Agenda item

REFUSED

Description of application – Change of use of agricultural land to cemetery, single storey reception building, maintenance building, 55 car parking spaces, access drive and formation of vehicular access to Layhams Road.

Oral representations in objection to and in support of the application were received.  Oral representations from adjoining Ward Member, Councillor Mrs Anne Manning, in objection to the application were received at the meeting.

Members having considered the report, objections and representations, RESOLVED that PERMISSION BE REFUSED as recommended, for the reasons set out in the report of the Chief Planner with a further reason to read:-

“4.  The site is located in an area which is lacking in adequate public transport connections to serve the use, and this will therefore lead to an over-reliance of car-borne journeys and fail to accommodate sustainable transport modes, detrimental to general highway conditions and contrary to Paragraph 34 of the National Planning Policy Framework.”