as calculated in Appendix A to the first urgent update report of the Head of Planning and Development, towards improvements to capacity at the junctions of Willington Street/Wallis Avenue and Sutton Road to be secured prior to commencement of development, subject to final amendments to be negotiated between the Head of Planning and Development acting under delegated powers and developers;

·  A financial contribution of £365,850.00, as calculated in Appendix A to the first urgent update report of the Head of Planning and Development, towards the subsidy required to enable the improvement of the bus service on routes 12 and 82 out to Bicknor Farm and into the land south of Sutton Road development with the prioritisation of high quality bus services serving Headcorn Railway Station, Bearsted Railway Station and the Cornwallis Academy with Real Time Information, Fast Track etc., subject to final amendments to be negotiated between the Head of Planning and Development acting under delegated powers and developers;

·  A financial contribution of £609,893.00 towards the land acquisition costs for provision of a new school at Langley Park and £903,000.00 towards  ...  view the full minutes text for item 130