Meeting documents

Area 2 Planning Committee
Wednesday, 29th June, 2011 7.30 pm

Place:
Civic Suite, Gibson Building, Kings Hill, West Malling
ItemDescriptionResolution
PART 1 - PUBLIC
AP2 11/053 Declarations of interest.
There were no declarations of interest.
AP2 11/054 Minutes
RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 25 May 2011 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
DECISIONS TAKEN UNDER DELEGATED POWERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 3 (OR 2), PART 3 OF THE CONSTITUTION
AP2 11/055 Development Control
Decisions were taken on the following applications subject to the pre-requisites, informatives, conditions or reasons for refusal set out in the report of the Director of Planning, Transport and Leisure, or in the variations indicated below.

Members of the public addressed the meeting where the required notice had been given and their comments were taken into account by the Committee when determining the application. Speakers are listed under the relevant planning application shown below.
AP2 11/056 TM/10/02910/FL - Land Opposite 170 Offham Road, West Malling
Erect 5 stables, hayroom and tack room and provision of 12 metre x 12 metre area of hardstanding at land opposite 170 Offham Road, West Malling.


RESOLVED: That the application be

DEFERRED for officers to negotiate an alternative siting that has a lesser impact on the setting of St Leonards Tower and on residential amenities.
AP2 11/057 TM/11/00653/FL - 29 Hale Street, East Peckham
Construction of new infill dwelling in the garden of an existing dwelling and extension of existing garage at 29 Hale Street, East Peckham.

RESOLVED: That the application be

REFUSED for the following reason:

(1) The proposal by virtue of its siting, mass, bulk and height would be detrimental to the street scene and character of the area and would also be out of scale and visually dominant on the Listed Building at Hale Place Cottage. The proposal would be contrary to Policies CP1 and CP24 of the Tonbridge and Malling Borough Core Strategy 2007 and Policy SQ1 of the Tonbridge and Malling Managing Development and the Environment Development Plan Document 2010.

[Speakers: Mrs Davis, Mrs Hart, Mr Epps and Mr Pries - members of the public and Ms S Wilcox - agent]
AP2 11/058 11/00215/UNAWKS - Oakley House, Stilstead Farm, Tonbridge Road, East Peckham
Alledged unauthorised development at Oakley House Stilstead Farm Tonbridge Road East Peckham.

RESOLVED: That

(1) An Enforcement Notice be issued as set out below and copies be served on all interested parties.

- Breach Of Planning Control Alleged:

The carrying out of building operations to convert an agricultural building to an office building and storage otherwise than in accordance with the approved plans of TM/05/00496/FL.

- Reasons For Issuing The Notice:

It would appear to the Authority that the above breach of planning control has occurred within the last four years. The development as constructed does not uphold the rural character of the area and is therefore contrary to policy DC1 of the MDE DPD and CP14 of Core Strategy. The development has been constructed without the necessary parking area and is therefore contrary to Policy SQ8 of the MDE DPD.

- Requirement:

To carry out the development in accordance with the approved plans of TM/05/00496/FL.

In the event of an appeal against the Notice the Secretary of State and the appellant to be advised that the Local Planning Authority is not prepared to grant planning permission for the development the subject of the Enforcement Notice; and

(2) the Director of Planning, Transport and Leisure in consultation with the Chief Solicitor determine the date on which the Notice will take effect (being not less than 28 days from the date of service) and the period for compliance with the Notice.
MATTERS SUBMITTED FOR INFORMATION
AP2 11/059 List D
The Director of Planning, Transport and Leisure submitted a list of applications determined since the date of the last meeting.

RESOLVED: That the report be received and noted.
AP2 11/060 Planning Appeal Decisions
The report of the Chief Solicitor and Monitoring Officer advised of planning appeal decisions since the meeting held on 25 May 2011.

In addition, Members received a verbal update from Legal Services and were advised that appeals for the Willows, Addington and Cobtree House, Stansted had been dismissed.

RESOLVED: That the report be received and noted.
AP2 11/061 Forthcoming Planning Inquiries and Hearings
The report of the Chief Solicitor and Monitoring Officer advised of forthcoming planning inquiries and hearings.

RESOLVED: That the report be received and noted.
MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION IN PRIVATE
AP2 11/062 Exclusion of Press and Public
There were no items considered in private.
The meeting ended at 2040 hours

Attendance Details

Present:
Cllr Mrs S M Murray (Vice-Chairman In the Chair), Cllr Mrs E M Holland (Second Vice-Chairman), Cllr Mrs J A Anderson, Cllr M A C Balfour, Cllr C Brown, Cllr F R D Chartres, Cllr M A Coffin, Cllr D W P Evans, Cllr S R J Jessel, Cllr Mrs S L Luck, Cllr B J Luker, Cllr H S Rogers, Cllr A G Sayer, Cllr Miss J L Sergison and Cllr M S Worrall.
In attendance:
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors C Brown, Evans, Mrs Kemp (Chairman) and Robins.