Agenda item

SE/16/03813/FUL Foxbury Farm, Stone Street, Seal, Kent TN15 0LW

Demolition of existing agricultural buildings, erection of 17 dwellings, including 7 affordable units, with change of use and conversion of existing cart shed and Boulton & Paul agricultural building to office accommodation with associated parking, landscaping scheme and alterations to existing vehicular access

Minutes:

The proposal sought permission for the Demolition of existing agricultural buildings, erection of 17 dwellings, including 7 affordable units, with change od use and conversion of existing cart shed and Boulton & Paul agricultural building to office accommodation with associated parking, landscaping scheme and alterations to existing vehicular access. The application was brought to the Committee at the request of Councillor Hogarth who was in support of the application.

 

Members attention was brought to the main agenda papers and the late observation sheet which did not amend the recommendation. Members were advised that there was an error in the late observation and that it should have read refusal rather than approval. It was confirmed that the site had not been previously known as a brown field site and therefore was excluded as previously developed land as per the NPPF.

 

The Committee was addressed by the following speakers:

 

Against the application:   John Lambert

For the application:                   Jane Scott

Parish Representative:     Fidelity Weston

Local Member:                 Councillor Hogarth

 

Members asked questions of clarification from the Officers.

 

It was moved by the Chairman and duly seconded that the recommendation and the late observations in the report, be agreed.

 

Members discussed the long term local need for housing in the area and whether the terracing was in keeping with the character of the area. Some Members expressed concern that there could be the suburbanisation of a rural village.  

 

The motion was put to the vote and it was

 

Resolved: That planning permission be Refused for the following reasons:-

1)     The land lies within the Metropolitan Green Belt where strict policies of restraint apply. The proposal would be inappropriate development harmful in principle to the Green Belt. The Council does not consider that the material considerations presented in this case that form the case for very special circumstances are sufficient to justify overriding policies L01 and L08 of the Sevenoaks Core Strategy and the National Planning Policy Framework.

2)   The proposed development, because of the residential nature of the proposal, its design and the density of the scheme would result in a development that was out of character with the rural area in which it is located and of harm to the appearance and character of its surroundings. This conflicts with policy SP1 of the Sevenoaks Core Strategy policy EN1 of the Sevenoaks Allocations and Development Management Plan.

3)   The proposal would create an undesirable form of development. It would harm the residential amenities enjoyed by the existing and future occupants of the proposed development because of an unacceptable level of overlooking and loss of privacy. This conflicts with policy EN2 of the Sevenoaks Allocations and Development Management Plan.

4)   Without the secure provision of affordable housing through a completed Section 106 obligation, the proposal would be contrary to policy SP3 of the Sevenoaks Core Strategy.

Informative

 

1)     The proposed development has been assessed and it is the Council's view that the CIL IS PAYABLE.  Should this decision be appealed and the appeal is allowed full details will be set out in the CIL Liability Notice which will be issued as soon as possible after the appeal decision is issued. Further information can be found here:

 

http://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/services/housing/planning/planning-applications/community-infrastructure-levy-cil

 

 

 

 

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