Agenda item

Watling Ward

Demolition of the existing buildings, clearance of the site and the creation of 14no. new homes and associated amenity, landscaping, access and parking.

Discussion:

The Senior Planner outlined the application in detail for the demolition of the existing buildings, clearance of the site and the creation of 14 new homes and associated amenity, landscaping, access and parking.

The Senior Planner brought Members’ attention to the supplementary agenda advice sheet which amended the second paragraph under the Proposal to read “3-bedroom instead of 4-bedroom”.  The supplementary agenda advice sheet also re-worded conditions 8 and 23 and added a further condition regarding an Air Quality Mitigation Scheme which was to be submitted.    

Following concerns about the lack of parking, the Highways Consultant informed Members that they had attempted to increase the amount of parking, however, the applicant felt they had demonstrated that they were providing sufficient parking by increasing the parking spaces to 26.  He also clarified that a Parking Management Plan was to be submitted under condition 20.

Decision:      

Approved subject to:

A.               The applicant entering into a legal agreement under the terms of Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to secure:

i.                  £43,378.88 towards education improvements.

ii.                £6,621.12 towards strategic measures in respect of the coastal North Kent Special Protection Areas (SPAs)/Ramsar sites.

iii.               Meeting the Council’s costs.

B.               Delegated powers to add or amend conditions following any comments from the Environment Agency subsequent to additional information sent to them by the applicant; and

C.              The imposition of the following Conditions 1 to 24 as set out in the report for the reasons stated in the report with conditions 8 and 23 being reworded and an additional condition to be added, as follows.   

Reword condition 8 to enable demolition to be undertaken prior to submission of details of surface water drainage details. To read as follows:

No development, with the exception of demolition, shall take place until a scheme showing details of the disposal of surface water, based on sustainable drainage principles, including details of the design, implementation, maintenance and management of the surface water drainage scheme have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Those details shall include (if applicable):

i.         a timetable for its implementation (including phased implementation where applicable).

ii.        appropriate operational, maintenance and access requirements for each sustainable drainage component are adequately considered.

iii.       proposed arrangements for future adoption by any public body, statutory undertaker or management company.

The development shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To manage surface water during and post construction and for the lifetime of the development as outlined at Paragraph 168 of National Planning Policy Framework 2023.

Reword condition 23 to read as follows:

23       Prior to the first occupation of all dwellings herein approved, the area shown on the submitted layout as vehicle parking space shall be provided, surfaced and drained. Thereafter it shall be kept available for such use and no permanent development, whether or not permitted by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any order amending, revoking or re-enacting that Order) shall be carried out on the land so shown or in such a position as to preclude vehicular access to this reserved parking space/garaging. During the build out of the application a pro-rata level per dwelling plus sufficient provision for the existing residents of Maynard Place should be provided at a minimum of 4 + number of units*(26-4)/14 parking bays.

Reason: Development without provision of adequate accommodation for the parking or garaging of vehicles is likely to lead to hazardous on-street parking and in accordance with Policies T1 and T13 of the Medway Local Plan 2003.

Add the following condition:

25       Prior to the first occupation of the development herein approved, an Air Quality Mitigation Scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The scheme shall be prepared in accordance with the Medway Air Quality Guidance (April 2016) and shall specify the measures that will be implemented as part of the development to mitigate the air quality impacts associated with development related road transport emissions.

The approved details shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of the dwelling which they serve and shall be maintained as approved thereafter.

Reason: In the interests of sustainability and air quality with regard to Policy BNE24 of the Medway Local Plan 2003.