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15/510210 - The Three Sons, Park Wood Lane, Staplehurst

Meeting: 17/08/2017 - Planning Committee (Item 125)

125 15/510210 - SITING OF 2 MOBILE HOMES, 2 TOURING CARAVANS AND A UTILITY/STABLE BLOCK FOR THE BENEFIT OF A GYPSY FAMILY FOR RESIDENTIAL USE (PART RETROSPECTIVE) - THE THREE SONS, PARK WOOD LANE, STAPLEHURST, KENT PDF 137 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.

Councillor Sharp of Staplehurst Parish Council, Councillor Staples of Frittenden Parish Council and Councillor Perry (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 proposal as a result of the significant urbanising impact of the works carried out, the absence of any landscaping, encroachment into the ancient woodland and absence of the required 15 metre buffer had a harmful impact on the countryside contrary to policy ENV28 of the Maidstone Borough-Wide Local Plan 2000 and policies SP17 and DM15 of the emerging Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2016 incorporating the main modifications and paragraph 118 of the NPPF.

RESOLVED: That permission be refused for the following reason:

The proposal as a result of the significant urbanising impact of the works carried out, the absence of any landscaping, encroachment into the ancient woodland and absence of the required 15 metre buffer has a harmful impact on the countryside contrary to policy ENV28 of the Maidstone Borough-Wide Local Plan 2000 and policies SP17 and DM15 of the emerging Maidstone Borough Local Plan 2016 incorporating the main modifications and paragraph 118 of the NPPF.

Voting: 12 – For 0 – Against 0 - Abstentions