Agenda item

To consider the above application.

Consideration was given to the above planning application.

The following attended the meeting and spoke in relation to the application:

Cllr Roger Morris – Ward Councillor   

David Simcox andClaire Mclellan – Supporters

Applicant / Agent - Joe Turner (Managing Director at Countryside Partnerships / Vistry Group)

Edward Whalley, Land and Planning Director;

Daniel Wood, Project Director

RESOLVED:

For the reasons set out in the report, the application be APPROVED, as RECOMMENDED, subject to a S106 Agreement to secure:

-       Contribution towards Special Educational needs of £136,500.00 within 3  months of the date of decision

-       Contribution towards EV charging on site or in the local area to be made available for 3 years from date of decision, but if not spent to go to Primary Education £25,000

-       To maintain the open space in accordance with the Management Scheme approved by the Council at all times to the satisfaction of the Council.

-       To amend the Management Scheme only with the Council’s written consent

-       To keep the open space open, unbuilt upon and available for public recreational use in perpetuity.

and the following conditions:

1.  Approved Plans

2.  Implementation of landscaping (no edible trees / planting permitted)

3.  Tree Protection Measures

4.  The hours of construction of the development (and associated deliveries to the site) shall be restricted to: Monday – Friday 08:00 to 18:00 hrs Saturday 09:00 to 14:00 hrs Sundays and Public Holidays

5.  Implementation of the noise mitigation measures

6.  Implementation of Travel Plan

7.  Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

8.  Implementation of Construction and Environmental Management Plan

9. Separate drainage systems

10.  Implementation of design/management of surface water drainage

11.  No allocation of parking spaces for the apartment blocks

12. The replacement of the garden soils as detailed in the approved remedial strategy shall be carried out at the agreed plots presented within the approved remediation strategy. Verification should be issued to plot owners.

13.  An assessment and any necessary remediation of the area of Public Open Space as detailed in the approved remedial strategy shall be carried out. Verification should be confirmed to the LPA.

14. Once verification reports for every agreed plot and the Public Open Space have been approved in writing, the LPA shall confirm in writing that the 14 plots shown [shaded red] may be occupied / sold or transferred and that Condition 1 and Condition 2 are discharged.

15. The developer shall arrange access to all remaining properties in accordance with specific timings/details sequenced by letters, site visits and phone calls. If plot owners refuse access, then any plots will remain on the Local Authority’s list of potentially contaminated sites (kept under the Authority’s obligations with respect to Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990) and the relevant information for this plot kept on the land charges register.

16. Unexpected contamination found shall be reported – standard condition.

17. Bin storage / management plan.

18. Informative relating to removal of Permitted Development Rights.

In the event of any changes being needed to the wording of the Committee’s decision (such as to delete, vary or add conditions / informatives / planning obligations or reasons for approval/refusal) prior to the decision being issued, the Head of Planning has delegated authority to do so in consultation with the Chair of the Strategic Planning Board, provided that the changes do not exceed the substantive nature of the Committee’s decision.

In addition it was agreed for Officers to discuss directly with the applicant and residents regarding additional working hours to assist with completion of the site.