Issue - meetings

            CM/21/19/PL – Construction of 9 No. dwellings, access, landscaping and associated works, Land adjacent to Scyld, Horsemere Green Lane, Climping  Having received a report on the matter, Member comment was made that the proposal did not provide affordable housing which was much needed in the District and that a total of 54 objections had been received which needed to be taken account of.   The Planning Lawyer advised that the threshold for such provision was 11 so there was no requirement for affordable housing in this instance. The Group Head of Planning also responded that the number of objections was not necessarily material, rather it was the planning considerations within those objections that would determine the weight that could be afforded to the comments made.

            Members generally agreed that the proposal was acceptable and, following satisfactory clarification of questions relating to boundaries and highway safety within the site, the Committee

RESOLVED

That the application be approved as detailed in the report.