Agenda item

To consider the above application.

Consideration was given to the above application.

(Councillor M Warren, the Ward Councillor, Councillor L Jeuda, a visiting Councillor, Town Councillor Gareth Jones, representing Macclesfield Town Council, Keith Williams, an objector, Pam Upchurch, an objector and Jeremy Hinds, the agent for the applicant attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application).

RESOLVED

That for the reasons outlined in the report and in the verbal update to the Board, the application be approved subjected to it being referred to the Secretary of State to approve subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement securing the following:-

•Public Open Space including a LEAP and recreational open space to include

management in perpetuity

•10 % Affordable Housing at 20% discount to market value

•Overage Clause from additional value generated from the Cumberland

Street Site on a policy compliant scheme any excess profit is to be paid over

to the Council for Education and or affordable housing purposes

•Education contribution of £370,000

•Overage mechanism for any new homes delivered over 280 whereby 30% of

additional units would be social rented housing

And subject to the following conditions:-

1.         Standard Outline Time limit – 3 years

2.         Submission of Reserved Matters to include landscaping, scale, appearance and layout

3.         Accordance with Approved Plans access only

4.         Grampian condition to ensure that new school is completed and occupied prior to commencement of this development to ensure mitigation with regard to loss of playing pitches is secured.

5.         Foul and surface water shall be drained on separate systems.

6.         Prior to commencement, details of surface water drainage scheme to          be submitted.

7.         Details of site levels to be submitted at reserved matters stage

8.         Landscape masterplan to be submitted at reserved matters stage to include phasing

9.         Landscape scheme to be submitted at reserved matters stage

10.       Landscape implementation and 5 year replacement

11.       The submission of a detailed Arboricultural Impact Assessment

12.       Submission of an Environmental Management plan including, noise, dust, construction routes, phased occupation details.

13.       Implementation of operational mitigation measures set out in WYG Air Quality Impact Assessment including dust mitigation.

14.       Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Overnight EVP for each dwelling with dedicated off road parking. 

15.       Low emission travel plan to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority

16.       Prior to construction, post demolition Phase II ground investigation and remediation strategy if required

17.       Importation of soil

18.       Unexpected contamination

19.       Reserved matters to include an updated badger survey

20.       Trees identified by the preliminary ecological appraisals as having the potential to support roosting bats are to be retained.

21.       Updated badger survey and mitigation strategy to be submitted with each reserved matters application.

22.       Reserved matters application to include gaps to safeguard hedgehogs.

23.       Proposals for the erection of protective fencing around the retained woodland habitats to be supported with any future reserved matters application.

24.       Access to constructed in accordance with approved plan prior to first occupation

25.       Details of Ghost Right Turn for the main access to be submitted

26.       Detailed lighting scheme to be submitted in support any future reserved matters application.

27.       Details of bin storage to be submitted

(The Chairman exercised his right to use his casting voting in respect of the

application).