Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors L Brown, B Livesley and L Roberts.

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests and for Members to declare if they have a pre-determination in respect of any item on the agenda.

In the interest of openness in respect of application 14/4130C, Councillor S Gardiner declared that he used to work for the agents a long time ago.

In the interest of openness in respect of application 14/0616C, Councillor S Gardiner declared that he did some work related to the application site a few years ago, however he had not been involved in the proposal.

In the interest of openness in respect of application 15/0111M, Councillor R West declared that he attended a meeting of Adlington Parish Council when the application had been discussed but he had not made any comments on the application.  Also as Ward Councillor for Adlington he did know some of the speakers.

In the interest if openness in respect of the same application, Councillor S Gardiner declared that he used to be employed by someone that lived close to the application site.

To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 4 March 2015 as a correct record.

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting held on 4 March 2015 and be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

RESOLVED

That the public speaking procedure be noted.

To consider the above application.

Consideration was given to the above application.

(Councillor A Kolker, the Ward Councillor and Steve Grimster, 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 the application be approved subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement securing the following:-

Affordable Housing comprising:

•           7 units on site 4 for social/affordable rented and 3 for shared ownership

Public Open Space comprising of:

•           £7,142.46 to upgrade Elm Drive and £23,468.00 towards future maintenance (25 years

•           Management company for onsite Amenity Green Space

And subject to the following conditions:-

1.         Standard time limit 3 years

2.         Development to be carried out in accordance with approved plans

3.         Submission / approval and implementation of scheme of electromagnetic screening

4.         Submission / approval and implementation of environmental management plan

5.         Hours of construction limited

6.         Hours of piling limited

7.         Accordance with submitted noise mitigation scheme

8.         Submission / approval and implementation of scheme to minimise dust emissions

9.         Foul drainage should be connected to foul sewer

10.       Construction of approved access

11.       Ecological mitigation to be carried out in accordance with submitted statement

12.       Accordance with ecological mitigation

13.       Bird breeding survey

14.       Materials to be submitted and approved

15.       Landscaping scheme to be submitted including  management details and boundary treatments

16.       Landscaping implementation

17.       Tree protection scheme

18.       Arboricultural Method Statement

19.       Submission of plan showing refuse vehicle tracking

20.       Submission of a suite of design and construction plans which will include for the proposed tactile paving on Manor Lane and 2 metre service strips

21.       Submission of details of any external lighting

22.       Removal of permitted development rights Classes A-E

23.       Cycle storage to be provided for all dwellings on the site

24.       Landscaping condition amended to note that he buffer between new housing and listed building should incorporate semi-mature trees / planting where possible at the outset

In order to give proper effect to the Committee’s intentions and without changing the substance of the decision, authority is delegated to the Planning and Enforcement Manager, in consultation with the Chairman (or in his absence the Vice Chairman) of the Northern Planning Committee, to correct any technical slip or omission in the wording of the resolution, between approval of the minutes and issue of the decision notice.

Should this application be the subject of an appeal, authority be delegated to the Planning and Enforcement Manager in consultation with the Chairman of the Northern Planning Committee to enter into a planning agreement in accordance with the S106 Town and Country Planning Act to secure the Heads of Terms for a S106 Agreement.

(Prior to consideration of the following application, Councillor Mrs O Hunter left the meeting and did not return).

To consider the above application.

Consideration was given to the above application.

(Rob Earley, 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 the application be approved subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement securing the following:-

•           3 units on site 2 for social/affordable rented and 1 for shared ownership

And subject to the following conditions:-

1.         Standard time limit 3 years

2.         Development in accordance with submitted plans

3.         Hours of construction restriction – construction including delivery vehicles.

4.         Hours restriction - piling activity

5.         Updated Contaminated land Phase 1 to be submitted

6.         Landscape scheme and Management Plan to be submitted

7.         Landscaping to include native species for ecological value

8.         Implementation of landscaping

9.         Survey for breeding birds and protection during breeding season

10.       Incorporation of features into the scheme suitable for use by breeding birds

11.       Incorporation of features into the scheme suitable for use by bats

12.       Submission/approval and implementation of a programme of remedial works to retained trees

13.       Levels to be submitted

14.       Materials to be submitted to and approved

15.       Detailed scheme for dust mitigation during demolition and construction

16.       Details of external lighting strategy to be submitted and agreed

17.       Retention of Wheel House Building

18.       Detailed Tree Protection Scheme to be submitted, agreed and fully implemented

19.       Scheme for watercourse protection during construction including 8m buffer strip and wildlife corridor to be retained

20.       Development to be carried out in accordance with Flood Risk Assessment

21.       Site Waste Management Plan to be submitted and agreed

22.       Precise details of all boundary treatments within the site to be agreed to include public open space and riverside areas or footpaths

23.       Method statement detailing proposals for the eradication of Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan Balsam

24.       Details of bin storage to be submitted to and approved

25.       Removal of PD classes A-E

In order to give proper effect to the Committee’s intentions and without changing the substance of the decision, authority is delegated to the Planning and Enforcement Manager, in consultation with the Chairman (or in his absence the Vice Chairman) of the Northern Planning Committee, to correct any technical slip or omission in the wording of the resolution, between approval of the minutes and issue of the decision notice.

Should this application be the subject of an appeal, authority be delegated to the Planning and Enforcement Manager in consultation with the Chairman of the Northern Planning Committee to enter into a planning agreement in accordance with the S106 Town and Country Planning Act to secure the Heads of Terms for a S106 Agreement.

To consider the above application.

(During consideration of the application, Councillor Miss C Andrew left the meeting and returned, therefore she did not take part in the debate or vote on the application).

Consideration was given to the above application.

(Parish Councillor David Moss, representing Adlington Parish Council, Arthur Bell, an objector and Graeme Luxton, the agent for the applicant attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application).

RESOLVED

That the application be refused for the following reasons:-

The proposal is an inappropriate form of development within the Green Belt, as defined by the Development Plan, which reduces openness.  The material considerations advanced by the applicant in favour of the proposal do not amount to the required very special circumstances to clearly outweigh the identified harm to the Green Belt.  The development is therefore contrary to policy GC1 of the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan and paragraph 89 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

2.         A European Protected Species has been recorded on site and is likely to be adversely affected by the proposed development.  Due to the Green belt harm identified, there are no reasons of overriding public interest to allow the proposal.  The proposal therefore fails to meet the tests of the Habitats Directive.

In order to give proper effect to the Committee’s intentions and without changing the substance of the decision, authority is delegated to the Planning and Enforcement Manager, in consultation with the Chairman (or in his absence the Vice Chairman) of the Northern Planning Committee to correct any technical slip or omission in the wording of the resolution, between approval of the minutes and issue of the decision notice.