The County Council – as Local Minerals and Waste Planning Authority - confirms that, according to British Geological Survey safeguarding data, Sandstone (Wadhurst Clay Formation) are present within the allocated site and are vulnerable to sterilisation. As set out in the adopted Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2013-2030, Policy CSM 5: Land-won Mineral Safeguarding and Policy DM 7: Safeguarding Mineral Resources detail how minerals of economic importance will be safeguarded from being unneces

S25 Pickhill Business Centre – increased rural employment is supported, but care will need to be taken to ensure that these are small businesses which do not generate heavy traffic or require tall bulky buildings. Whilst the restriction to two storeys is noted, a large warehouse could comply with this and still be very bulky in the landscape. It may be better to restrict the floorspace of individual units and the height (say to the height of the existing units). The materials and colour of facin

Pickhill Business Village, Tenterden The plan acknowledges that this site is within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It would therefore be appropriate that any proposal is accompanied by a Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) to properly assess any impacts to the special qualities of the AONB. We would suggest that this is included within Policy S25.

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These representations have been prepared by Barton Willmore on behalf of Pickhill Developments Ltd in response to Ashford Borough Council's (ABC's) Local Plan 2030 Regulation 19 consultation document (hereafter referred to as the 'Consultation Document') These representations have been prepared in objective terms and assessed against the prevailing planning policy framework, namely paragraph 182 of the National Planning Policy Framework (March 2012) that requires a Local Planning Authority to p

S25 Pickhill Business Centre – increased rural employment is supported, but care will need to be taken to ensure that these are small businesses which do not generate heavy traffic or require tall bulky buildings. Whilst the restriction to two storeys is noted, a large warehouse could comply with this and still be very bulky in the landscape. It may be better to restrict the floorspace of individual units and the height (say to the height of the existing units). The materials and colour of facin

Policy for Pickhill supported with the following addition. Leigh Green Industrial Estate – the extension of the existing site to incorporate the redundant garage to the south would be supported if it resulted in significant improvements to the existing site.