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16/505005 - Little Boarden, Boarden Lane, Staplehurst, Kent, TN12 0EB

Meeting: 15/09/2016 - Planning Committee (Item 147)

147 16/505005 - PERMANENT STATIONING OF TWO ADDITIONAL MOBILE HOMES FOR THE APPLICANT'S DEPENDANTS - LITTLE BOARDEN, BOARDEN LANE, STAPLEHURST, KENT pdf icon PDF 182 KB

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Minutes:

Councillors Prendergast and Round stated that they had been lobbied.

 

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

 

Mr Bennett, an objector, Councillor Pyman of Headcorn Parish Council (against) and Mr Eastwood, the applicant, addressed the meeting.

 

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 two additional units would be more prominent at the north-western end of the site and any supplementary landscaping would not mitigate the harm to the landscape and character of the countryside with the site being located in an unsustainable location removed from local facilities.  This was contrary to policy ENV28 of the Maidstone Borough-Wide Local Plan 2000 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

RESOLVED:  That permission be refused for the following reason:

 

The two additional units would be more prominent at the north-western end of the site and any supplementary landscaping would not mitigate the harm to the landscape and character of the countryside with the site being located in an unsustainable location removed from local facilities.  This is contrary to policy ENV28 of the Maidstone Borough-Wide Local Plan 2000 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

Voting:  6 – For  4 – Against  2 – Abstentions

 

Councillors Cox and Harwood requested that their dissent be recorded.

 

Councillor Harwood left the meeting after consideration of this application (7.45 p.m.).