Agenda and minutes

There were no declarations of interest made in accordance with the Code of Conduct.

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of Area 3 Planning Committee held on 7 January 2016

RESOLVED:  That the Minutes of the meeting of the Area 3 Planning Committee held on 7 January 2016 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Introduction and Glossary

Supplementary reports of Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health (tabled)

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, Housing and Environmental Health or in the variations indicated below.  Any supplementary reports were tabled at the meeting.

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. 

Change of use of land from agriculture/horticulture to caravan storage facility at

land adjoining Woodside, 431 Wateringbury Road, East Malling

RESOLVED:  That the application be REFUSED for the following reason:

(1)             The proposed open storage of caravans would, by virtue of its scale and siting in an area of countryside as defined in the Tonbridge and Malling Local Development Framework, be detrimental to the rural character of the area and therefore would be contrary to paragraph 109 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2012 and Policies CP1 and CP14 of the Tonbridge and Malling Local Development Framework Core Strategy 2007.

[Speaker:  Mrs S Stevens – applicant]

The report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health set out details of an unauthorised erection of a raised building, set amongst the trees, used for storage purposes.

RESOLVED:  That an Enforcement Notice BE ISSUED to seek the removal of the unauthorised building, the detailing wording of which to be agreed with the Director of Central Services.

The Chairman to move that the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting during consideration of any items the publication of which would disclose exempt information.

There were no items considered in private.