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(Public Pack)Agenda Document for Planning Applications Committee PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE Thursday, 2nd September, 2021 10.00 am Council Chamber, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone AGENDA PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE Thursday, 2nd September, 2021, at 10.00 Ask for: Andrew Tait am Council Chamber, Sessions House, County Telephone: 03000 416749 Hall, Maidstone Membership (13) Conservative (10): Mr R A Marsh (Chairman), Mr A Booth (Vice-Chairman), Mr C Beart, Mrs R Binks, Mr P Cole, Mr D Crow-Brown, Mr M Dendor, Mr O Richardson, Mr C Simkins and Mr J Wright Labour (1): Ms J Meade Liberal Democrat (1) Mr I S Chittenden Independents (1) Mr P M Harman Webcasting Notice Please note: this meeting may be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by any member of the public or press present. The Chairman will confirm if all or part of the meeting is to be filmed by the Council. By entering the meeting room you are consenting to being filmed. If you do not wish to have your image captured please let the Clerk know immediately. UNRESTRICTED ITEMS (During these items the meeting is likely to be open to the public A. COMMITTEE BUSINESS 1. Substitutes 2. Declarations of Interests by Members in items on the Agenda for this meeting. B. GENERAL MATTERS 1. General Matters D. DEVELOPMENTS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL 1. Application CA/21/01854 (KCC/CA/0136/2021) - Construction of part of a new road (A28 Link Road) including viaduct between A28 Sturry Road and A291 Sturry Hill and associated on-line improvements at A28 Sturry Link Road, Sturry; KCC Major Capital Programme Team (Pages 1 - 176) E. OTHER ITEMS WHICH THE CHAIRMAN DECIDES ARE URGENT EXEMPT ITEMS (At the time of preparing the agenda there were no exempt items. During any such items which may arise the meeting is likely NOT to be open to the public) Benjamin Watts General Counsel 03000 416814 Tuesday, 24 August 2021 (Please note that the draft conditions and background documents referred to in the accompanying papers may be inspected by arrangement with the Departments responsible for preparing the report.) Agenda Item D1 SECTION D DEVELOPMENT TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL Background Documents: the deposited documents; views and representations received as referred to in the reports and included in the development proposals dossier for each case; and other documents as might be additionally indicated. Item D1 Construction of part of a new road (A28 Link Road) including viaduct between A28 Sturry Road and A291 Sturry Hill and associated on-line improvements at A28 Sturry Link Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT20 – CA/21/01854 (KCC/CA/0136/2021) A report by Head of Planning Applications Group to Planning Applications Committee on 2nd September 2021. Application by KCC Major Capital Programmes for Construction of part of a new road (A28 Link Road) including viaduct between A28 Sturry Road and A291 Sturry Hill and associated on-line improvements at A28 Sturry Link Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT20 – CA/21/01854 (KCC/CA/0136/2021) Recommendation: Permission be granted subject to the imposition of conditions. Local Member: Alan Marsh Classification: Unrestricted Site 1. The land through which the scheme passes is essentially open countryside which lies approximately 3km to the north-east of Canterbury. It is bounded to the south by the A28, to the west by industrial premises and retail units on the Canterbury Retail Park, to the north by agricultural land and woodland, and to the east by the A291 Sturry Hill. Cutting across the middle of the site, slightly elevated on an embankment, is the Canterbury to Ramsgate railway line, which runs in an east-west direction. To the north of the railway line is the southern slope of the Stour Valley that gently rises to the north, whilst to the south of the railway is the low-lying land forming the floodplain of the Great Stour through which two branches of the river flows. 2. Land use north of the railway line is currently a mixture of arable farming and rough grassland, with large blocks of mixed plantation woodland. To the south of the railway the land is characterised by pasture fields, playing fields associated with The King’s School and private land plots all within the flood plain of the Great Stour. The village of Sturry is divided by the railway line and access across this is via a barrier-controlled level crossing. Most of the later built residential areas of Sturry lie to the north of the railway and the west of Sturry Hill, with the historic centre and housing, amenities and facilities to the south of the railway, covered by the Sturry Conservation Area. There are two public rights of way which run through the locality of the proposal, one along the northern side of the railway line and one which runs north-south and crosses the railway close to the King’s School. 