Issue - meetings

To consider the above planning application.

Note: Councillor G Merry declared a personal interest in respect of this application on the grounds that she was a member of Sandbach Town Council, which had been consulted on the proposed development.  In accordance with the code of conduct, she remained in the meeting during consideration of this item.

Note: Ms D Badger and Mrs S Guildford (objectors) and Mr M Symons, Sedgwick Associates, (on behalf of the applicant) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application.

RESOLVED

(a) That the application be APPROVED subject to:

The prior completion and signing of a Section 106 agreement in respect of the following Heads of Terms:

1. Contribution of £12,000 towards traffic measures along Crewe Road, Sandbach

2. Delivery of 4 No. 2 bed apartments for social rent and 8 No. 2 bed houses at a 30% discount towards affordable housing

3. Scheme to restrict use of Zan Drive parking spaces.

and

The following conditions:

1. 3 year time limit

2. Development in accordance with submitted plans

3. Submission of material samples

4. Hours restriction - construction.

5. Hours restriction - piling activity.

6. Contaminated land remediation

7. Submission of noise survey

8. The developer will submit a suite of plans showing detailed design and construction specification for the proposed junction with Crewe Road to the satisfaction of the LPA.

9. Drainage - surface water and sewerage to include SUDS.

10.  Design of flood storage and mitigation.

11.  Detailed junction design to be submitted and agreed.

12. Parking area to be completed and marked out prior to first occupation

13. Lighting scheme to be submitted

14. Bat and Bird Boxes

15. Protection of breeding birds

16. Pond design to be agreed with LPA

17. Follow up badger survey

18. Management plan for onsite landscaping and adjacent wildlife corridor

19. Further details of the design the Transitional Ecological Area to be submitted to the LPA and such proposals to be implemented as part of the development.

20. Landscaping in accordance with submitted details

21. Landscaping to be maintained for 5 years

22. Details of boundary treatments to be submitted

23. Submission of landscape management plan to include details of planting, habitat creation , maintenance and boundary treatments

24.Waste management plan required.

25.Submission of site management plan to include details on deliveries, staff parking, wheel washing

26. Scheme for surface water run off

27. Scheme required for control of overland flows

(b) That the Southern Area Manager - Development Management be granted delegated authority to agree with the applicant either a Section 106 agreement or a condition by which the long-term maintenance of the public open space could be secured.