Agenda and minutes

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests and for Members to declare if they have pre-determined any item on the agenda.

The following declarations were made in the interests of openness:

All Members of the Committee declared that they had received correspondence with regard to application number 18/5040N.

With regard to application number 18/5040N, Councillor J Clowes declared that she had no association with Clowes Developments (North West) Limited.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 28 November 2018.

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 28 November 2018 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To consider the above planning application.

Note: Councillor D Flude (Ward Councillor), Councillor B Roberts (Neighbouring Ward Councillor), Ms E Rawsthorne (objector), Ms H Faddes (supporter) and Mr R Hepwood (on behalf of the applicant) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.

Note: Mr C Smith had registered his intention to address the Committee on behalf of the applicant but did not speak.

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

RESOLVED

(a) That, contrary to the planning officer’s recommendation for refusal, the application be APPROVED for the following reasons:

On the planning balance, there are material considerations which outweigh policies SE1, LPS1, SD1, SD2, SE6 and C04 of the Cheshire East Local Plan, Saved Policy S12.2 of the Crewe and Nantwich Local Plan, The Cheshire East Design Guide SPD, the Crewe Rail Gateway Adopted Development Brief and the NPPF, which include employment generation, economic benefit and the proposed development being in a sustainable location.

Taking all this into account, including all other material considerations, the Committee finds that the adverse impacts of granting planning permission would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the proposed development when assessed against policies of the Cheshire East Local Plan and the NPPF.

(b)  That approval be subject to the completion of a S106 Agreement to secure the following Heads of Terms:

(c)  That authority be DELEGATED to the Head of Planning (Regulation), in consultation with the Chairman of Southern Planning Committee, to agree conditions, including the following:

-       Landscaping scheme to include additional tree planting

-       A scheme for the provision of POS and a LEAP on the site

-       A scheme to recognise the site history

-       Details of a safe pedestrian/cycle route linking Crewe Station and the Town Centre

-       Further details of the access in and out of the site.

To consider the above planning application.

The Chairman reported that this application had been withdrawn from the agenda prior to the meeting.

To consider the above planning application.

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application, a written update and an oral report of the site inspection.

RESOLVED

(a)  That, for the reasons set out in the report and the written update, the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

1.    Time (3 years)

2.    Plans

3.    Materials as per application (including timber windows)

4.    Removal of PD (A-E)

5.    Boundary treatment pre occupation

6.    Construction Management Plan

7.    Access to be hardstanding

8.    Breeding birds

9.    Ecological enhancement

10. Land contamination

11. Verification Report re: Remediation Strategy

12. Electric vehicle charging

13. Soil importation

14. Construction Amendment Plan

(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 his absence the Vice Chairman) of Southern Planning Committee, to correct any technical slip or omission in the wording of the resolution, before issue of the decision notice.

To consider the above planning application.

Note: Prior to consideration of this application, the meeting was adjourned for a short break.

Mr M Riley (objector) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application.

RESOLVED

(a)  That, for the reasons set out in the report, the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

1.    Accordance with the conditions on the outline permission

2.    Approved plans

3.    Details of materials to be submitted

4.    Compliance with the landscape planting proposals drawing

5.    Compliance with the drainage strategy

6.    Incorporation of features suitable for House Sparrow

7.    Ecological mitigation measures 

8.    Submission and approval of levels

9.    Remove PD for extensions and outbuildings on certain plots (authority is DELEGATED to the Head of Planning (Regulation), in consultation with the Chairman of Southern Planning Committee, to agree the plot numbers)

(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 his absence the Vice Chairman) of Southern Planning Committee, to correct any technical slip or omission in the wording of the resolution, before issue of the decision notice.