Agenda and minutes

Northern Planning Committee - Wednesday, 22nd July, 2009 2.00 pm

Venue: The Capesthorne Room - Town Hall, Macclesfield, SK10 1EA. View directions

Contact: Sarah Baxter 

Items
No. Item

38.

Code of Conduct-Declarations of Interest/Pre-Determination

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests and for Members to declare if they have pre-determined any item on the agenda.

Minutes:

Councillor Mrs T Jackson declared a personal interest in application no 0909/1509M-Land between Back Lane & Macclesfield Road, North Rode, by virtue of the fact that she was a member of the Council for the Protection of Rural England which one of the speakers was representing and in accordance with Code of Conduct she remained in the meeting during consideration of the application.

39.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 64 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 1 July 2009.

Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

That the minutes be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

40.

Public Speaking

A total period of 5 minutes is allocated for each of the planning applications for Ward Councillors who are not Members of the Planning Committee.

 

A period of 3 minutes is allocated for each of the planning applications for the following individuals/groups:

 

  • Members who are not Members of the Planning Committee and are not the Ward Member
  • The Relevant Town/Parish Council
  • Local Representative Groups/Civic Society
  • Objectors
  • Applicants/Supporters

 

Minutes:

That the public speaking procedure be noted.

41.

09/1160M-Demolition of Existing Buildings and Construction of New Foodstore with Associated Parking and Servicing Facilities, Land at Brook Street, Knutsford for Aldi Stores LTD pdf icon PDF 309 KB

To consider the above application.

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the above application.

 

(The Ward Councillor Councillor S Wilkinson, a representative from CycleKnutsford, an objector, the Property Director, Aldi Stores Ltdand the applicant’s Highways Consultant attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application).

 

RESOLVED

 

That the application be approved subject to the completion of a S106 legal agreement to produce and operate a travel plan for the development, which had been produced in accordance with local and national standards, guidance and best practice and had regard to the nature of the development, the accessibility of the site and local transport provision, and the requirement to pay the Highway Authority's costs associated with the monitoring and review of the travel plan.

 

 

  1. A03FP      -  Commencement of development (3 years)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  2. A01AP      -  Development in accord with approved plans                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  3. A02EX      -  Submission of samples of building materials                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  4. A13EX      -  Specification of bonding of brickwork                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  5. A22EX      -  Roofing material                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  6. A32HA      -  Submission of construction method statement                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  7. A30HA      -  Protection of highway from mud and debris                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  8. A26HA      -  Prevention of surface water flowing onto highways                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  9. A24HA      -  Provision / retention of service facility                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  10. A12HA      -  Closure of access                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  11. A07HP      -  Drainage and surfacing of hardstanding areas                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  12. A07HA      -  No gates - new access                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  13. A05HP      -  Provision of shower, changing, locker and drying facilities                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  14. A04HP      -  Provision of cycle parking                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  15. A01HP      -  Provision of car parking                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
  16. A01LS      -  Landscaping - submission of details                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
  17. A04LS      -  Landscaping (implementation)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  18. A01TR      -  Tree retention                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  19. A02TR      -  Tree protection                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  20. A08MC      -  Lighting details to be approved                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  21. Provision of off site highways works prior to first use of the building                                                                                                                                                                                        
  22. Revised Plans Required showing swept path analysis and revised configuration of the proposed junction layout of the A537/Brook Lane/Hollow Lane junction                                                                                                       
  23. Construction of the access prior to the construction of any part of the approved development (excluding the access)                                                                                                                                            
  24. Incorporation of features suitable for roosting bats                                                                                                                                                                                                           
  25. Development to proceed in strict accordance with the submitted protected species survey                                                                                                                                                                        
  26. Submission of an Environmental Management Plan                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  27. Submission of an acoustic report                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  28. Phase II Contamination Investigation required  

 

Further to this the the following conditions were also added including a request from the Environment Agency that the development be carried out in accordance with the approved Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) dated 8 July 2009 and the mitigation measures detailed within the FRA:-

(1)            No pile driving

(2)            A20GR-Opening and delivery times to be within 07.00 – 21.00 (Monday to Saturday) and 9.00 – 19.00 (Sunday and Bank Holidays)

42.

09/1509M-Change of Use of Land to Allow the Siting of 23 Timber Clad Twin Unit Caravans, Land between Back Lane & Macclesfield Road, North Rode, Congleton for Mr and Mrs Noad pdf icon PDF 171 KB

To consider the above application.

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the above application.

 

(A representative from Eaton Parish Council, a representative of the Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE), an objector and the agent for the applicantattended the meeting and spoke in respect of the application).

 

RESOLVED

 

That the application be deferred for a site visit in order to assess the visual impact of the development from Macclesfield Road and Back Lane, to see the height of the mounding and to see one of the caravans from phase 1.