Agenda item
Record of meeting
To approve the record of the meeting held on 24 April 2019.
Minutes:
The record of the meeting held on 24 April 2019 was agreed and signed by the Chairman as correct.
Attention was drawn to the following updates:
Planning Committee 21 November 2019 – Minute 533 – Planning application MC/18/2309 - Land adjacent to Rochester Train Station, Corporation Street, Rochester
Section 106 Education Contributions – The Planning Committee had not been agreeable to primary/infant contributions towards St Nicholas School in Strood and asked for consideration to be given, prior to the signing of the S106, to the allocation of the Education contribution towards schools in Rochester. Following discussion with the Education team and Ward Councillors in Rochester East and Rochester West it was agreed that the contribution go towards the Crest School. The S106 has therefore been drafted accordingly and subject to there being no objections would be signed on that basis.
Planning Committee 24 April 2019:
Minute 2005 – Planning application MC/19/0241 – 218 Beechings Way, Twydall, Gillingham.
The following conditions were approved in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and opposition spokesperson.
1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.
Reason: To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:
Drawing number 993-02 received 16 April 2019.
Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
3. The proposed parking area (labelled as proposed driveway) located between the principal elevation of the dwellinghouse and the public footpath and as shown on drawing number 993-02 received 16 April 2019, shall not be brought into use until it has been formed from permeable surfacing materials or has provided with drainage arrangements within the site which shall thereafter be retained.
Reason: To manage surface water in accordance with Paragraph 103 of the NPPF.
Minute 1017 - Planning application MC/18/3666 – 257 City Way, Rochester ME1 2TL
The following conditions were agreed in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and opposition spokesperson.
1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.
Reason: To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:
Drawing numbers 1819-2005, 1819-2006 and 1819-2007 received on 24 December 2018 and 1819-2005 Proposed Site Block Plan received on 4 January 2019.
Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
3. All materials used externally shall match those of the existing building.
Reason: To ensure that the appearance of the development is satisfactory and without prejudice to conditions of visual amenity in the locality, in accordance with Policy BNE1 of the Medway Local Plan 2003.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any order amending, revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), the extension herein approved shall remain in use with the rest of the house as a single family dwellinghouse falling within Class C3 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) (or any order amending, revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) and no change of use to C4 shall be carried out unless planning permission has been granted on an application relating thereto.
Reason: To enable the Local Planning Authority to control such development in the interests of amenity, in accordance with Policy BNE2 of the Medway Local Plan 2003.
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