Agenda item

To consider the above planning application.

Note: Councillor J Hammond (Ward Councillor) 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.   Approved Plans

2.   Implementation of the approved landscape scheme

3.   Materials as submitted

4.   Levels as discharged

5.   Boundary treatments as discharged

6.   Notwithstanding submitted LEAP plans and specifications, revised scheme  of 12 pieces to be submitted and approved. Implementation as discharged

7.   Development to be undertaken in accordance with FRA. Properties to have FFL 600mm above flood level 59.76m AOD for the area of the development in Flood Zone 2

8.   Dust mitigation scheme as discharged (reference to Electric vehicle charging removed)

9.   The development shall be carried out in strict accordance with the submitted Tree Protection, Retention and Removal Plan (Drawing 03-081 Rev B dated 1/1/2016).

10.Updated badger survey as discharged

11.Scheme to be undertaken in accordance in accordance with paragraphs 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 of the Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy

12.Bat and bird boxes as discharged

13.PD removal – no wall front of building line/ open plan estate

14.PD removal for Classes A-E (selected smaller plots/terraced and affordable/semi detached)

15.Parking  spaces to be laid out prior to occupation of dwelling to which it relates

16.Garages to be retained and not converted into habitable accommodation

17.Phase II contamination report to be submitted and remediation recommendations implemented prior to occupation

18.The SUDS scheme produced for the site to include proposals to ensure that water levels of the identified great crested newt ponds are maintained in accordance with the pre-development levels, as discharged 

19.The proposed development to proceed in accordance with the recommendations of the submitted Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy prepared by Middlemarch Environment dated February 2016.  The seeded areas shown on the submitted landscape plans are to be seeded and managed in accordance with paragraphs 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 of the Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy.

20.The proposed development to proceed in accordance with the submitted draft great crested newt mitigation strategy unless varied by a subsequent Natural England license

21.Scheme for a fence and access gate is to be provided to demarcate the area of Wildflower planting and amenity grassland located in the sites south western corner as shown on the submitted plan C121832-Phase 2 – E3.1. as submitted. The access gate to be of sufficient size to allow access for management As discharged

22.Laybys to Park lane to be removed as discharged

23.GCN mitigation - scheme to be implemented as discharged

24.Additional landscaping - to Ashley Meadows elevation - scheme to be implemented as discharged

(b) That, in the event of any changes being needed to the wording of the Committee’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 (Regulation) be granted delegated authority to do so in consultation with the Chairman of the Southern Planning Committee, provided that the changes do not exceed the substantive nature of the Committee’s decision.