Agenda item

12/0893C-Erection of up to 65 dwellings (Outline), Land off Crewe Road, Alsager for Hollins Strategic Land LLP

To consider the above application.

Minutes:

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 make provision for houses fronting on to Valley Brook

22.               Submission of a scheme of Sustainable Urban Drainage

23.               Submission of a scheme to manage the risk of flooding from overland flow of surface water, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

24.               This site must be drained on a total separate system, with only foul drainage connected into the public foul sewerage system.

25.               The hours of construction of the development (and associated deliveries to the site)  shall be restricted to: Monday – Friday 08:00 to 18:00 hrs  Saturday 09:00 to 14:00 hrs Sundays and Public Holidays Nil

26.               Should there be a requirement to undertake foundation or other piling on site it is recommended that these operations are restricted to: Monday – Friday 08:30 – 17:30 hrs Saturday 09:30 – 13:00 hrs Sunday and Public Holidays Nil

27.               Submission of a scheme for protecting the proposed dwellings from traffic noise

28.               Submission of mitigation measures to minimise any impact on air quality from construction dust

29.               Submission of a Contaminated Land Phase II investigation. 

30.               Submission of Construction Management Plan

31.               Reserved Matters to include details of bin storage.

32.               Reserved Matters to include details of design / surfacing of proposed foothpath link

33.               Landscaping to include replacement hedge planting

34.               Barn Owls

35.               Play Area

36.               Special construction details of the footway along Crewe Road to be submitted

37.               Relocation of highways access

38.               The receipt of an amended layout plan showing the access relocated outside the RPA of Oak T9 the inclusion of TPO Oak tree on the site adjacent to 38 Goldfinch Drive, and the provision of sufficient RPA for this tree within the layout.

 

It was also agreed that Members wanted to decide the application for approval of reserved matters regarding the access and the location/layout of any on-site play area.

 

In the event of any chances being needed to the wording of the committee’s decision (such as to delete, vary or addition conditions / informatives / planning obligations or reasons for approval / refusal) prior to the decision being issued, the Development Management and Building Control Manager, in consultation with the Chair of the Strategic Planning Board is delegated the authority to do so, provided that he does not exceed the substantive nature of the Committee’s decision.

 

(This was a change in the Officers original recommendation from one of straightforward approval to one of delegation to approve).

 

(The meeting was adjourned at 12.05pm until 12.10pm).

 

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