3. There are a number of environmentally significant sites within the vicinity of, and wider area of, the scheme and these include: • Den Grove Wood Ancient Woodland • West Blean and Thornden Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) Page 1 D1.1 Item D1 Construction of part of a new road (A28 Link Road) including viaduct between A28 Sturry Road and A291 Sturry Hill and associated on- line improvements at A28 Sturry Link Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT20 – CA/21/01854 (KCC/CA/0136/2021) • Stodmarsh SSSI • Stodmarsh Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar • Stodmarsh Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and National Nature Reserve (NNR) • Sturry Pit SSSI • AS27 Great Stour, Ashford to Fordwich Local Wildlife Site (LWS) • Sturry Conservation Area • Listed Buildings within Sturry and Fordwich • A former landfill site south of the A28, now used as a community park The KCC section of the Sturry Link Road directly affects the Sturry Conservation Area (it being within the Conservation Area), but otherwise has indirect effects on these other designations. 4. The A28 is the principal road corridor between Canterbury and Thanet. At Sturry, the A28 has a junction with the A291 Sturry Hill, which provides a route north to Herne Bay. This junction also forms part of the submitted application details, as described in paragraph 21. 5. The proposed scheme lies within an area which traverses flood risk zones 2 and 3 which are associated with the Great Stour River. The site lies within the Sturry Conservation Area, a Green Gap and an Area of High Landscape Value as designated in the Local Plan. It lies outside the Canterbury Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) which lies further to the west along the A28 and encompasses the City Centre roads. 6. Canterbury City Council approved the strategic sites allocated for housing in their Local Plan at ‘Land at Sturry’ and ‘Broad Oak Farm’ in March of this year. The ‘Land at Sturry’ site (CA/20/02826 for up to 630 houses and associated community facilities) is located between the villages of Sturry and Broad Oak and is approximately 54 hectares in area, on land which rises to the north. The east of the site is bounded by Sturry Hill and the west by Shalloak Road and Broad Oak Lodge Farm. The northern boundary is defined by the Den Grove Ancient Woodland and the south of the application site by the Canterbury to Ramsgate railway line. The ‘Broad Oak’ site (CA/18/00868 for 456 residential dwellings, associated open space and commercial development) is approximately 19 hectares in area and lies to the north of the ‘Land at Sturry’ site. It is bounded by Herne Bay Road (A291) and Broad Oak Farm Food Shop to the east, and Shalloak Road to the west. To the south is the Den Grove Ancient Woodland and Green Fields Shooting Range, whilst to the north of the site is Sweechgate. Members’ Site Visit 7. A group of Planning Application Committee Members visited Sturry on the 15th July 2021 to acquaint themselves with the location of the proposed link road, its surroundings and the related highway alterations. Members were accompanied by the Head of Planning, Sharon Thompson, Principal Planning Officer Paul Hopkins and the case officer Helen Edwards. A summary of the visit is provided in Appendix 6. D1.2 Page 2 Item D1 Construction of part of a new road (A28 Link Road) including viaduct between A28 Sturry Road and A291 Sturry Hill and associated on- line improvements at A28 Sturry Link Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT20 – CA/21/01854 (KCC/CA/0136/2021) Background 8. Delivering the strategic infrastructure of the A28 Sturry Link Road (SLR) is identified in the Canterbury City Council’s (CCC) ‘Canterbury District Local Plan’ (adopted 2017) for the plan period 2011 to 2031. In the CCC District Local Plan Inspector’s Report, the Inspector acknowledged that the relationship between transport projects such as Sturry Link Road and proposed developments was central to the success of the Local Plan strategy. The Local Plan acknowledges that the A28 suffers from congestion due to high levels of traffic and the operation of the level crossing at Sturry. Mixed use development sites have been allocated at Sturry, Broad Oak and Hersden and whilst sustainable modes of transport would be provided by these new sites, it is accepted that new development would still create additional traffic. To mitigate the effects of this the provision of, or proportionate contributions to a Sturry Relief Road that would avoid the Sturry level crossing with a new road bridge, including a bus lane over the railway line or other associated improvements to the A28 corridor are required by Local Plan Policy T14.
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