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  • Agenda and minutes
  • Agenda and minutes

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    Items
    No. Item

    58.

    Minutes - 6 November 2019 pdf icon PDF 336 KB

    Minutes:

    RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 6 November 2019 are correctly recorded and that they be signed by the Chairman.

    59.

    Application TW/19/2511 (KCC/TW/01892/2019) - Change of use of land from existing aggregate recycling facility to a waste transfer station for the acceptance, storage and treatment of non-hazardous household, commercial and industrial wastes at Omni Recycling Ltd, North Farm Lane, Tunbridge Wells; Omni Recycling Ltd pdf icon PDF 1 MB

    Minutes:

    (1)       Mr Derek Kenny from We Load and Go addressed the Committee in opposition to the application. Mr Chris Parry (applicant) spoke in reply.

     

    (2)       On being put to the vote, the recommendations of the Head of Planning Applications Group were carried by 9 votes to 1 with 1 abstention.

     

    (3)       RESOLVEDthat:-

     

    (a)          permission be granted to the Application subject to conditions, including conditions covering the developmentbeing commencedwithin 3years of the permission; thedevelopmentbeing carriedoutandcompletedinaccordancewiththe submitteddetails,documentsand plans; a maximum throughputof45,000tonnesof mixed,dry, non-hazardoushousehold, industrial and commercial (HIC)wastesper annum; no morethan100 HGVmovements per day to the site as a whole(50in/ 50 out); the securement of a TrafficManagement System andPlan tobe maintained and implemented in order toensurethatHGVsareroutedeast to the A21viaLongfield Roadso that theIAQM Guideline figure of 25Annual Average DailyTraffic thresholdforthe AQMAisnot exceeded;  recordsbeing maintainedof allHGV movements, withthe information  ...  view the full minutes text for item 59.

    60.

    Applications TM/19/1931 and TM/19/1932 (KCC/TM/0171/2019 and KCC/TM/0172/2019) - (a) Variation of Conditions W2, W3, W4 and W6 of Permission TM/18/2549 relating to vehicular access to the West Lake area and (b) Variation of Conditions W2, W4 and W6 and removal of Conditions W7 and W8 of Permission TM/18/2555 relating to vehicular access to the West Lake area and output of minerals at Aylesford Quarry, Rochester Road, Aylesford; Aylesford Heritage Ltd pdf icon PDF 3 MB

    Minutes:

    (1)       Mr M A C Balfour informed the Committee that although he did not have a disclosable pecuniary interest or another significant interest in this item, he would not vote in the determination of these applications. 

     

    (2)       Correspondence from Mr P J Homewood, the Local Member objecting to the application had previously been circulated to the Committee.   

     

    (3)       Mr Roger Gledhill (Aylesford PC) and Mr Terry Johnson addressed the Committee in opposition to the application. Mr Cliff Thurlow (Aylesford Heritage Ltd) spoke in reply.   Mr Gledhill also provided photographs showing traffic congestion along Bull Lane. These were circulated to the Committee.

     

    (4)       During discussion of this item, the Committee agreed to limit the duration of the proposed permission to a period of 10 years and to add an Informative advising that the applicants should aim to implement the development and the removal of material from the site as soon as practicable.

     

    (5)       On being put to the vote, the recommendations of the Head of Planning Applications Group (as amended in (4) above) were carried by 9 votes to 1.  

     

    (6)       RESOLVEDthat:-

     

    (a)      permission be granted for a temporary period of 10 years to Application TM/19/1931 forthevariationof ConditionsW2, W3,W4 andW6 of planningpermissionTM/18/2549 relatingto vehicularaccess to the WestLake areaatAylesfordQuarrysubject toconditions, including conditions covering theexistingconditionsonPermissionTM/18/2549continuingto applytotheEastLake area(subjectto minoralterations to remove reference to aspectsof developmentin the WestLakearea whichare alreadycovered by thoseprefixed “W”elsewhere in the permissionsand to reflecttheapprovalsgiven  ...  view the full minutes text for item 60.

