Agenda item

Proposal MA/15/501363 (KCC/MA/0385/2014) - Modular classroom block with 2 classrooms, office and toilets, along with a small agricultural style barn with 2 store rooms. Use of land as school farm including creation of paddocks and horticultural teaching area at New Line Learning Academy, Boughton Lane, Maidstone; KCC Property and Infrastructure Support

Minutes:

(1)       Mr I S Chittenden advised the Committee that he was the Local Member for this item. He clarified that he had not participated in any discussions on the planning merits of the proposal and that he was able to approach its determination with a fresh mind.

 

 

(2)       RESOLVED that:-

 

(a)       permission be granted to the proposal subject to conditions, including conditionscovering thestandard5 year timelimit; the  development  being  in  accordance  with  the  details  submitted  with  the application; abuffer zonebeing providedand managedas awildflowermeadow; the production of a managementplanforthebufferzone,includingarrangementsfor accesstothemeadowareaand mowing; the submissionofa landscapingschemeinordertoscreentheproposedfencingat the site; the PROWrequirementsinrelationtothefootpath;  thesubmissionoflightingdetailsprior to theinstallationofexternal lighting; the  submission  of  samples  and  colour  of  external  materials  for  the agricultural barn; the submissionofdetailsofcolourand typeand appearanceofovercladdingforthe proposedclassroom; the control overhoursofuse asdetailedin theapplication; the control of lightingoutsideofhours; and the fencing  colour which should be black or dark grey; and 

 

(b)       the applicant be advised by Informative:-

 

(i)        of PROWadvice regardingworksnear to footpathsand ecologyadvice regardingbats andlighting;

 

(ii)       of landscapingadvicewithregardtothelandscapingplanand speciesmix; and

 

(iii)     to check the requirementsforplanningpermissionfortheconcrete accesspathout oftheAcademy siteand for theintroductionofaccess gateswithinthe existingNewLineAcademyfence.

 

 

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