Agenda item

To consider the above planning application.

Note: Mr G Roberts (Parish Clerk on behalf of Odd Rode Parish Council), Ms P Wainwright (objector) and Mr M Pardoe (on behalf of the applicant) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.

Note: Mr I Walker (objector) had not registered his intention to address the Committee. However, in accordance with paragraph 2.8 of the public speaking rights at Strategic Planning Board and Planning Committee meetings, the Committee agreed to allow Mr Walker to speak.

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application and an oral report of the site inspection.

RESOLVED

(a)  That, for the reasons set out in the report, the application be APPROVED subject to a S106 Agreement to secure:

-     30% affordable housing  (9 of which 1 shall be a bungalow for the over 55’s in a 65:35 split affordable rent: intermediate tenure);

-     Public Open Space (provision of open space, transfer to a management company and maintenance in perpetuity);

-     £81,713.45 secondary education contribution

     And the following conditions:

1.     Commencement outline

2.     Submission of reserved matters

3.     Approved Plans

4.     Retention of trees identified for retention within the site

5.     Submission of tree protection measures

6.     Submission and approval of a Construction and environmental  Management Plan including a construction compound within the site/dust mitigation etc

7.     Restriction on hours of piling to 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, 9am to 1pm Saturday and no working on Sundays or public holidays.

8.     Submission of a Phase II Contaminated Land Report

9.     Provision of electric vehicle charging points for each dwelling

10.  Submission of details of foul and surface water drainage

11.  Submission of a detailed drainage scheme

12.  sustainable drainage management and maintenance plan for the lifetime of the development

13.  Updated bat survey

14. Land stability report by a suitably qualified engineer to be submitted as part of the first Reserved Matters application. Validation Report to be submitted following the completion of the development to confirm that there has been no impact

15.  Reserved matters to include  boundary treatments inc Canal boundary

16.  Lighting information adjoining canal

17.  Updated badger survey

18.  Bird nesting season

19.  Reserved matters to include existing and proposed levels/ including land adjacent

20.  Reserved matters to include arboricultural information in accordance with BS 5837:2012 to include a tree survey no more than 12 months old, an arboricultural impact assessment relating to the final layout and an arboricultural method statement

21.  Bat and bird boxes

22.  RM for a maximum of 30 units on this site

23.  Open Space provision as part of the RM to be no less than 744sqm

24.  Sustainable Design Strategy to be submitted as part of the first RM application to include a mix of dwellings heights and sizes

Informative:

• No consent is given for the scheme as shown on the indicative plans

(b)  That, in the event of any changes being needed to the wording of the Committee’s decision (such as to delete, vary or add conditions/informatives/planning obligations or reasons for approval/refusal) prior to the decision being issued, the Head of Planning (Regulation) be granted delegated authority to do so in consultation with the Chairman of the Southern Planning Committee, provided that the changes do not exceed the substantive nature of the Committee’s decision.

(c)  That, should the application be subject to an appeal, approval be given to enter into a S106 Agreement to secure the following Heads of Terms:

-     30% affordable housing  (9 of which 1 shall be a bungalow for the over 55’s in a 65:35 split affordable rent: intermediate tenure);

-     Public Open Space (provision of open space, transfer to a management company and maintenance in perpetuity);

-           £81,713.45 secondary education contribution