1. Land south of A20 as identified on the Policies Map, is allocated for the development of approximately 53 dwellings. The following conditions are considered appropriate to be met before development is permitted.

Design and Layout

2. Development proposals will be of a high standard of design incorporating the use of vernacular materials.

3. There shall be frontage development to the A20, set back to align with Mayfield development to the west.

4. The woodland areas along the southern boundary of the site will be retained, in order to screen new housing from the railway line.

5. The line of trees along the eastern boundary of the site will be retained and enhanced, in order to provide a suitable buffer to the adjacent open countryside to the east.

6. The layout shall incorporate sustainable surface water drainage with ecological and landscape benefits.

7. The layout should adequately protect the amenity and privacy of existing neighbouring residents, and in general alignment with the adjoining Mayfield development to the west.

8. The design and layout should be designed so as to protect future occupiers from railway noise.

9. The development will provide ecological mitigation/enhancement areas and landscaped buffers along site boundaries and across the central part of the site to ensure appropriate habitat connectivity and the retention of existing trees and hedgerows.

10. Site design and layout shall be informed by a local historic impact assessment.

Landscape/Ecology

11. A phase 1 habitat survey will be required, which may as a result require on and/or-off site mitigation for the existing habitat of local fauna/ flora.

12. The development proposals are designed to take into account the results of a landscape and visual impact assessment undertaken in accordance with the principles of guidance in place at the time of the submission of an application.

13. The development proposals are designed to take into account the results of a detailed arboricultural survey, tree constraints plan and tree retention/protection plans.

Access, Highways and Transportation

14. Provision of suitable access on the A20 that meet standards and safety provisions.

Open Space

15. Provision of new open space in accordance with policies LPRSP13 and LPRINF1.

16. Where it is not feasible, due to site characteristics, to provide an appropriate level of on-site amenity space for residents in accordance with policy LPRSP13 and LPRINF1 the scheme shall make appropriate financial contributions towards off-site provision, with an emphasis upon addressing local shortfalls in the provision of allotments and sports pitches.

Utilities Infrastructure

17. The applicant is to demonstrate that adequate connections to the nearest points of the network are achievable and that adequate capacity exists / can be created for all utilities.

18. Where there may be limited capacity in the utility network, the occupation of the development will be phased to align with the delivery of infrastructure.

For more information, please visit Maidstone’s Local Plan Maidstone Borough Council Local Plan 2021-2038