12/1578M-Outline Application for a Continuing Care Retirement Community (Care Village) Comprising 58 Bedroom Care Home, 47 Close Care Cottages and 15 Shared Ownership Affordable Dwellings, Together with Access Roads, Public Open Space, Landscaping, C
Meeting: 14/11/2012 - Strategic Planning Board (Item 93)
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Minutes:
The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application and a written update report.
Councillors D Mahon and B Burkhill – Ward Councillors, Councillor J Clowes – visiting Councillor, Councillor Small – Handforth Parish Council, Toni Fox – Hands Off Handforth Green Belt Group, David Fehiley – Objector and Pasquale Nicosia – Applicant, attend the meeting and spoke in respect of the application.
(Councillor G Walton left the meeting during consideration of this application and did not return)
RESOLVED:
That, contrary to the planning officer’s recommendation for approval, the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:
The proposal does not demonstrate sufficiently this site is the most appropriate for a care village in this part of Cheshire East. Furthermore, the assessment of need is not robust enough to justify a departure from policy GC7 of the Macclesfield Local Plan and paragraph 85 of the NPPF which seek to protect safeguarded land in the absence of a compelling need to develop the site.
In the event of an appeal, authority be delegated to Head of Development Management and Chair of Strategic Planning Board to enter into a planning agreement in accordance with S106 Town and Country Planning Act.