Issue - meetings

Outline Application: erection of x 5 dwelling houses and x 5 detached garages with associated access parking and turning areas and landscaping at Taddington Wood, North of Robin Hood Lane, Blue Bell Hill.

RESOLVED:  That outline planning permission be REFUSED for the following reasons:

(1)             The site lies within the designated countryside outside the confines of the urban and rural settlements identified in policies CP11, CP12 and CP13 of the Tonbridge and Malling Borough Core Strategy 2007.  The proposal comprises residential development in the countryside, being contrary to policy CP14 of the Tonbridge and Malling Borough Core Strategy 2007.  The Local Planning Authority therefore considers that there is an overriding principle objection to the proposed development and that no other material considerations exist in this case that overrides the policy objection.

(2)             The development, by reason of its proposed location would fail to integrate with or respect the prevailing pattern of development in the locality.  The proposed development would, therefore, fail to respect the character and distinctiveness of the local area, contrary to the requirements set out in policy CP24 of the Tonbridge and Malling Borough Core Strategy 2007 and policy SQ1 of the Managing Development and the Environmental Development Plan Document 2010.