Agenda item

(During consideration of the application, Councillor B Burkhill arrived to the meeting and in accordance with the Code of Conduct he did not take part in the debate or vote on the application).

Consideration was given to the above application.  The Officer clarified that, in respect of the 5 year housing land supply, the 5 % buffer is applicable in Cheshire East, as the report could be interpreted in two  ways in this regard.

(Nichola Burns, representing 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 report to Committee the application be approved subject to the completion of a S106 Agreement comprising the following Heads of Terms:-

a)         Provision of 20% affordable housing, with a tenure split of 55% social rent and 45% intermediate tenure

b)         Financial contribution of £24,000 towards the provision of two quality partnership standard bus stops;

c)         Financial contribution of £20,000 towards improvements to local sustainable links including existing footways;

d)         Provision of a financial contribution of £16, 024.75 towards enhancement of Children and Young Persons off site play equipment in Congleton Park  and an associated maintenance contribution of £52,237.50;

e)         Applicants to purchase and install a bridge between the application site and Congleton Park with the precise design, specification and timescale for implementation to be first agreed by Cheshire East Council (the maintenance and upkeep of which shall be the applicant’s responsibility); and

f)          Private Management Plan for the on-site amenity green-space and proposed bridges (to Congleton Park and within the application site itself) to be submitted and approved by the Local Planning Authority.  

g)         A commuted sum for improved highway signage surrounding the access to the site.

And subject to the following conditions:-

1. 3 year time limit

2. Development in accordance with submitted plans inc. access

3. Hours restriction – construction including delivery vehicles.

4. Hours restriction - piling activity.

5. Contaminated land Phase 2 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 in accordance with submitted details

14. Materials to be submitted to and approved

15. Noise mitigation for Plots 1 and 54 to be implemented in accordance with ‘Hepworth Acoustics, Report No. 21367.01v1, January 2012’ prior to first occupation of these units

16. Detailed scheme for dust mitigation during demolition and construction

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

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. Detailed scheme for compensatory flood storage to be agreed before commencement of development and fully implemented thereafter

21. Surface water regulation to be submitted and agreed

22. Scheme for management of overland flows from surcharging of surface water drains to be submitted and agreed prior to commencement of development

23. Site levels to be in strict accordance with Cut and Fill Drawings unless otherwise agreed in writing

24. New vehicular access to Brook Street to be constructed to base course before other construction works commence and fully implemented before first occupation of any dwellings

25. Site Waste Management Plan to be submitted and agreed

26. Scheme to generate 10% of its energy requirement from low carbon sources in accordance with Policies EM17 and EM18 of the North West Regional Spatial Strategy

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

30. Precise details of internal footbridge connecting the two areas of POS to be submitted, agreed and fully implemented within an agreed timescale

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

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

33. Removal of PD Part 1 classes A-E and Part 2 (gates, walls, fences) for plots 48 – 52