Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

9.

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To approve the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 1 July 2021, as a correct record.

 

Minutes:

Resolved: That the Minutes of the Development Control Committee held on 1 July 2021 be approved and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

10.

Declarations of Interest or Predetermination

Including any interests not already registered

Minutes:

Cllr Hogarth declared for Minute 12, 19/0500/HYB that he had spent time looking at Fort Halstead as part of his role when he was the Portfolio Holder for Economic Development, but would remain open minded.

11.

Declarations of Lobbying

Minutes:

All Councillors declared that they had been lobbied in respect on Minute 12, 19/05000/HYB – Fort Halstead, Crow Drive, Halstead, Sevenoaks TN14 7BU.

12.

19/05000/HYB - Fort Halstead, Crow Drive, Halstead Sevenoaks TN14 7BU pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Hybrid application comprising, in outline: development of business space (use classes B1a/b/c) of up to 27,773 sqm GEA; works within the X enclave relating to energetic testing operations, including fencing, access, car parking; development of up to 635 residential dwellings; development of a mixed use village centre (use classes A1/A3/A4/A5/B1a/D1/D2); land safeguarded for a primary school; change of use of Fort Area and bunkers to Historic Interpretation Centre (use class D1) with workshop space and; associated landscaping, works and infrastructure. In detail: demolition of existing buildings; change of use and works including extension and associated alterations to buildings Q13 and Q14 including landscaping and public realm, and primary and secondary accesses to the site.

Minutes:

The proposal sought planning permission for the Hybrid application comprising, in outline: development of business space (use classes B1a/b/c) of up to 27,773 sqm GEA; works within the X enclave relating to energetic testing operations, including fencing, access, car parking; development of up to 635 residential dwellings; development of a mixed use village centre (use classes A1/A3/A4/A5/B1a/D1/D2); land safeguarded for a primary school; change of use of Fort Area and bunkers to Historic Interpretation Centre (use class D1) with workshop space and; associated landscaping, works and infrastructure. In detail: demolition of existing buildings; change of use and works including extension and associated alterations to buildings Q13 and Q14 including landscaping and public realm, and primary and secondary accesses to the site.

 

The application had been referred to the Committee at the discretion of the Chief Planning Officer, as the development was of a significant and sensitive nature.

Members’ attention was brought to the main agenda papers and late observation sheets.

 

The Committee was addressed by the following speakers:

 

Against the Application:

Rita Radford

For the Application:

Alison Tero

Parish Representatives:

Christine Halliday (Halstead Parish Council)

Nigel Williams (Chevening Parish Council)

Local Members:

Cllr Brown (Dunton Green & Riverhead) (Submission read by Cllr London)

Cllr London (Brasted, Sundridge and Chevening)

Cllr Grint (Halstead, Knockholt & Badgers Mount)

Members asked questions of clarification from the speakers and officers which centred around land contamination, ridge height of the buildings, water supply, affordable housing, traffic impact on neighbouring parishes and access to the site. The Committee was advised that there were conditions proposed which addressed the questions raised. The S106 agreement bound the Applicant to re-testing the viability of the site for affordable housing as the development progressed. It also included a clause for the land that had been safeguarded for a primary school, and if KCC decided there was not a need in the future for a primary school the site would remain available for employment. KCC would also be a signature on the legal agreement.

 

At 8.55pm the Chairman adjourned the Committee for the convenience of Members and officers. The meeting resumed at 9.03pm.

 

It was moved by the Chairman and duly seconded that the recommendations within the report, late observation sheets, and the additional obligation within the S106 for the provision of floor space for community / health facility use be agreed.

Members discussed the application, noting the concerns raised by the local parishes including traffic increase and Star Hill Road.  Members gave consideration to the policies as set out before them in the report. It was noted that more details would be provided on the rest of the application site as reserved matters, and there were safeguards put forward by the draft legal agreement. 

 

The motion was put to the vote and it was

 

Resolved: That if the requirements of resolution A below are not met, resolution B be followed:

 

 

A)   That Planning Permission be granted subject to

 

i) The conditions set out below, subject to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.

 

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