14/3389N - Land North of Parkers Road, Leighton, Crewe: Application to vary condition 4 to vary the approved house types of permission 11/1879N; hybrid planning application seeking residential development for up to 400 new dwellings with open space; comprising a full planning application for Phase A of 131 dwellings and Phase B which seeks outline planning permission for up to 269 dwellings with access and associated infrastructure. In respect of the outline element (Phase B), only access is sought for approval and all other matters are reserved for determination at a later date.
To consider the above planning application.
Minutes:
Councillor D Bebbington (Ward Councillor) and Mr L Horne (supporter) attended the meeting and addressed the Board on this matter.
The Board considered a report regarding the above planning application and a written update.
RESOLVED – That authority be delegated to the Chairman/Vice Chairman of the Strategic Planning Board and the Head of Strategic and Economic Planning in consultation with Ward Members, to APPROVE the application for the reasons set out in the report, subject to comments from the Parish Council and the completion of a Section 106 Deed of Variation securing the same obligations as 11/1879N as follows.
1. Provision of education contribution of £398,990.
2. Provision of £300,000 towards highway improvements to the Remer Street corridor and the provision of a drop-off lay-by at Leighton Primary School. (To include the provision for £200K for the lay-by to be requested after commencement).
3. Provision of public open space including amenity greenspace and an equipped children's play area conforming to NEAP Standard, to include:
a. A minimum of 8 pieces of equipment.
b. A 1.4 metre high bowtop railing surround with two pedestrian access gates and a double leaf vehicular access gate.
c. Railings to be painted green and pedestrian gates to be yellow.
d. Equipment to be predominantly metal, inclusive, and conforming to BS EN 1176.
e. Equipment to have wetpour safer surfacing underneath it, conforming to BS EN 1177.
f. Surfacing between the wetpour to be tarmacadam with precast concrete edging surround.
g. Access paths to gates to be tarmacadam.
4. Provision for future management of children’s play areas and amenity
greenspace to include transfer to and future maintenance by a private management company.
5. Provision of 10% of the 400 units proposed across the whole site as affordable housing in perpetuity. The tenure split to be on a 25% social/affordable rent, 75% intermediate tenure basis. Phase B to include key worker housing to be agreed as part of subsequent reserved matters applications.
6. Overage clause.
7. Travel Plan Monitoring Fee £5000.
8. Contribution of £25,000 for the provision of Green Infrastructure within Crewe and the environs of the site.
And subject to the following conditions:-
1. Standard outline time limit (Phase B)
2. Submission of reserved matters (Phase B)
3. Plans
4. Materials
5. Boundary Treatment
6. Landscaping submission
7. Landscaping implementation
8. Features for use by birds and bats
9. Habitat creation and management plan
10. Design of proposed pond in accordance with plan reference G3333.04a
11. Design and layout of the proposed newt mitigation area including proposals to
ensure no public access.
12. Bin Storage to be provided to the rear garden of each plot
13. Archaeology investigation / report
14. Compliance with flood Risk Assessment
15. Restrict surface water run-off
16. Surface water attenuation
17. Minimum Floor Levels
18. Surface Water Regulation Scheme
19. Site to be drained on a separate system
20. Phase II contaminated land investigation and remediation
21. Travel Plan
22. Updated Air Quality Impact Assessment
23. Limit hours of construction to 08:00 – 1800 Monday to Friday and 0900 – 1400 on Saturday with no working on Sunday or Bank Holiday
24. Details of external lighting to be submitted and approved
25. Construction of access and highway improvements in accordance with plan
reference SCP/11531/D100 Rev E
26. Provision of Parking
27. Highway Construction details to be submitted
28. Replacement hedge and tree planting
29. Tree / hedge protection measures
30. Implementation of Tree / hedge Protection
31. Arboricultural Method Statement
32. Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3
33. Noise Impact Assessment
34. Compliance with apprenticeship scheme
35. Provision of Bungalows in Phase B
36. A Highway assessment of Moss Lane and if necessary submission of a scheme of measures for improvement and a timetable for their implementation
In order to give proper effect to the Board`s/Committee’s intentions and without
changing the substance of the decision, authority is delegated to the Head of Strategic and Economic Planning, in consultation with the Chairman (or in his absence the Vice Chairman) of Strategic Planning Board, to correct any technical slip or omission in the wording of the resolution, between approval of the minutes and issue of the decision notice.
The Planning Officer to contact the developers about fencing on Flowers Lane.
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