1. Land at Ware Street as identified on the Policies Map, is allocated for the development of approximately 67 dwellings at an average density of 35 dwellings per hectare. The following conditions are considered appropriate to be met before development is permitted.

Design and Layout

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

3. The Public Right of Way running thorough the site should be retained and enhanced. The site layout shall respect and enhance the setting of semi-rural character of the PRoW.

4. The site access shall be located and designed so as to minimise the loss of mature trees fronting Ware Street and appropriate compensatory planting/habitat incorporated into the landscape scheme.

5. The northern, western, and eastern boundaries shall be landscaped in a manner that reduces the impact of development upon the wider setting of the open land to the north and incorporates biodiversity enhancement measures including through a Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment prepared in accordance with the Landscape Institute’s and Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment’s Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment’ (Third Edition) or updates to this guidance.

6. The layout, scale and design of buildings and landscaping shall have regard to the site’s location within the wider setting of the National Landscape.

7. The residential elements shall be defined by distinct character areas, incorporating a variety of typologies, materials, landscaping, and street scenes.

Landscape/Ecology

8. The site layout and landscaping shall ensure that all individual and group TPO trees are retained and located within areas that are not within private garden curtilages.

9. 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.

10. A minimum of 0.7 ha of natural/semi-natural open space shall be provided and dedicated to habitat creation/biodiversity net gain in accordance with national and local targets.

11. Development shall be accompanied by an open space management plan.

Access/Highways and Transportation

12. Provision of a new suitable access to meet relevant KCC standards and safety provisions.

13. Capacity impact modelling required to identify any further mitigations required.

Open Space

14. In addition to dedicated areas of natural open space, the scheme shall provide a minimum of 0.55 hectares of accessible green amenity space, including children’s play.

15. Open space provision in accordance with policies LPRSP13 and LPRINF1.

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