Agenda item

PA/2023/0518

Park South Side Of, Elwick Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 1NN

Resolved:

 

Permit

Subject to the following Conditions and Notes:

1)    The application shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans

            Drawing number ELWICK 02 revision G.

Reason: Specifying the application drawings and other details which form part of the permission is best practice under government guidance and in the interests of visual amenity.

2)    The use hereby permitted shall be discontinued upon the first residential occupation of the redevelopment of land pursuant to outline planning permission 15/01282/AS and any reserved matters approval for up to 200 residential dwellings which includes part of the temporary car park.

Reason: To ensure that the application site is available for more comprehensive redevelopment south of Elwick Road in accordance with Local Plan policy and extant planning permission 15/01282/AS for that land and to ensure that the relationship of new development with temporary uses is an appropriate one.

3)    The revised parking arrangement along the southern boundary as shown on drawing number ELWICK 02 revision G, providing a hatched area and new signage stating no parking within this area will be implemented  within 4 weeks of the date of this permission and thereafter  retained in accordance with the approved plans while the car park in use.

Reason:  In the interests of providing a safer general layout    

 

Note to Applicant

1.    Working with the Applicant

Working with the Applicant

In accordance with paragraphs 38 of the NPPF Ashford Borough Council (ABC) takes a positive and creative approach to development proposals focused on solutions.  ABC works with applicants/agents in a positive and proactive manner by;

·         offering a pre-application advice service,

·         as appropriate updating applicants/agents of any issues that may arise in the processing of their application

·         where possible suggesting solutions to secure a successful outcome,

·         informing applicants/agents of any likely recommendation of refusal prior to a decision and,

·         adhering to the requirements of the Development Management Customer Charter.

 In this instance:

·         the applicant/agent was updated of any issues after the initial site visit,

·         was provided with pre-application advice,

·         The applicant was provided the opportunity to submit amendments to the scheme/ address issues.

·         The application was dealt with/approved without delay.

The application was considered by the Planning Committee where the applicant/agent had the opportunity to speak to the committee and promote the application.

 

21/00100/AS

Pinnock Yard, The Pinnock, Pluckley

 

Resolved:

 

Permit

A.   Subject to the applicant submitting information to enable an Appropriate Assessment under the Habitats Regulations to be adopted by the Assistant Director - Planning and Development which identifies suitable mitigation proposals such that, in their view, having consulted the Solicitor to the Council & Monitoring Officer and Natural England, the proposal would not have a significant adverse effect on the integrity of the Stodmarsh SAC, SPA and Ramsar Site; and with delegated authority to the Planning Applications and Building Control Manager or the Strategic Development and Delivery Manager to add, amend or remove planning obligations and/or planning conditions as they see fit to secure the required mitigation and any associated issues relating thereto; and,

2. Subject to planning conditions and notes, including those dealing with the subject matters identified below, (but not limited to that list) and those necessary to take forward stakeholder representations, with wordings and triggers revised as appropriate and with any ‘pre-commencement’ based planning conditions to have been the subject of the agreement process provisions effective 01/10/2018

Conditions:

·         Standard time condition

·         Development carried out in accordance with the approved plans

·         Materials to be approved

·         Landscaping Scheme including planting

·         Arboricultural Method Statement

·         Details of boundary treatments

·         Sustainable Drainage Scheme and verification report

·         Completion and maintenance of the access shown on the submitted plans

·         Provision and retention of visibility splays, vehicle parking spaces, cycle parking, and turning facilities

·         Bound surface from the highway

·         Measures to prevent surface water discharging on highway

·         Electric vehicle charging points

·         Construction Management Plan

·         Ecological mitigation plan

·         No external lighting without the consent of the LPA

·         GCN District Level Licence

·         Biodiversity Enhancement

·         Unexpected contamination

·         PV Panels 

·         Site inspection

 

Notes to Applicant

·         Working with the Applicant

·         List of plans/documents approved

·         Bird Nest Season

·         KCC Highways informative

·         Provision of water-butts

 

PA/2022/2850

Hegg Hill House, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8NX

 

 

Resolved:

 

Grant Consent

 

1. Subject to conditions and notes, including those dealing with the subject matters identified below, (but not limited to that list) and those necessary to take forward stakeholder representations, with wordings and triggers revised as appropriate and with any ‘pre-commencement’ based planning conditions to have been the subject of the agreement process provisions effective 01/10/2018.

Conditions.

 

1          The development to which this consent relates, excluding the reinstatement of the sections of wall to bedrooms 1 and 2, as shown on the approved plans, shall be begun before the expiration of 3 years from the date of this decision.

 

Reason: To comply with the requirements of Section 18 of the Town and Country Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004..

 

2          The development shall be carried out in accordance with the plans listed in the section of this decision notice headed Plans/Documents Approved by this decision, unless otherwise agreed by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason: To ensure the development is carried out in accordance with the approval and to ensure the quality of development indicated on the approved plans is achieved in practice.

 

Informative

 

1.         Working with the Applicant

 

In accordance with paragraph 38 of the NPPF Ashford Borough Council (ABC) takes a positive and proactive approach to development proposals focused on solutions.  ABC works with applicants/agents in a positive and proactive manner by;

 

·         offering a pre-application advice service, as appropriate updating applicants/agents of any issues that may arise in the processing of their application where possible suggesting solutions to secure a successful outcome,

 

·         informing applicants/agents of any likely recommendation of refusal prior to a decision and,

 

·         In this instance, the applicant/agent was updated of any issues after the initial site visit, was provided with pre-application advice,

 

·         The applicant was provided the opportunity to submit amendments to the scheme/ address issues.

 

The application was considered by the Planning Committee where the applicant/agent had the opportunity to speak to the committee and promote the application.

 

PA/2022/2708

Oxney Isle Barn, Swan Street, Wittersham, TN30 7PL

 

Resolved:

 

Refuse

 

A.   The proposed development lies outside of the settlement boundaries of any identified suitable settlement within the Ashford Local Plan 2030 and would give rise to an unsustainable new home in the countryside, contrary to the adopted spatial strategy and without any overriding justification provided to support this form of development. The proposal is not a dwelling of ‘exceptional quality or innovative design’, as set out by the application, and so does not satisfy the exception criteria of Policy HOU5 or Paragraph 80(e) of the NPPF. As such, this form of development fails to accord with Policy HOU5 of the Ashford Local Plan (2030) and the aims and objectives set out in the National Planning Policy Framework 2021.  

 

B.   The development will harm the intrinsic character and qualities of the site and surrounding countryside and fail to conserve or enhance the landscape and scenic beauty of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The proposal would therefore be contrary to policy ENV3b of the Local Plan and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework 2021