To consider the above application.
Minutes:
(During consideration of the item, Councillor G Walton left the room and returned. As a result he did not take part in the vote on the application).
Consideration was given to the above application.
(Councillor G Baxendale, the Ward Councillor, Town Councillor Paul Bates, representing Congleton Town Council, Peter Minshull, representing Congleton Sustainability Group, Mr Light, an objector and Russell Adams, 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 oral update to Board the application be approved subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement securing the following:-
1. A scheme for the provision of 30% affordable housing – 65% to be provided as social rent/affordable rent (3 units) with 35% intermediate tenure (1 unit). The scheme shall include:
- The numbers, type, tenure and location on the site of the affordable housing provision
- The timing of the construction of the affordable housing and its phasing in relation to the occupancy of the market housing
- The arrangements for the transfer of the affordable housing to an affordable housing provider or the management of the affordable housing if no Registered Social Landlord is involved
- The arrangements to ensure that such provision is affordable for both first and subsequent occupiers of the affordable housing; and
- The occupancy criteria to be used for determining the identity of occupiers of the affordable housing and the means by which such occupancy criteria shall be enforced.
2. A £31,985.06 contribution to public open space.
And subject to the following conditions:-
1. Commencement
2. Submission of reserved matters (all matter other than access)
3. Plans
4. Tree and hedgerow protection measures
5. Arboricultural Method statement
6. Landscape maintenance and management
7. Boundary treatment to be submitted with reserved matters
8. Breeding Bird Survey for works in nesting season
9. Bats and bird boxes
10. Updated protected species survey and method statement prior to commencement
11. Submission of a scheme to limit the surface water run-off generated by the proposed development,
12. 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.
13. Submission of a scheme of Sustainable Urban Drainage
14. 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.
15. This site must be drained on a total separate system, with only foul drainage connected into the public foul sewerage system.
16. 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
17. 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
18. Submission of scheme to minimise dust emissions arising from construction activities on the site
19. Submission of Construction Management Plan
20. Reserved Matters to include details of bin storage.
21. Details of improvements to public footpath
22. Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Tree Protection Plan to form part of the reserved matters
23. Implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation
24. Reserved matters to incorporate existing and proposed levels and boundary treatments
25. Submission of a Phase I contaminated land survey
(The meeting adjourned for a short break. Councillor C Thorley left the meeting and did not return).
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