Issue - meetings

To consider the above planning application.

Note: Councillor R Cartlidgearrived during consideration of this item but did not take part in the debate or vote.

Note: All Members of the Committee declared that they had received correspondence from the applicant regarding the application.

Note: Ms J Naylor (on behalf of the applicant) had not registered her 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 Ms Naylor to speak.

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application, a written update and an oral update by the Southern Area Manager – Development Management which confirmed the receipt of an additional plan.

RESOLVED – That, contrary to the planning officer’s recommendation for approval, the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:

1. The proposed development would not represent economically and socially sustainable development as there is no identified local need for the care home.  There is already an over supply of such care homes in the locality which exceeds the needs for the current and future generations.   The development would therefore be considered contrary to NPPF paras 7, 17 and 50.

2. The proposed development by virtue of its height, scale and mass would represent an overdevelopment of the site which would be out of character with the surrounding area.  The development would therefore be contrary to Policy BE2 of the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich Local Plan 2011.