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15/509461 - Garages R/o 48 Grecian Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 2TS

Meeting: 27/10/2016 - Planning Committee (Item 191)

191 15/509461 - DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING CONCRETE GARAGES AND ERECTION OF 4 X TWO BEDROOM DWELLINGS - GARAGES R/O 48 GRECIAN STREET, MAIDSTONE, KENT pdf icon PDF 598 KB

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Minutes:

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

 

Miss Grainger, an objector, Mr Barnes, for the applicant, and Councillor Naghi (Visiting Member) 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 development would be a cramped form of overdevelopment representing poor design that would be out of character with the local area and result in poor living conditions for future occupiers by virtue of the oppressive rearward outlook of the three terraced properties contrary to advice within the NPPF.  Also, the development, due to its scale, proximity and the height difference caused by the falling land profile, would have an overbearing and oppressive impact on the residential amenity of the occupiers of neighbouring properties in Waterlow Road contrary to advice within the NPPF.

 

RESOLVED:  That permission be refused for the following reasons:

 

1.  The development would be a cramped form of overdevelopment representing poor design that would be out of character with the local area and result in poor living conditions for future occupiers by virtue of the oppressive rearward outlook of the three terraced properties contrary to advice within the NPPF.

 

2.  The development, due to its scale, proximity and the height difference caused by the falling land profile, would have an overbearing and oppressive impact on the residential amenity of the occupiers of neighbouring properties in Waterlow Road contrary to advice within the NPPF.

 

Voting:  10 – For  0 – Against  0 - Abstentions