Issue - meetings

Demolition of existing office/workshop building and erection of 4 no. houses at G B Tatham and Co Ltd, 9 Willow Wents, Mereworth.

RESOLVED:  That planning permission be REFUSED for the following reason:

(1)         The proposed development, by virtue of the siting, scale, massing and height of unit 1 when combined with its close proximity to the northern boundary shared with the immediate neighbour (11 Willow Wents), would result in an intrusive and dominant form of development when viewed from that neighbouring property, which would cause harm to the residential amenities of the occupants.  The development is therefore contrary to policy CP24 of the Tonbridge and Malling Borough Core Strategy 2007 and the requirements contained at paragraphs 127 (c and f) and 130 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2018.

[Speakers: Alison Currie and Richard Jones – Members of the public]