Issue - meetings

Consideration was given to the above application.

(Councillor R Fletcher, the Ward Councillor, Mr Sharpe, an objector, Mr Davies, an objector and Matthew Symons, the agent for the applicant attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application).

RESOLVED

That for the reasons set out in the report and in the Officers update to the Board, the Board grant delegated powers to the Development and Building Control Manager to approve subject to the receipt of a new tree plan and subject to the completion of a S106 Agreement securing the following:-

·30% affordable housing (20 dwellings), split on the basis of 65% rented affordable units (either social rented dwellings let at target rents or affordable rented dwellings let at no more than 80% of market rents) and 35% intermediate affordable units.

·Transfer of any rented affordable units to a Housing Association

·Affordable house scheme to be submitted at reserved matters

·Affordable homes to be let or sold to people who are in housing need and have a local connection. (The local connection criteria used in the agreement to match the Councils allocations policy.)

·Provision of on-site play area (including written approval of details of the timing and nature of its provision) or an equivalent financial contribution towards the upgrading of the existing play area at Swallow Drive

·Provision for a management company to maintain the on-site amenity space / play area

·Retention of meadow and GCN mitigation area in perpetuity

·Ecological and Landscape Management Plan for meadow, copse, buffer zone and GCN mitigation area

·Commuted sum of £1500 to barn owl group  

·A highways contribution of £50,000 towards highway improvements along the Crewe Road corridor

·The need for education contributions (currently zero) be recalculated at Reserved Matters stage and any contribution to be made accordingly

And subject to the following conditions:-

1.                   Standard Outline

2.                   Submission of reserved matters

3.                   Plans

4.                   Tree and hedgerow protection measures

5.                   Protection measures for Valley Brook corridor and pond during the construction process.

6.                   Arboricultural Method statement

7.                   Landscape maintenance and management

8.                   Control of Indian Balsam

9.                   Boundary treatment

10.               Reserved matters to make provision for 10m buffer along river corridor

11.               Reserved matters to make provision for 5 metre buffer zone around the pond

12.               Reserved matters to make provision for path to be located outside buffer zone

13.               Submission of revised ecological mitigation method statement (to take account of any changes to finalised layout)

14.               Detailed design/proposals for new/enhanced pond and GCN mitigation area

15.               Retention of the Copse

16.               Breeding Bird Survey for works in nesting season

17.               Bats and bird boxes

18.               Updated protected species survey and method statement prior to commencement

19.               Submission of a scheme to limit the surface water run-off generated by the proposed development, 

20.               Reserved matters to make provision for containing any such flooding within the site, to ensure that existing and new buildings are not affected and that safe access and egress is provided.

21.               Reserved matters to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31