Split plot and construct new 3 bed chalet bungalow style dwelling with new drop kerb/access from Dynes Road and suspension of current parking bays.

The proposal sought planning permission to split the residential plot and construction of a new 3 bed chalet bungalow style dwelling with new drop kerb/access from Dynes Road and suspension of current parking bays. The application had been referred to Development Control Committee by Councillors Reay and Stack to consider the loss of amenity to the local shops as result of the loss of parking spaces with regard to policy EN1 and T2 of the Sevenoaks District Council Allocation Development Management Plan.

Members attention was brought to the main agenda papers.

The Committee was addressed by the following speakers:

Against the Application:    -

For the Application:          -

Parish Representatives:     Parish Cllr Tony Andrews

Local Member:                  The Vice Chairman read a statement from Cllr Stack

Members asked questions of clarification from Officers. Officers advised that the applicants would be entitled to install an access across the layby under Permitted Development Rights, potentially losing a parking space within the layby.

It was moved by the Chairman and duly seconded that the recommendations within the report be agreed.

Members discussed the application, sympathising with the local parking issues and acknowledging the use of the layby by customers of local businesses. Discussion took place around other developments and accesses permitted adjacent to the sit, the presence of off-street parking for some of those developments and ownership and parking potential of the roadside grass verges. Members also noted that the construction of a dropped kerb in the location proposed on the application did not require planning permission. It was noted that there had been no objections from Kent Highways.

The motion was put to the vote and it was

Resolved:  That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions

1)    The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

In pursuance of section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

2)    No development shall be carried out on the land until details of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the dwelling hereby permitted, and details of the materials to be used in the rear paving area, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall be carried out using the approved materials.

3)    To ensure that the appearance of the development enhances the character and appearance of the area as supported by Policy EN1 of the Sevenoaks Allocations and Development Management Plan.

4)    Prior to commencement of development a scheme to show the provision of an electric vehicle charging point, including the proposed location, type and specifications shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The charging point shall be installed in accordance with the approved details prior to first occupation of the development.

To ensure the sustainability of the site in accordance with policy T3 of the Allocations and Development Management Plan.

5)    No development shall be carried out on the land until details of how the development will enhance biodiversity have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved details will be implemented.

To enhance the biodiversity of the site in accordance with policy SP11 of the Sevenoaks District Council Core Strategy. The Local Planning Authority is satisfied that it is fundamental to the development permitted to address this issue before development commences and that without this safeguard planning permission should not be granted.

6)    The landscaping shall be carried out in accordance with plan 5986-PD-006 A. If any part of the approved landscaping scheme is removed, dies, becomes severely damaged or diseased within five years of completion of the development shall be replaced with the same species or an approved alternative to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority within the next planting season.

To enhance the visual appearance of the area as supported by EN1 of the Sevenoaks Allocations and Development Management Plan.

7)    The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 5986-PD-005 A date stamped 6/04/2018, 5986-PD-004 A, 5986-PD-006 A date stamped 12/04/2018.

For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

Informative

1)     It appears that the proposal involves works that affect the highway and / or its verge. Before commencing such works, you must obtain the separate consent of the Highway Authority. Please contact Kent Highway Services, Network Operations on 01474 544068.