Claygate - Kent
DHA secured a resolution to grant planning permission for a 76,000 sq. ft state of the art distribution facility for Claygate Distribution in a countryside location in Marden. The proposal will result in the extension of the existing Pattenden Lane Industrial Estate. Although such proposals would normally be pursued through the Local Development Framework, Maidstone Borough Council were persuaded that the lack of local employment sites and the company’s clear need for the development represented special circumstances which outweighed normal countryside policies.
