Agenda item

To consider the above application.

Consideration was given to the above application.

(Councillor L Roberts, the Ward Councillor, Councillor J Barber, a visiting Councillor, Town Councillor F Wilson, representing Macclesfield Town Council, Ruth Thompson, an objector and Jon Suckley, the agent for the applicant attended the virtual meeting and spoke in respect of the application).

RESOLVED

That for the reasons set out in the report and in the written update to the Board the application be approved subject to the completion of a S106 agreement securing the following:-

1.    Affordable Housing comprising of 12 units with an intermediate tenure

2.    Public Open Space comprising of:

-       Contribution of £19,500 towards additions, enhancements and improvements at West Park Play children’s facilities

-       On site amenity space

-       Management of on site amenity space

-       Unadopted areas of the internal road and footpaths are transferred to a management company for future management and maintenance

-       Access by members of the public to be maintained in perpetuity

3.    Education Contribution of £257,955 towards secondary and SEN (Special Educational Needs) school places

4.    Healthcare contribution of £91,332 to support premises development of the Waters Green Medical Centre and development of additional primary care premises within Macclesfield.

5.    Restriction of later living units to occupation by over 55s

And subject to the following conditions:-

1. Commencement of development (3 years)
2. Development in accordance with approved and amended plans
3. Construction of access prior to first occupation
4. No development involving the loss of the existing cricket pitch shall

be carried out until a timetable has been agreed for its replacement.

5. Landscaping scheme to be submitted and approved to include replacement planting
6. Landscaping scheme to be implemented
7. Arboricultural Method Statement to be submitted and approved
8. Tree protection of retained trees to be submitted an approved
9. Arboricultural Method Statement/Construction Specification for hard landscaping within root protection areas to be submitted and approved
10. Details of ground levels to be submitted, approved and implemented
11. Details / samples of external facing materials to be submitted, approved and implemented and notwithstanding the submitted detail, to include the use of stone.
12. Details / samples of surfacing materials to be submitted and to be conservation style in accordance with design guide
13. Details of boundary treatments to be submitted, approved and implemented including retention of boundary walls to include low level boundary treatment to the rear of the D type properties
14. Development to be carried out in accordance with submitted noise survey with mitigation provided prior to first occupation
15. Phase II contaminated land investigation to be submitted and approved
16. Verification of remediated contaminated land to be submitted and  approved
17. Bin storage to be provided prior to first occupation
18. Details of pile foundations to be submitted, approved and implemented
19. Electric Vehicle Infrastructure to be provided prior to first occupation
20. Scheme of dust control to be submitted, approved and implemented
21. Foul and surface water drainage to be connected on separate systems
22. Scheme of surface water drainage to be submitted, approved and implemented
23. Submission, approval and implementation of a Construction Environmental Management Plan
24. Removal of permitted development rights for Classes A-E (extensions and outbuildings etc)
25. Removal of permitted development rights for gates, walls and fences
26. Obscured glazing on specific plots and glazed screening to some balconies
27. Accordance with Ecological Assessments
28. Nesting bird mitigation measures to be submitted, approved and implemented
29. Details of external lighting to be submitted, approved and implemented
30. Scheme for ecological enhancement to be to be submitted, approved and implemented
31. Retention of war memorial gates including a scheme for their protection during construction
32. Scheme of memorial proposals to be submitted and approved including details of cricket pavilion war memorial lintel to be repurposed and names of the fallen to be included within the stone haha
33. Details of cycle storage to be submitted and approved
34. Scheme for car club to be submitted and approved
35. Submission of a scheme and method statement for the retention of the façade of the main school block to be submitted and approved
36. Submission of a scheme and method statement for relocation of cricket pavilion to be submitted and approved (including retention of memorial lintel)
37. Pedestrian and cycle route to be implemented in accordance with the approved plans and secured under a s278 highways agreement

In the event of any changes being needed to the wording of the Board’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 has delegated authority to do so in consultation with the Chairman of the Strategic Planning Board, provided that the changes do not exceed the substantive nature of the Committee’s decision.

(Prior to the start of the debate the virtual meeting was adjourned for a short break.  The virtual meeting adjourned for lunch from 1.15pm until 2.00pm).