1. Land at Home Farm (Sites A and B) as identified on the Policies Map, is allocated for the development of approximately 49 dwellings at an average density of 30 dph. The following conditions are considered appropriate to be met before development is permitted.

Design and Layout

2. The site comprises two parcels of land, the main, Site A, to the north of Pile Lane and a smaller Site B to the north.

3. The two parcels of land shall be the subject of a single masterplan that provides an appropriate distribution of built development and open space having regard to the following guidelines.

4. Development of Site A shall be set back from Headcorn Road and be designed to respect its rural character.

5. The north eastern section of Site A and the entirety of Site B will be built at a lower density and incorporate landscaping buffers in order to reflect the settlement edge location and to preserve the rural lane character of both Pile and Sweetlands Lanes.

6. Development along the eastern boundary of Site A should be sited and designed to ensure an appropriate relationship with neighbouring commercial uses, such that the amenity of future residents is acceptable and so that the ongoing commercial viability of the commercial land to the east is not prejudiced.

Landscape/Ecology

7. 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.

8. The development proposals shall be designed to take into account the results of a LVIA undertaken in accordance with the principles of current guidance.

9. Existing tree/hedgerow margins should be retained/enhanced in order to provide the opportunity for biodiversity habitat creation/enhancement.

10. Development will be subject to a site-wide strategy to incorporate an appropriate level of biodiversity net gain in accordance with national and local policy.

11. Public access to areas designated as habitat in any landscape masterplan would normally be limited to maintenance purposes.

Access, Highways and Transportation

12. Vehicular access to Site A shall be via Headcorn Road, with the junction designed to minimise loss of existing hedgerow. There shall be no vehicular access from Site A to either Pile Lane or Sweetlands Lane.

13. Vehicular access from Site B shall be located so as to minimise hedgerow loss and preferably, for highway safety reasons, be via Little Threads lane.

14. The developer shall liaise with KCC Highways regarding and measures necessary to manage through traffic/rat running, including consideration the cumulative effect of developments on the A229 corridor and mitigations will be required to address this.

Flood Risk/Drainage

15. The layout of residential accommodation should avoid the northern part of the site and the fringes of Flood Zone 2.

16. A Flood Risk Assessment and surface water drainage strategy will be required alongside any planning application. This should demonstrate that sufficient on-site mitigation is achievable in order to ensure that the risk of flooding in adjacent areas is not increased.

Open Space

17. The developments shall provide accessible open amenity space in accordance with policy LPRINF1, to include a minimum of 0.18 hectares of useable amenity green space incorporating children’s play, micro allotments/community growing areas and other functions that contribute positively to the health and wellbeing of the future community.

18. Site A shall provide 0.85 hectares of semi/natural open space.

Utilities Infrastructure

19. 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.

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

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