1. Maidstone Riverside, as identified on the Policies Map, is allocated for the development of approximately 650 dwellings and a suitable mix of employment, retail and town centre uses. As the Town Centre Strategy progresses, the council will liaise with landowners to prepare further detail on expectations. Should the site be delivered in one or more phases, the council will ensure that the overall capacity and requirements of the policy are met, and the planning and design principles set out in the policy remain able to be consistently applied across the site. The following conditions are considered appropriate to be met before development is permitted.

Design and Layout

2. Existing Baltic Wharf building should be retained.

3. Design of the site will need to ensure neighbouring residential amenity is protected.

4. Assessment of the archaeological potential of the site is undertaken and the measures needed to address the assessment’s findings secured.

Landscape/Ecology

5. 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.

Noise

6. Development will be subject to a noise survey to determine any necessary measures in respect of its town centre location.

Air Quality

7. Appropriate air quality measures to be agreed with the council and will be implemented as part of the development.

Access/Highways and Transportation

8. Provision of extra bus stops on existing route, along St. Peter’s Street.

9. Town centre locations benefit from lower trip rates, reducing the level of mitigation necessary.

10. Suitable access to the highway network required and linkage to town centre active travel routes and schemes is recommended.

Flood Risk/Drainage

11. Flood Zone 2 (53.06%) / Flood Zone 3 (8.3%) / None (38.64%).

12. Development should be directed to the area with the lowest flood risk, and the exceptions test may need to be met.

Open Space

13. Appropriate residential amenity space may take the form of balconies and/or terraces, subject to their ability to provide an acceptable level of amenity having regard to noise, air quality and adjacency of other uses.

14. Where it is not feasible, due to site characteristics, to provide an appropriate level of on-site amenity space for residents in accordance with policies LPRSP13 and LPRINF1, the scheme shall make appropriate financial contributions towards off-site provision/public realm improvements within the wider town centre.

Contaminated Land

15. Site should be made safe prior to any development commencing.

Utilities Infrastructure

16. Connections to the nearest points of the network (with adequate capacity) will be required for all utilities.

17. The developer should ensure that appropriate consultation with the underground utilities operator take place.

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