Agenda item

To consider the above application.

Consideration was given to the above application.

(Councillor S Corcoran, the Ward Councillor, Town Councillor Bill Scragg, representing Sandbach Town Council, Anthea Buxton, an objector and

Cliff Anderson and Simon Artiss 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 verbal update to Board the application be approved subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement securing the following:-

• Financial contribution towards primary education of £292,850
• Financial contribution towards secondary education of £539,309
• Contribution of £10,000 (air quality mitigation) towards the implementation of Air
  Quality Action Plan in Sandbach
• The provision of a NEAP facility (comprising a minimum of 8 items of equipment) and
  a minimum of 4000sqm of open space to be provided on site. One area shall be a
  minimum of 2000 sqm.
• Management details for the maintenance of all amenity greenspace / public open
  space, public footpaths and greenways within the site, play areas, and other areas of
  incidental open space not forming private gardens or part of the adopted highway in
  perpetuity.
• Provision of 15% affordable housing with 50% to be provided as social rent and 50%
  provided as intermediate tenure
• Phasing of affordable housing
• Area of land across wildlife corridor transferred to Highway Authority
• Financial contribution of £500,000 towards bridge to cross wildlife corridor
• Clawback mechanism (in the event additional monies become available)

And subject to the following conditions:-

1. A01OP - Submission of reserved matters

2. A02OP - Implementation of reserved matters

3. A03OP - Time limit for submission of reserved matters

4. A06OP - Commencement of development

5. A01AP - Development in accord with approved plans

6. A22GR - Protection from noise during construction (hours of construction)

7. A32HA - Submission of construction method statement

8. A08OP - Ground levels to be submitted with reserved matters application

9. A19MC - Refuse storage facilities to be approved

10. Environmental Management Plan to be submitted

11. Details of external lighting to be submitted

12. Updated contaminated land Phase II report to be submitted

13. Noise mitigation details to be submitted with reserved matters

14. Submission of residential and business travel plans

15. Energy from decentralised and renewable or low-carbon energy sources

16. Scheme to limit the surface water runoff to be submitted

17. Scheme to manage the risk of flooding from overland flow of surface water

18. Scheme to dispose of foul and surface water to be submitted

19. Wildlife corridor buffer zone to be provided

20. Site to be drained on a separate system

21. Provision of electric car charging points

22. Reserved matters application to incorporate public right of way routes

23. Provision for pedestrians and cyclists to be included with reserved matters

24. Submission of arboricultural details

25. Written scheme of archaeological investigation to be submitted

26. Hedgerow retention and enhancement

27. Details of phasing of whole development and associated roundabout to be submitted

28. Provision of pedestrian crossing to Old Mill Road

29. Provision of footway/cycleway to south side of Old Mill Road

30. Existing footway to north side of Old Mill Road to be upgraded to footway / cycleway

31. Provision of pedestrian refuge to aid crossing of Old Mill Road near to Congleton Road junction

32. Details of public access to wildlife corridor to be submitted

33. Provision of cycleway / footway from site to High St along Old MIll Road

34. No more than 50 dwellings shall be occupied until the roundabout which is the subject of planning permission 14/0043C has been completed in accordance with the details approved under that permission.

35. Proposals for public right of way to be submitted and approved

36.  No more than 50% of the dwellings shall be occupied until 25% of the non residential (commercial) land has been serviced*.  No more than 75% of the dwellings shall be occupied until 50% of the non residential (commercial) land has been serviced*.  No more than 90% of the dwellings shall be occupied before an access road is provided from the new roundabout access on Old Mill Road to within 20m of the south western boundary of the site.  All services / access roads shall be carried out in accordance with a scheme of details which has first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

*For the purposes of this condition “serviced” is defined as the provision of access, electricity and / or gas, water, drainage and telecommunications.