Agenda item

15/4389N Former Victoria Community High School and The Oakley Centre, West Street, Crewe CW1 2PZ: Demolition of former Newdigate and Meredith Buildings and the erection of a 3622 sqm. new educational building and associated car parking and landscaping works, along side the refurbishment of the Oakley Building for use by the UTC for Georgina Harris, Crewe Engineering & Design UTC

To consider the above planning application.

Minutes:

Note: Mr D Terry and Mr S Hughes attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on behalf of the applicant.

 

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application.

 

RESOLVED

 

(a) That authority be DELEGATED to the Head of Planning (Regulation), in consultation with the Chairman and Vice Chairman of Southern Planning Committee, to APPROVE the application for the reasons set out in the report, subject to consideration of additional information in relation to conditions 3, 4 and 5 and the following conditions:

 

1.    Standard

2.    Approved Plans

3.    Prior to commencement provision of tree protection scheme in accordance with current best practice BS5837:2012

4.    Prior to commencement Phase II contaminated land investigation to be carried out and the results submitted

5.    Prior to commencement Construction Management Plan to be submitted and agreed

6.    No works to commence during bird nesting season without prior survey

7.    No works other than clearance / refurbishment until scheme of acoustic mitigation to be submitted and agreed along

8.    No works other than clearance / refurbishment until provision of revised landscaping / replacement planting scheme to include removal of dead trees and replacement planting on West Street boundary & planting within the car parking & along the western boundary with Newdigate Street.

9.    No works other than site clearance / refurbishment until details of facing and surfacing materials have been submitted. Materials to include ceramic cladding to the elevation adjacent the public route through the site, retaining walls to be blue engineering brick, reuse of existing blue brick paviors.

10. No works other than clearance / refurbishment until details of brick bond to retaining walls to be submitted and agreed.

11. Prior to installation of any fixed plant details of acoustic insulation to be submitted and agreed

12. Prior to first occupation details of the hours of use of the building to be submitted and agreed.

13. Prior to first occupation travel plan to be submitted and agreed

14. Prior to first occupation electric vehicle charging points to be provided

15. Prior to occupation of the development a suitable Travel Plan will be submitted to the satisfaction of Cheshire East Council, including suitable measures to promote sustainable travel at the site.

16. No development other than site clearance / refurbishment to commence on site prior to the provision of a plans that include a walk link through the development, at a suitable standard, connecting West Street to Meredith Street and/or Chetwode Street. Route to be retained thereafter

17. Car parking provision to be provided at a total of 84 spaces.

18. Secure and covered cycle parking to be provided at 88 spaces, with plans for monitoring to be agreed prior to occupation.

19. Details of East - West pedestrian link

 

(b) That, in order to give proper effect to the Committee’s intentions and without changing the substance of the decision, authority be delegated to Head of Planning (Regulation) in consultation with the Chairman (or in her absence, the Vice Chairman) of the 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.

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