Meeting documents

Area 3 Planning Committee
Thursday, 17th December, 2009 7.30 pm

Place:
Civic Suite, Gibson Building, Kings Hill, West Malling
ItemDescriptionResolution
PART 1 - PUBLIC
AP3 09/080 Declarations of interest.
There were no declarations of interest made.
AP3 09/081 Minutes
RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting of the Area 3 Planning Committee held on 12 November 2009 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
AP3 09/082 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 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 applications shown below.
AP3 09/083 TM/09/01927/FL - Badgers Dell, Wateringbury Road, East Malling
Demolition of existing garage and stables and the erection of new detached house and garage at Badgers Dell, Wateringbury Road, East Malling.

RESOLVED: That the application be

DEFERRED for a further report from the Director of Planning, Transport and Leisure regarding other development in the locality and to allow the Chief Solicitor to submit a confidential report on the constitutional, policy and cost implications of potential decisions.

[Speaker: Mr J Escott, Agent to the applicant]
AP3 09/084 TM/09/02253/FL - 48 Whiffen Walk, East Malling
Conversion of garage to habitable room at 48 Whiffen Walk, East Malling.

RESOLVED: That the application be

APPROVED
AP3 09/085 TM/09/02576/FL - 6 Jerome Road, Larkfield
Part two/part single storey side extension (resubmission) at 6 Jerome Road, Larkfield.

RESOLVED: That the application be

APPROVED subject to

(1) the amendment of condition 4 to read:

4. The extension shall not be occupied, until the garage and the area shown on the submitted layout as vehicle parking space has been provided, surfaced and drained. Thereafter the garage and parking space shall be kept available for such use and no permanent development, whether or not permitted by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any order amending, revoking or re-enacting that Order) shall be carried out on the land so shown or in such a position as to preclude vehicular access to these reserved parking spaces.
Reason: Development without provision of adequate accommodation for the parking of vehicles is likely to lead to hazardous on-street parking.

(2) the addition of condition
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended) (or any Order amending, revoking or re-enacting that Order), no development shall be carried out within Classes A, B, C or D of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Order unless planning permission has been granted on an application relating thereto.
Reason: In order that the local planning authority may control any such development in the interests of the amenity and character of the locality.

and (3) the addition of

Informative:
1. The applicant is reminded that, if at any time it is intended to occupy any part of the dwelling resulting from this permission as a separate dwelling, independent from the main dwelling, this will need to be the subject of an application for planning permission.

[Speaker: Mr J Hume - member of the public]
MATTERS SUBMITTED FOR INFORMATION
AP3 09/086 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.
MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION IN PRIVATE
AP3 09/087 Exclusion of Press and Public
No matters were considered in private.
The meeting ended at 2104 hours

Attendance Details

Present:
Cllr A K Sullivan (Chairman), Cllr R W Dalton (Vice-Chairman), Cllr Mrs E A Simpson (Second Vice-Chairman), Cllr J A L Balcombe, Cllr Mrs S J Boakes, Cllr Mrs B A Brown, Cllr D A S Davis, Cllr Mrs C A F Grant, Cllr P J Homewood, Cllr D Keeley, Cllr D W Smith, Cllr D Thornewell, Cllr L A Withey and Cllr Mrs C J Woodger.
In attendance:
Councillors MacDonald, Rogers and Worrall were also present pursuant to Council Procedure Rule No 15.21.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Lettington, Miss Moloney and Mrs Oakley.