To consider the attached report (Parts 2, 3 and 5).

The Council operates a scheme of public speaking at meetings of the Planning Committee.  All applications on which the public has registered to speak will be taken first.  Requests to speak at the meeting must be registered with Democratic Services (democraticservices@swale.gov.uk or call 01795 417328) by noon on Tuesday 20 September 2022.

PART 2

Applications for which PERMISSION is recommended

The Senior Planning Officer introduced the application and outlined the details of the application site.

A visiting Ward Member spoke against the application.

The Chair moved the officer recommendation to approve the application, and this was seconded by Councillor Ben J Martin.

The Chair invited members to make comments:

·           Would the new road be adopted by Kent County Council (KCC)?;

·           concerned that two parking spaces for each home was not sufficient;

·           tandem parking was not suitable for the size of the site;

·           concerned that local residents were parking on land that was not to be used as parking;

·           concerned about the protected Willow tree on the site and that the roots of the tree could become damaged from the construction of the houses; and

·           had a management plan been discussed with the developer to identify ownership of the Willow tree?

The Senior Lawyer (Planning) clarified the points about parking on the site and officers advised Members that the site was classed as a suburban are, which meant that under the Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) Policy, the developer only needed to provide two car parking spaces per household. The Senior Lawyer (Planning) added that although tandem parking was recognised as not being best practice it was not explicitly precluded under the policy and guidance and so was an option for parking in certain situations.

A member of the Planning Committee asked the Senior Planning Officer who would be responsible for the Willow tree? The Member asked if a condition could be placed on the application for a management plan outlining who would be responsible for the Willow tree and the cost for the maintenance of the tree, as it had a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) placed upon it.

The Senior Planning Officer asked for an adjournment of the meeting so they could discuss the possible wording of an extra condition. The Chair adjourned the meeting.

After the adjournment, the Senior Planning Officer advised that condition (19) in the report could be amended to protect the Willow tree with delegation given to amend and make the wording sufficiently precise. The Senior Planning Officer read out the draft proposed additional condition (19) which read:

“Prior to commencement of the development herby approved the development shall be carried out at all times in accordance with the working methodology and tree protection measures recommended in the submitted Arboriculture and Planning Integration Report by GHA Trees (ref.GHA/DS/133460:21) and the Tree Protection Plan provided on 15.08.22. Details shall also be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority of proposed ongoing management, maintenance and responsibility of the aforementioned management of the Willow Tree as identified on  ...  view the full minutes text for item 295

To consider the attached report (Parts 2, 3 and 5).

The Council operates a scheme of public speaking at meetings of the Planning Committee.  All applications on which the public has registered to speak will be taken first.  Requests to speak at the meeting must be registered with Democratic Services (democraticservices@swale.gov.uk or call 01795 417328) by noon on Wednesday 14 September 2022.