Agenda item

Rochester South and Horsted 

Construction of 1no. drive-thru Restaurant (Class A3/A5) and 1no. foodstore; refurbishment of existing retail unit; revised car parking arrangements; widening of existing retail park access road; landscaping; and associated works including relocation of substation and off-site highway improvements.

Discussion:

The Head of Planning reminded the Committee that this planning application had been submitted for consideration on 14 March 2018 but that the application had been deferred for further consideration, mainly concerning car parking issues.

The Head of Planning suggested that should the Committee be minded to approve the planning application, proposed condition 2 be amended and a new condition 17 be approved, as detailed in the supplementary agenda advice sheet. In addition, proposed condition 10 required deletion as it was a duplicate of condition 8. He also advised that since despatch of the agenda, the agent had provided further details in response to the issues raised concerning highways and these had been appended to the supplementary agenda advice sheet.

The Committee discussed the application and expressed the view that the deferral of this application on 14 March 2018 had been useful so as to obtain the additional information requested.

A Member suggested that, if approved, an additional condition be imposed concerning management of litter on the site along similar lines where drive through take-aways were located.

Decision:

Approved subject to: 

a)            Section 106 Agreement under the terms of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to secure the following developer’s contributions:

i)          Secure £1000 for an initiative at Vale Pre School and/or Horsted Infants and Juniors. These initiatives could include nutritional resources for the school, community food growing and commissioned physical activities.

ii)         Payment of £54,528.08 toward planting and maintenance of new trees in the locality in place of the trees to be removed on the public highway.

b)            Conditions 1, 3 – 9, 11 – 16 as set out in the report for the reasons stated in the report and condition 2 amended and new conditions 10 and 17 as set out below:

2.         The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

V13620-SK02 Rev H, 13620-170 Rev A, 13620-171 Rev A, 13620-172 Rev B, 13620-173 Rev A, 13620-174 Rev B, 13620-175 Rev A, 13620-176 Rev A, 13620-177 Rev A, 13620-178 Rev A,  13620-179 Rev A, 13620-180 Rev A  received 11/12/17 and 29/01/18    

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

10.       Prior to the commencement of the use of the drive-thru restaurant hereby approved, a scheme for the provision of appropriate litter containers and the litter management of the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved prior to the first use of the drive-thru restaurant and thereafter carried out in accordance with the approved scheme to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure that litter resulting from the use of the site does not become a source of nuisance for neighbouring residents or detrimental to the amenity of the area, having regard to Policy BNE2 of the Local Plan.

17.       Prior to the bringing into use of any of the retail units hereby approved a scheme for providing a detection system on the retail park access to trigger the proposed new Toucan crossing, when there are extensive queues that are not moving, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The approved detection system shall be installed prior to the bringing into use of any part of the built development hereby approved and shall thereafter be retained.

Reason: To ensure the consistent operation of the roundabout and to ensure the relative free flow of traffic from the retail park.