    61.

    Proposal DOV/19/01120 (KCC/DO/0195/2019) - Demolition of existing school buildings and erection of a part 3, part 4-storey teaching block with attached sports hall and associated hard and soft landscaping, a new Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) together with parking and ancillary works at Dover Grammar School for Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover; KCC and Keir Construction (Southern) pdf icon PDF 1 MB

    Minutes:

    (1)       Mr J Burden informed the Committee that he had surveyed the land in question for the DfE.  He would therefore not participate in the decision-making for this item. 

     

    (2)       The Head of Planning Applications Group amended her recommendations so that the 6th, 7th and 8th conditions would specify 9 rather than 3 months.

     

    (3)       Mr Martyn Webster and Ms Tui Sancha addressed the Committee in opposition to the proposal.  Mr Philip Horstrup (Head Teacher) and Mr Matthew Blythin (DHA Planning) spoke in reply. 

     

    (4)       On being put to the vote, the recommendations of the Head of Planning Applications Group were carried (as amended in (2) above) by 8 votes to 1.

     

    (5)       RESOLVEDthat subject toHistoricEnglanddeterminingthattheexisting buildingsare notof listablequality:-

     

    (a)          permission be granted to the Proposal subject to conditions, including conditions covering the standard3 year timelimit for implementation; the development beingcarried outin accordance with the permitteddetails; thesubmissionand approvalofdetailsof all construction materialstobe used externallytogether with architecturaldetails,including theroofparapet,window anddoor openingsand reveals; noadditionalplantor machinerybeing installedon theroofwithout thepriorapproval of the CountyPlanning Authority;  the  removal  of  all  temporary  buildings  from  the  site  within  nine  months  of occupation of the ne  ...  view the full minutes text for item 61.

    62.

    Matters dealt with under delegated powers pdf icon PDF 140 KB

    Minutes:

    RESOLVED to note matters dealt with under delegated powers since the last meeting relating to:-

     

    (a)         County matter applications;

     

    (b)         County Council developments;

     

    (c)          Screening Opinions under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) regulations 2017; and

     

    (d)         Scoping Opinions under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (None).

    63.

    KCC Response to Consultations pdf icon PDF 275 KB

    Additional documents:

    Minutes:

    RESOLVED to note Kent County Council’s responses to the following consultations:-

     

    (a)          Application 19/01476/AS - Detailed application for a mixed-use development (1-18 storeys) comprising;- (i) 7,440sqm of film/TV Studios with 7,125sqm associated post-production offices (Use Class B1) and 3,830sq.m associated workshop and media village (Use Class B1); (ii) 120 bedroom hotel (Use Class C1) including 1,150sqm reception/ancillary space and food and beverage space, 500sqm restaurant, 360sqm leisure facilities and 449sqm event/conference space; (iii) 62 serviced apartments (Use Class C3); (iv) a 336 space multi-storey carpark; (v) change of use, internal and external alterations to the listed Locomotive Shed buildings, including increasing the height by an additional two-storeys, to provide 7,030sqm of flexible commercial floorspace for use in connection with the film/tv studios (Use Class B1/ D1) and 303 residential units (Use Class C3) comprising 130 x 1 bedroom and 173 x 2 bedroom units and 322 internal parking spaces; (vi) change of use, internal and external alterations to listed Engine Shed building, including increasing the height by an additional two storeys, to provide 1,050sqm gym/restaurant (Use Class D2/A3) and 1,500sqm of commercial floorspace (Use Class B1); (vii) change of use, internal and external alterations of the Paint Shop building (114sqm), Acetylene Store (57sqm) and Clock Tower (73sqm) listed buildings to provide ancillary uses to the film/TV studios; plus associated infrastructure including open space, landscape and public realm provision, external parking, servicing, pedestrian and vehicular access and associated engineering, utilities and infrastructure works at Newton Railway Works, Newton Road, Ashford; 

     

    (b)          Environment Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion for Land to the South West of Birchington; and      

     

    (c)       Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Draft Local Plan.