Agenda item

19/00353/FUL - Woodlands Farm, Otford Lane, Halstead, Kent TN14 7EF

Minutes:

The proposal sought permission for the demolition of existing dwelling and construction of a new replacement dwelling. Construction of garages and pool house. The application had been referred to Development Control Committee by Councillor Grint on the grounds that the proposed development was inappropriate in the Green Belt and harmful to its openness.

 

Members’ attention was brought to the main agenda papers.

 

The Committee was addressed by the following speakers:

 

Against the Application:    -

For the Application:                   -

Parish Representative:      Cllr Terry Brooker

Local Member:                 Cllr John Grint

 

Members asked questions of clarification from the Officers and were advised that legislation provided permitted development rights regardless of whether a property was situated in the Green Belt, and therefore the Council’s 50% policy could not be applied to the permitted development.

 

The Chairman moved and it was duly seconded that the recommendation within the report be agreed.

 

Members debated the application and discussed the size, scale and bulk of the application and whether the impact would be greater than the works that could be carried out under Permitted Development. It was noted by Members that Permitted Development rights would be removed should the application be granted.

 

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)   The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and details: 15-01_P001/A, 15-01_P002, 15-01_P003/A, 15-01_P004/A, 15-01_P005/A.

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

3)   Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 as amended (or any Order revoking or re-enacting those Orders) no development falling within Classes A, B, C, D or E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the said Order shall be carried out without the prior consent in writing of the Local Planning Authority.

To protect the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within the Green Belt, and to comply with policy GB1 of the ADMP and the aims of the NPPF.

4)   The biodiversity enhancements detailed in the letter from Greenlink Ecology dated 26th March 2019 shall be implemented in full in the first planting season following the completion of the development.

To ensure the development delivers appropriate biodiversity enhancements and to comply with policy SP11 of the Core Strategy.

5)   Prior to the commencement of the construction of the garage, details of a no-dig method of construction for the garage and its associated utilities, designed to protect the roots of the Oak tree shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The construction shall take place only in accordance with the approved details.

To ensure the protection of the Oak tree and to comply with policy EN1 of the ADMP.

6)   Prior to the commencement of development (including any demolition) details of tree protection measures to protect the existing Oak tree shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved protection measures shall be erected prior to the commencement of works on the site and shall be maintained in accordance with the approved details until such a time that all construction works have been completed.

To ensure the protection of the Oak tree throughout the construction process and to comply with policy EN1 of the ADMP.

7)   The pool house and garage hereby approved shall only be used in connection with main dwelling and for ancillary residential purposes.

To preserve residential amenity and local traffic conditions to comply with policies EN1 and T2 of the ADMP.

 

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