Accordingly, for the reasons given above, the Secretary of State agrees with the Inspector’s recommendations and hereby allows your client’s appeals and grants planning permission for a mixed-use development comprising up to 500 residential dwellings (including affordable homes, land safeguarded for an education facility and land safeguarded for a community centre, the provision of open space (including children’s play areas) associated infrastructure and necessary demolition and earthworks and the formation of 2№ new vehicular accesses from Hermitage Lane and Howard Drive, in accordance with applications 13/1749 & TM/13/03147/OA, both dated 11 October 2013, subject to the conditions set out at Annex A of this letter. The appeal is made by Croudage Strategic Ltd against the decision of Maidstone Borough Council and Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council.
Land East Of Hermitage Lane