Primary school with nursery at Land At Cobdens North Of London Road East Of Cranbrook

“Proposal: Approval of reserved matters pursuant to outline planning permission ref. 22/0406/MOUT, comprising appearance, layout scale and landscaping for a three form entry Primary School (use class F1) with associated nursery provision (use class E) and community room (Use class F2)”

“The application proposes the construction of a 630 place (3 Form Entry) primary school together with 80 place nursery and community room which together forms a critical part of the infrastructure that is necessary to support the Cranbrook expansion and the Cobdens area in particular.”

“The site of this application is centrally located within the Cobdens expansion area (an area of allocated land which is subject to Policy CB4 of the adopted Cranbrook Plan). It has already received outline planning permission under reference 22/0406/MOUT and development on the wider site has commenced under reserved matters reference 25/1692/MRES. That consent allowed for the main strategic highway through the site and the first phase of housing.”

“25/2471/MRES fields to the south and east. The site continues to demonstrate only a slight fall in a northerly direction towards the access track which serves Middle Cobden Farm and which runs along but outside of the northern boundary of the application. Along this boundary is a retained hedge and field ditch. A similarly retained hedge exists along the eastern boundary.”

“Description Decision Date 22/0406/MOUT Outline planning application for up to 1,435 new residential dwellings, a neighbourhood centre with a maximum of 750 sqm gross ground floor space (use classes E and sui generis (Hot food takeaways and pubs/bars)), a three form entry Primary School (use class F1) with associated nursery provision (use class E) and community room (Use class F2), a 50 place Special Educational Needs School (Use Class F1), public open space, allotments,…”

“25/2471/MRES 25/1692/MRES Approval of reserved matters pursuant to outline planning permission ref. 22/0406/MOUT, comprising appearance, layout, scale, landscaping and additional accesses (in accordance with Condition 35) for 366 dwellings; layout and access for 55 self-build plots; a local centre; the Parsonage; two locally equipped areas of play (LEAP); suitable alternative natural greenspace (SANG); the main local route (MLR); and associated infrastructure together with…”

“While the internal layout is to an extent disappointing, it is a product of the wider layout constraints and the need to deliver a cost effective development. Improvements to the corridor journey that would be experienced by users of the development have significantly helped when compared to the initial submission and any negatives here need to be considered as part of the overall planning balance.”

“In considering the planning balance it its recognised that while there is some drawbacks associated with the internal corridor and the journey that user would make/experience along that route, these are notably outweighed by the community benefits from a timely school delivery, and the community use that can be supported through the school’s delivery.”

“Environment Agency Objection - This reserved matters application has failed to demonstrate that the floor levels would be a minimum of 600mm above the 1 percent AEP (Annual Exceedance Probability) plus climate change flood levels. This is a key condition (Condition 5) associated with outline permission 22/0406/MOUT”

“Sports England No objection subject to conditions securing: • Details of grass pitch construction • AGP maintenance programme • Certification of the AGP construction • Community Use Agreement SWW For surface water the applicant should demonstrate to that its prospective surface run-off will discharge as…”

“RESOLVED: Approved with conditions in accordance with officer recommendation.”