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16/503157 - Land Rear Of Forge House, Ashford Road, Broomfield, Kent

Meeting: 11/01/2018 - Planning Committee (Item 367)

367 16/503157 - ENGINEERING WORKS USING IMPORTED INERT FILL TO REGRADE GROUND LEVELS TO CREATE A GRASS ROADWAY TO THE MOTOCROSS TRACK (RETROSPECTIVE) - LAND REAR OF FORGE HOUSE, ASHFORD ROAD, BROOMFIELD, KENT pdf icon PDF 156 KB

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Minutes:

The Chairman and Councillors Clark, Cox, Harwood, Round, Spooner and Mrs Stockell stated that they had been lobbied.

 

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

 

Sir David Steel, Chief Executive of the Leeds Castle Foundation, an objector, addressed the meeting.

 

RESOLVED:  That permission be granted subject to the condition set out in the report, as amended by the urgent update report, and the additional conditions set out in the urgent update report, with the amendment of condition 2 as follows:

 

Within 3 months of the date of this retrospective permission, details of a scheme of native shrub planting along the boundary fence line of the field fronting Chegworth Road and the A20, including a programme for the approved scheme’s implementation and long term management, shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval.  The scheme shall be designed using the principles established in the Council’s adopted Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Guidelines.  The scheme shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

Reason:  In order to safeguard and enhance the biodiversity interests of the site and in the interests of the visual amenities of the area.

 

Voting:  6 – For  3 – Against  4 – Abstentions

 

FURTHER RESOLVED:  That the Community Protection Team be asked to inspect the site to ascertain whether there have been any breaches.

 

Voting:  10 – For  1 – Against  2 – Abstentions