Agenda item

To consider the above planning application.

Note: Prior to consideration of this application, the meeting was adjourned for refreshments.

Note: Parish Councillor J McEvoy attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on behalf of Wrenbury cum Frith Parish Council.

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application and a written update.

RESOLVED

(a)  That, for the reasons set out in the report and the written update, the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:

1.      The proposed residential development is unsustainable because it is located within the Open Countryside would result in adverse impact on the landscape character of the area contrary to Policies NE.2 (Open Countryside), NE.12 (Agricultural Land Quality), BE.2 (Design) and RES.5 (Housing in the Open Countryside) of the Crewe and Nantwich Local Plan, Policies PG5 (Open Countryside), SD1, SD2 & SE4 (Landscape) of the emerging Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy and the principles of the National Planning Policy Framework, which seek to ensure development is directed to the right location and open countryside is protected from inappropriate development and maintained for future generations enjoyment and use. As such it creates harm to interests of acknowledged importance.

2.      Insufficient information has been provided to fully assess the flood risks arising from the proposed development. In particular, the Flood Risk Assessment fails to demonstrate that the proposed development will not increase the risk of fluvial flooding offsite and does not include how the loss of the floodplain is to be mitigated, such that fluvial flood risk is not increased elsewhere. The proposal is therefore contrary to Crewe and Nantwich Local Plan Policies NE.20, BE.4, Policy SE.13 of the emerging Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy the NPPF

3.      Insufficient information has been provided in which to assess the agricultural land quality of the site. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy NE.12 of the Crewe and Nantwich Local Plan, Policy SD1 emerging Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy and the NPPF

(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 the Head of Planning (Regulation), in consultation with the Chairman (or in her absence the Vice Chairman) 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)  That, should the application be subject to an appeal, the following Heads of Terms be secured as part of any S106 Agreement:

1.      A scheme for the provision of 30% 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.      Provision of Public Open Space and LAP; POS to include management company for maintenance in perpetuity

3.      Primary, Secondary and SEN School Education Contribution of £159,899

4.      TRO to extend the 30mph zone

Informative

The submitted indicative plan is not considered to be acceptable