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SWALE BOROUGH COUNCIL PLANNING SERVICES Planning Items to be submitted to the Planning Committee 13 March 2014 Standard Index to Contents DEFERRED ITEMS Items shown in previous Minutes as being deferred from that meeting may be considered at this meeting PART 1 Reports to be considered in public session not included elsewhere on this Agenda PART 2 Applications for which permission is recommended PART 3 Applications for which refusal is recommended PART 4 Swale Borough Council’s own development; observation on County Council’s development; observations on development in other districts or by Statutory Undertakers and by Government Departments; and recommendations to the County Council on ‘County Matter’ applications. PART 5 Decisions by County Council and the Secretary of State on appeal, reported for information PART 6 Reports containing “Exempt Information” during the consideration of which it is anticipated that the press and public will be excluded ABBREVIATIONS: commonly used in this Agenda CDA Crime and Disorder Act 1998 GPDO The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 HRA Human Rights Act 1998 SBLP Swale Borough Local Plan 2008 INDEX OF ITEMS FOR PLANNING COMMITTEE – 13 MARCH 2014 Minutes of last Planning Committee Meeting Deferred Items Minutes of any Working Party Meeting Deferred Items Deferred Item 1 BORDEN SW/13/1192 Oakdene, Woodgate Lane Pgs 1 – 8 Deferred Item 2 UPCHURCH SW/13/1373 Orchard Park, Oak Lane Pgs 9 - 37 Part 2 2.1 & 2.2 DUNKIRK SW/14/0003 & MOD Dunkirk, Courtenay Road Pgs 38 – 43 SW/14/0004 2.3 FAVERSHAM SW/14/0013 19A Preston Street Pgs 44 – 48 2.4 QUEENBOROUGH SW/13/1550 Klondyke and Twyfords Sites, Pgs 49 – 75 Former Caradon Works, Rushenden Road 2.5 SITTINGBOURNE SW/14/0106 Land adjacent 157 Peregrine Pgs 76 – 85 Drive 2.6 HARTLIP SW/13/1485 Land at Spade Lane Pgs 86 – 125 2.7 LOWER HALSTOW SW/14/0100 Stables rear of 82-84 School Pgs 126 – 135 Lane 2.8 IWADE SW/13/0435 Sittingbourne Speedway, Pgs 136 – 156 Marshbank, Old Ferry Road 2.9 IWADE SW/13/0434 Sittingbourne Speedway, Pgs 157 – 174 Marshbank, Old Ferry Road Part 3 3.1 SITTINGBOURNE SW/14/0020 3 Clerke Drive Pgs 175 - 178 Part 5 5.1 BORDEN SW/13/1072 Bowl Reed, Oad Street Pgs 179 - 181 5.2 FAVERSHAM SW/13/0498 & Land to the rear of 20-32 Pgs 182 – 191 SW/13/0841 Tanners Street PLANNING COMMITTEE – 13 MARCH 2014 DEFERRED ITEM Report of the Head of Development Services Deferred Items Reports shown in previous Minutes as being deferred from that Meeting. Deferred SW/13/1192 (Case 23786) Borden Item 1 Location : Oakdene, Woodgate Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7QB Proposal : Variation of condition 1 of SW/11/1400 to allow stationing of two mobile homes. Applicant/Agent : Miss Sally Laundon, Oakdene , Woodgate Lane, Danaway, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7QB Application Valid : 18 November 2013 8 Week Target : 13 January 2014 Conditions 1 No more than two mobile homes and one touring caravan shall be stationed on the site at any one time. Grounds: In the interests of the amenities of the local area. 2 The caravans shall only be occupied by persons of gypsy/traveller status as defined in DCLG’s Planning Policy for Traveller Sites (March 2012) and by no other person(s) whatsoever. Grounds: To ensure that the site occupants are gypsies/travellers. 3 The site shall only be used for residential purposes, and it shall not be used for any business, industrial or commercial use. In this regard no open storage of plant, products or waste may take place on the land, and no vehicle over 3.5 tonnes shall be stationed, parked or stored on the land. Grounds: In the interests of visual amenity. 1 4 No floodlighting, security lighting or other external lighting shall be installed or operated at the site, other than in accordance with details that have first been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Grounds: In the interests of the amenities of the local area. Council’s Approach to the Application The Council recognises the advice in paragraphs 186 and 187 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and seeks to work with applicants in a positive and proactive manner by offering a pre-application advice service; having a duty planner service; and seeking to find solutions to any obstacles to approval of applications having due regard to the responses to consultation, where it can reasonably be expected that amendments to an application will result in an approval without resulting in a significant change to the nature of the application and the application can then be amended and determined in accordance with statutory timescales. In this case the application was determined without delay, following the receipt of amended drawings and