Agenda item

Demolition of 6 industrial buildings and construction of a replacement industrial unit and a flexible change of use within Use Classes B1, B2 and B8 as well as use by Robert Body Haulage for parking and maintenance of vehicles and office use as an administrative base at Development Site, Long Pond Works, Wrotham Road Borough Green.

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

It is considered that the overall economic benefits that would arise from the proposed development of this site amounts to a case of very special circumstances that clearly outweighs the substantial harm to the Green Belt caused by the inappropriate development and the other harm identified in accordance with the requirements set out in paragraphs 87 and 88 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2012).

Planning Permission was granted subject to the conditions set out in the report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health and with the amendment of conditions 3, 8, 9 and 10 as follows:-

3.  The premises shall be used for Class B1(b) or (c) Business use, B2, B8 or haulage (with ancillary office space for haulage in unit 1 only as hereby approved) only and for no other purpose (including any other purpose in Class B1 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, or in any provision equivalent to the Class in any statutory instrument amending, revoking and re-enacting that Order).

Reason: to protect the amenities of the neighbouring occupiers and to ensure that the development does not harm the character of the area or affect highway safety.

8.  No part of the building(s) shall be occupied until the related areas shown on the submitted layout as turning and vehicle space for that part of the building have been provided, surfaced and drained.  Thereafter those areas 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 2015 (or any order amending, revoking or re-enacting that Order) shall be carried out on the land so shown (other than the erection of a garage or garages) or in such a position as to preclude vehicular access to this reserved turning and parking space.  

Reason: Development without adequate vehicle turning and parking provision is likely to lead to hazardous on-street parking.

9.  There shall be no deliveries to or from the site outside the hours of 0700 to 1900 Monday to Friday or 0700 to 1300 on Saturdays.  The office premises shall not be in use outside the hours of 0630 to 1930 Mondays to Fridays or 0630 to 1330 on Saturdays.  There shall be no deliveries or working Sundays or Public and Bank Holidays, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 

Reason:  In the interests of amenity.

10.  No materials, plant or other equipment of any description shall be kept or stored in the open other than in areas and to such heights as may be approved in writing beforehand by the Local Planning Authority.  The access road shall be kept clear of all materials, plant or other equipment and there shall be no vehicle parking on the access road.

Reason:  To avoid obstruction of vehicle parking/turning areas and to ensure the character and appearance of the development and the locality is not significantly harmed.