Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors J Macrae and C Thorley.

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests and for Members to declare if they have made a pre-determination in respect of any item on the agenda.

A total period of 5 minutes is allocated for the planning application for Ward Councillors who are not members of the Strategic Planning Board.

A total period of 3 minutes is allocated for the planning application for the following individuals/groups:

• Members who are not members of the Strategic Planning Board and are not the Ward Member
• The relevant Town/Parish Council
• Local Representative Group/Civic Society
• Objectors
• Supporters
• Applicants

To consider the above application.

Consideration was given to the above application.

(Town Councillor Andrew Wood, Chairman of Sandbach Town Council and

Tricia Maguire, a representative of Middlewich Road Site Access Action Group attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application.  In addition Steve Irvine, the Planning and Development Manager read out statements on behalf of Ward Councillor G Merry and Neighbouring Ward Councillor B Moran).

RESOLVED

That the application be approved subject to a prior appropriate unilateral undertaking promising not to implement permission unless the substantive housing appeal is allowed and subject to the following conditions:-

1. Standard time limit – 3 years.

2. The demolition of the dwellings to proceed in accordance with the recommendations of the Bat Survey Report dated 28^th January 2011

3. Submission of an Environmental Management Plan which shall be implemented and in force during the construction phase of the development.

4. No development shall commence, until a scheme of tree planting to replace any trees felled outside the perimeter of the site as a result of the construction of any access has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The tree planting scheme shall include details of schedules of trees noting species, plant sizes, container size, staking and protection, pit size, soil amelioration, the proposed numbers, location of planting (which shall be located on land adjacent to the highway) and an implementation program and a method of establishment.

5. Prior to the commencement of development, the developer will provide a detailed suite of design and construction specification plans for the proposed junction to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.  These plans will form part of the Section 278 Agreement under the Highways Act 1980.

6. Prior to commencement of the development, the developer will enter into and sign a Section 278 Agreement under the Highways Act 1980, with Cheshire East Council Highway Authority.

(The meeting adjourned at .30pm and reconvened at 3.25pm).

To consider the above application.

Consideration was given to the above application.

(Councillor L Gilbert, the Ward Councillor and Mr Barton, the agent for the applicant attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application).

RESOLVED

That the application be approved subject to the completion of a S106 Agreement comprising of the following Heads of Terms:-

1.    Affordable housing provision of 30% - to be provided on site.  The housing is to be provided based on 65% social rented and 35% intermediate tenure, and to be provided in a variety of unit sizes to meet local requirements, in accordance with the scheme to be agreed at the Reserved Matters stage.  The affordable housing to be ‘tenure blind’ and pepper potted throughout the site, subject to RSL operational requirements.

2.    The following contributions:-

£25,000 for the provision of two bus stops on the A54 Marsh Lane.

£15,000 for revisions to local traffic management orders.

£10,000 for use by Cheshire East Council in producing additional traffic assessments related to local traffic issues and for the production and provision of local improvements to traffic management within the village highway infrastructure.

£5,000 to fund monitoring of the Travel Plan in the first five years after the date of its commencement.

3.    Provision for public open space to serve the whole of the development to be agreed with the Council when details of layout are submitted for approval. This must secure the provision and future management of children’s play areas and amenity greenspace in accordance with quantitative and qualitative standards contained in the Council’s policy documents including the Congleton Borough Local Plan First Review SPG1 and it’s Interim Policy Note for the Provision of Public Open Space 2008. Submitted details must include the location, grading, drainage, layout, landscape, fencing, seeding and planting of the proposed public open space, transfer to and future maintenance by a private management company.

And subject to the following conditions:-

1.    Standard outline

2.    Submission of reserved matters

3.    Approved Plans – location and zoning including retention of front part of former Fisons building

4.    Submission / approval / implementation of a scheme for phasing and timescales for development works

5.    Before any phase of development hereby permitted is commenced, full details of all reserved matters relating to that phase (layout, scale, external appearance of the buildings and the landscaping of the site) shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.

6.    The employment units hereby permitted as illustrated on the Illustrative Colour Site Masterplan 10080-PL-110 and labelled 'B1(c) light industrial/ B1(a) offices' shall be constructed for either office (B1a) or light industrial use (B1c) or as a combination of B1(a) offices and B1(c) light industrial, to be confirmed through the submission of reserved matters applications. The combined total floorspace for the identified employment units shall not exceed 5560m²

7.    Notwithstanding detail shown – indicative masterplan to be amended to show retention/management of area of woodland by River Croco

8.    Any reserved matters application to be supported by an up  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38.