additional information requested by Members of the Planning Committee. Introduction Members will recall that at the last meeting of this Committee held on 13 February 2014 consideration of this application was deferred pending further information. The previous report as appended to this item for Members’ information (Appendix A). The resolution to defer the item was as follows: Resolved: That application SW/13/1192 be deferred to the next Planning Committee to allow for further information to be sought on the number of children on the site and their ages; clarity on the size and scale of the submitted plans; and more visual aids (aerial photographs) to enable a true understanding of the site. Officers have sought clarification from the applicant, and can now respond as follows: The applicant has four children, whose ages are 2, 4, 6 and 8 years old. It is not the applicant’s intention that the new mobile home would provide sleeping accommodation. The new mobile will give extra room for the applicant’s children to play indoors, store toys, etc. If on occasion the mobile home would be used as sleeping accommodation for the children, one of their parents would occupy the mobile home with them. A new, clearer site plan, showing the position of the new mobile home and the access driveway and gate, to an appropriate scale, has been submitted and will be available for Members’ inspection at the meeting. Aerial photographs of the site will also be available for Members’ inspection at the meeting. 2 Recommendation The site has been in use in excess of four years now, and has become established as a well maintained and landscaped site. The site has been assessed as part of the Council’s corporate policy and has scored well (29), despite its distance from some facilities. The additional caravan and access will have limited effect on amenity. Whilst Members expressed commendable concern over the distance between the two mobile homes, in view of the ages of the children concerned, this is not a planning consideration when deciding this application, which is in accordance with national and local planning policy. However, Members will have noted that the new mobile is not intended to be used as sleeping accommodation. I therefore recommend that planning permission be granted. List of Background papers 1. Application papers and correspondence relating to SW/09/0825 2. Application papers and correspondence relating to SW/11/1400 3. Application papers and correspondence relating to SW/13/0616 4. Application papers and correspondence relating to SW/13/1192 For information contact case officer Andrew Spiers 3 Deferred Item 1 – Appendix A 4 Deferred Item 1 – Appendix A 5 Deferred Item 1 – Appendix A 6 Deferred Item 1 – Appendix A 7 Deferred Item 1 – Appendix A 8 Deferred SW/13/1373 (Case 21085) Upchurch Item 2 Location : Orchard Park, Oak Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME8 7FL Proposal : Application to vary conditions (2), (3) and (4) of SW/10/0765 (private gypsy and traveller site consisting of eight plots); condition (2) to be varied to allow up to 32 caravans of which no more than 16 can be static caravans or mobile homes; condition (3) such that occupancy is restricted to gypsies and travellers as defined in Annex 1, Planning Policy for Traveller Sites; and condition (4) such that the use is to cease and the site to be restored to its previous condition if it ceases to be occupied by gypsies and travellers as defined in Annex 1, Planning Policy for Traveller Sites. Applicant/Agent : Mr J Saunders C/O Mr Joseph Jones BFSGC, Saga Court, Unit 3, Sibleys Rise, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP16 9QQ Application Valid : 31 October 2013 8 Week Target : 26 December 2013 13 Week Target: 30 January 2014. Agreed extension of time: 17th March 2014 Conditions (1) This permission does not authorise use of the land as a caravan site by any persons other than gypsies and travellers, as defined by Annex 1 of Planning Policy for Traveller Sites 2012. Grounds: In the interests of preventing general residential use of this rural site. (2) No more than 32 caravans as defined in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the Caravan Sites Act 1968 shall be stationed on the site at any time, of which not more than 16 shall be static caravans or mobile homes and the remainder shall be touring caravans. Grounds: In the interests of preventing the over-development of the site and upholding visual amenity. 9 (3) The site shall not be occupied by any persons other than Gypsies and Travellers as defined in Annex 1 of Planning Policy for Traveller Sites 2012. Grounds: In the interests of preventing general residential use of this rural site. (4) No commercial activities shall take place on the land, including the storage of materials.