Agenda item

To consider the above planning application.

Note: Councillor J Cornell (on behalf of Weston & Basford Parish Council) and Councillor J Hammond (the Ward Councillor)attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.  Miss J Clark, Countryside Properties, (the applicant) had registered her intention to address the Committee on this matter but did not speak.

Note: The Chairman had agreed to a request to vary the order of speaking, to enable the Ward Councillor to speak after the representative of Weston & Basford Parish Council.

Note: Having arrived at the meeting after consideration of this application had begun, Councillor M Davies did not take part in the debate or vote, in accordance with paragraph 13.5 of the Planning Protocol of Conduct in Relation to the Determination of Planning Matters.

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application and an oral update by the Principal Planning Officer.

RESOLVED – That the application be APPROVED subject to the prior completion and signing of a variation to the Section 106 agreement to:

(1) allow the country park and community hall to be managed and owned separately,

(2) the development of the mixed use site for housing,

(3) the payment of a commuted sum of £25,000 towards the initial set up and running costs of the community hall provided that there is transfer of the hall within 12 months of the date of the agreement

and the following conditions:

1. Amended plans

2.Details/ samples of materials to be submitted approved and implemented.

3. Details / samples of surface materials to be submitted approved and implemented.

4. Details of boundary treatment, including the use of Cheshire Railings to the open space and housing frontage to be submitted approved and implemented

5. Notwithstanding the submitted landscaping scheme no planting other than trees and grass shall be provided in the forward visibility splay. The forward visibility splay shall be provided before the residential development is first occupied and thereafter retained.

6.Implementation of landscaping scheme submitted modified in accordance with condition 5. Maintenance of plot planting.

7. Submission of management and maintenance scheme for the open space planting.

8. Access to garage court to be formed in accordance with submitted plans and CEC specification before dwellings 1-6 and 9-11 are first occupied.

9. Access to plots 7 & 8 to be formed in accordance with submitted plans and CEC specification before dwellings are first occupied.

10. Garages only to be used for parking of cars and no other use which would preclude car parking.

11. Parking to be provided for each dwelling before it is first occupied.

12. Submission of details of appearance of canopies to dwellings and implementation in accordance with details.

13. Provision of rear access between dwellings/gardens and garages to enable removal of waste / recycling bins.

14. Withdraw permitted development rights for alterations, extensions and outbuildings.

15. Provision of services in the hard surfaced area of the access to the garage court to ensure that planting is provided at each side of this access.

16. 3 year time limit.