Issue - meetings

Consultation by Maidstone Borough Council for the development of the site for 143 x one, two, three, four and five bed dwellings, new access road off A20, new estate roads, car parking, landscaping and amenity open space at Land at former Bridge Nursery, London Road, Allington

RESOLVED:  That Maidstone Borough Council be advised that Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council Raises No Objection in principle subject to

1.    The submission of a more rigorous and thorough Transport Assessment which assesses the cumulative impact of the development upon both the Coldharbour Roundabout at Junction 5 of the M20 motorway and along the A20 which must include an assessment of the impacts arising from recent Committee decisions on unallocated sites by Maidstone Borough Council, which generate traffic on these parts of the highways network, and that this be shared with Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council prior to any decision being made to allow Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council to make further comment as necessary. 

2.    In order to minimise the environmental impacts of traffic, to consider and promote sustainable transport measures such as:

·         Electric charging points to be accommodated within the development;

·         Enhancement of cycle links between the development and the surrounding communities, linking fragmented cycle routes along the A20 as promoted by the KCC Cycle Strategy;

·         Promotion of the use of public transport and the KCC Car Sharing Scheme.

3.    Maidstone Borough Council and Kent County Council being satisfied that the proposed access point to the site is the most acceptable and appropriate solution in highway safety terms and, if so, that the resultant 4-way traffic controlled junction is properly managed and linked in terms of sequencing in order to avoid further traffic congestion.