·         They support KCC’s stated reservations regarding insufficient detail provided as regards the details of surface and foul water drainage solutions and finished floor levels.

·         The foul drainage system as proposed is NOT the round town new ring main sewer referred to as this has not been with drawn as a solution by Southern Water. It simply attaches to the existing overloaded and overflowing sewage network and results in no betterment for any of the existing capacity issues.

·         The Council understand that any improvements to the Waste Water Pumping Station will not be completed in time to assist with this additional connection.

·         Southern Water have not fulfilled the undertaking they gave to the local MP , Greg Clark, to report back on what CCTV survey work has been done on the existing system to confirm date used in their modelling.

·         The surface water drainage levels do not make sense. They appear to indicate a fall in levels in the wrong direction to achieve drainage.

·         It is an over intensive development of the site with the overall building height being even higher than the Churchill development adjacent.

·         There is no agreed access to the high street (Commercial Road ) from the ‘public area’ and therefore no actual community open space as referred to.

·         The S106 contribution is minimal and insufficient to mitigate for the impact of the development and for the number of dwellings proposed which also fail to include any affordable housing.

·         Loss of parking plus insufficient parking for the new dwellings.

·         Details of drainage proposals are inadequate for an area subject to surface water flooding.

·         It is in direct opposition to the aspirations for the town centre of both the Draft Local Plan and the Paddock Wood Neighbourhood plan draft policies allowing no scope for a town centre redevelopment thus placing the commercial viability of the town centre at risk.

·         The Council also confirms that the applicants have been invited to attend both PWTC meetings and Neighbourhood Plan meetings to discuss the proposals but have declined to do so.

Unanimous

·         It’s bulk and the suggested black weather boarding makes it overly dominant and obtrusive on the street scene.

·         There are no proposals submitted to deal with additional surface water runoff which is already an issue on the adjacent Badsell Road

Unanimous.

·         The application is premature in that the sites are allocated as part of the TWBC PSDLP. As such, an application ahead of this Local Plan and it’s policies being in place together with it’s Supplementary Policies, will prejudice the Master Planning process that is supposed to deliver the strategic housing allocations in Paddock Wood /Capel in a holistic manner to ensure good design and provision of infrastructure.

·         In addition to this the master planning process  for all the allocations is designed to provide for the sharing of the burden of costs associated with flood mitigation, community facilities, road improvements and other essential infrastructure. By beginning the process of a premature application the applicants are clearly trying to avoid contributing to these costs. This will prejudice the sustainability of all the developments with the 1500 units making up just under 40% of the entire allocation.

·          Large areas of both sites are within flood zone 2 and 3 and no modelling has been done on the cumulative effects upon drainage infrastructure of the three sites currently under construction and this should be provided to inform the scope of any development on these additional sites.

·         No modelling has been done on the cumulative effects upon local roads infrastructure of the three sites currently under construction and this should be provided to inform the scope of any development on these additional sites.

·         The commencement of development on these sites in addition to the 3 under construction would raise strategic issues of development management in a town where the road system is already over burdened and where residents will be adversely impacted with noise, pollution and disruption over a period of several years throughout the town and the surrounding area.

Uanimous