Agenda item

24/4574/FUL - LAND AT BROADHURST LANE, CONGLETON: Residential development of 22 dwellings including highway improvements at the Broadhurst Lane Junction with the Clayton Bypass, estate roads, car parking, boundary treatments, landscaping, open space and other associated works and ancillary development

To consider the above planning application.

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the above planning application.

 

The following attended the meeting and spoke in relation to the application:

Congleton Town Councillor Amanda Martin, Mr Jonathan Marshall (objector) and Ms Imogen Zulver (agent).

 

RESOLVED:

 

That for the reasons set out in the report and update report the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:

 

1               insufficient information has been provided in which to consider the full drainage/flood risk impacts associated with the proposal and conflicts with Policy SE13 of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy, and ENV16 of the Site Allocations and Development Policies Document and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

2        the proposal does not provide suitable housing tenure split as the development would provide only Intermediate Shared Ownership affordable housing, when there is a clear housing need and policy requirement to provide 5 social or affordable rental properties in this development. The proposal would not therefore provide a mix of housing tenure and is therefore contrary to Policy SC5 of the CELPS and Policy 1 of the CDP.

 

3        the proposal would not provide safe/suitable access relying on access/regress from a single car width road with no suitable passing places which would result in severe highway conflict to both car users and pedestrians. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies SD1, SE2 of the CELPS and INF3 of the SADPD and Policy 22 of the CDP

 

4        the proposal by reason of its scale and siting would cause demonstrable harm to the setting of the Non-Designated Heritage Asset known as Dane Mill. The benefits of this development would not outweigh the harm caused and as such is contrary to Policy SE7 of the CELPS, HER1 & HER7 of the SADPD, Policy 4 and 19 of the CNP and the NPPF (in particular para 216).

 

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 has delegated authority to do so in consultation with the Chair of the Southern Planning Committee, provided that the changes do not exceed the substantive nature of the Committee’s decision.

 

Should the application be subject to an appeal, the following Heads of Terms should be secured as part of any S106 Agreement:

 

 

S106

Amount

Triggers

NHS

Contribution of £19,866 required

towards development of

Readesmoor Medical Practice

and Meadowside Medical Centre

 

 

50% Prior to first occupation

50% at occupation of half of the dwellings

Amenity Green

Space and Play

Provision

On site provision of Open

Space and a LAP.

 

 

 

Scheme of Management to

be submitted and

approved

 

Prior to the occupation of more than 50% of the Dwellings to provide the open space

 

On first occupation

Outdoor

Sport

£1,614.79 per family dwelling

or £807.39 per bed space in

apartments (to a maximum of

£1,614.79).

 

On first occupation

Indoor Sport

£5,362,27

 

On first occupation

Education

 

£257,341.00 towards primary,

secondary and SEN education

50% Prior to first occupation

50% at occupation of half of the dwellings

 

Affordable Housing

100% onsite provision

 

65% social or affordable rented

housing and 35% affordable

intermediate housing

 

In accordance with an Affordable Housing Scheme to be submitted prior to the commencement of development.

 

         

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