Agenda item

To consider the above planning application.

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application.  

RESOLVED

a)     That the application be refused for the following reasons: 

1.     The proposed development fails to preserve the settings of Shavington Lodge and Shavington Hall, which are Grade II listed buildings within proximity of the site. The application site forms part of the agricultural setting of these buildings. While submitted in outline, the indicative proposals contain limited information and it is likely that the development will erode and urbanise the setting of the listed. The development will result in serious harm to the significance of a heritage asset. The development is considered to be contrary to Policy BE.9 of the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich Local Plan 2011 together with paragraphs 126-136 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

2.     Insufficient information has been submitted with the application to enable the full impacts of the development to be fully assessed. This includes a lack of information in terms of mitigating any loss of habitat for Great Crested Newts, inadequate details of in terms of achieving a safe access to the site and the implication of any layout and access upon protected trees and hedging at the site. The proposal is considered to be contrary to Policies NE.5, NE.9, BE.2, BE.3, RES.8 of the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich Adopted Replacement Local Plan 2011 and guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

b)  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 Planning (Regulation), in consultation with the Chair (or in her absence the Vice Chair) of Southern Planning Committee, to correct any technical slip or omission in the wording of the resolution, between approval of the minutes and issue of the decision notice.

c)  Should the application be subject to an appeal, the following Heads of Terms should be secured as part of any S106 Agreement:

1.            A scheme for the provision of 100% affordable housing – 65% to be provided as social rent/affordable rent with 35% intermediate tenure. 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 contribution of £5000 to fund offsite habitat creation/enhancement potentially within the Meres and Mosses Nature Improvement Area.

 Note:  The meeting was adjourned for lunch at 12.20pm and reconvened at 1.00pm