Agenda item

(1)       Mr C R Pearman was present for this item pursuant to Committee Procedure Rule 2.27 and spoke.  He also addressed the Committee as a representative of Edenbridge TC.  Mr Lee Carroll from Bailey Partnership spoke in reply.

(2)       The Head of Planning Applications Group informed the Committee that Edenbridge TC supported the proposal.

(3)       In agreeing the recommendations of the Head of Planning Applications Group, the Committee added an Informative that the applicants should consider installing PV panels on the roof of the main school building. 

(4)       RESOLVED that theapplicationbe referred totheSecretary of State for CommunitiesandLocal Governmentandthat subject to his decision:-  

(a)          permission be granted to the proposal subject to conditions, including conditions covering the standard 5 year timelimit; the development beingcarried out in accordance with thepermitteddetails; the submissionandapprovalof detailsofallconstructionmaterialstobe used externally; the submissionof arevisedSchoolTravelPlanpriortooccupationofthenew classroombuildinganditsongoingreviewviathe‘Jambusters’systemfor5 years with the monitoring results being postedon theschool’swebsite; thesubmissionof aConstructionManagementPlan,providingdetailsof (amongst othermatters)timesofaccesstothesite(toavoidschoolpeaktimes),operative parking, wheel washing and deliveryvehicle unloadingandturning; the  provision  of  the  revised  parking  spaces  shown  on  the  site  layout  prior  to occupation, andtheir permanent retentionthereafter; the submissionofa schemeofarchaeologicalfieldevaluationworkforapprovalinwritingpriortocommencementof the development, as well as therecording and reportingof anyfindings; and theSchoolundertakingtheplantingoffournativereplacementtreesinthefirst planting seasonfollowing completion of the development; and

(b)        the applicants be advised by Informative that:

(i)           they should register the School Travel Plan withKentCountyCouncilthroughthe “Jambusters” website;

(ii)          they should ensure that allnecessaryhighwayapprovalsandconsentsare obtained;

(iii)         they should ensurethatworksto treesare carriedoutoutsideofthebreedingbirdseasonand, if this isnot possible,that an ecologist examinesthesite priortoworkscommencing; and

(iv)         they should consider installing PV panels on the roof of the main school building.