Agenda item

To consider the above planning application.

Note: Mrs S Dyke (objector) and Mr P Pearce (applicant) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.

 

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application and an oral update by the Southern Area Manager – Development Management.

 

RESOLVED - That the application be APPROVED subject to:

 

The prior signing of a Section 106 agreement to include:

 

·        Submission of a Travel Plan Framework to an annual monitoring report and nominated travel plan co-ordinator and financial contribution of £5000 to cover monitoring of the Travel Plan by the Council.

 

·        Detailed scheme for off-site highway works to include:

 

- Prior to commencement, submission of a detailed design for the upgrade of existing pedestrian crossings to Lawton Road and Bank Corner to PUFFIN facilities fully implemented prior to first occupation.

 

- Prior to commencement, submission of detailed TRANSYT design for the new signal controlled junction and its linked operation with the existing signal junction at Bank Corner and controlled crossing.

 

- Upgrade existing bus stop lay-by adjacent to the civic centre.

 

- Financial contribution of £7500 to cover local traffic management at the junction of Lawton Road with an additional financial contribution of £10,000 to cover future maintenance of road markings associated with the new junction onto Lawton Road

 

• Provision of compensatory public open space in accordance with the amended approved plans, or any subsequently amended plan, having regard to condition no16 (Finalised car park layout), which shall also include landscape specification, drainage and boundary treatments.

 

• That the precise design of the new play equipment is to agreed with the Council before being fully installed by the applicants at their expense (with an appropriate mechanisms for inspection and sign off).

 

• That the agreement secures an appropriate financial Contribution to cover shortfall in amenity Greenspace provision (the precise figure will be confirmed) to be spent within 800m of the site.

 

• Precise details of the construction phasing to be agreed with the Council prior to the commencement of development covering timeframes for: -

 

- Construction and occupation of the supermarket element

- Construction of the small retail units and restaurant

- Construction of compensatory public open space and play equipment, with consideration given to the need to provide a play area as early as possible, with safety as a priority

- Construction and laying out of the car park area

- Construction and opening of the new junction onto Lawton Road and provision of new pedestrian crossings / other offsite highway works

 

·        Development to be fully constructed in accordance with the approved plans within the agreed timeframes.

 

·        That the developer provides 25 new pop-up market stalls, fixed anchor points and pop-up electric sockets of a design and specification to be agreed with the Council.

 

·        Mechanism to ensure that public art and Christmas Lights can be displayed within the new public square by Cheshire East Borough Council and/or Alsager Town Council.

 

·        Mechanism to allow public events to take place, organised by Cheshire East Borough Council and / or Alsager Town Council, within a defined area on the proposed public square.

 

• Mechanism to ensure that only the development approved by this application is fully implemented and not either of the two alternative planning permissions 37808/3 and 05/0639/OUT are instead constructed.

 

• Mechanism to ensure that the proposed restaurant unit remains in its use class for a minimum period of five years.

 

and

 

The following conditions:

 

1.            3yr Time Limit

 

2.            Development in accordance with approved amended plans received 29^th April 2010.

 

3.            All materials to be submitted and agreed prior to construction.

 

4.            Restriction of retail floorspace within the supermarket to 1318m² net retail floorspace.

 

5.            Standard Contaminated Land Condition

6.            Restriction of hours of Construction Mon – Fri 07.30 to 17.30 hours, Sat 07.30 – 13.00 and not at all on Sundays and Bank Holidays

7.            Restriction on hours of opening for supermarket Mon - Sat 07.30 – 22.00, Sun 10.00- 16.00

 

8.            Restriction on hours of opening for other retail units Mon - Sat 07.30 – 22.00, Sun 10.00- 16.00

 

9.            Restriction on hours of opening for the restaurant Mon - Sun 07.30 – 23.30

 

10.       Restriction on hours of delivery for all units Mon - Sat 08.00 – 21.00, Sun 09.00- 16.00

 

11.       Detailed scheme for noise mitigation for delivery areas (inc acoustic screens, control of HGV reversing alarms and refrigeration units)

12.       Detailed scheme for noise mitigation for plant and equipment

13.       Details scheme for extraction equipment re cooking equipment

 

14.       No development shall commence until such time as the detailed design of the proposed new junction, based on site layout plan Dwg. No 113 / 349 /P11 Rev A, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Council, together with a timetable for the implementation of the works.

 

15.       No development shall commence until such time as the detailed design of the proposed access road into the site from the new junction, based on site layout plan Dwg. No 113 / 349 /P11 Rev A, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Council, together with a timetable for the implementation of the works.

 

16.       Final layout of the car parking area to be agreed

 

17.       Scheme for the provision of electric car charger points to be submitted and agreed

 

18.       Precise details of CCTV scheme to be submitted and agreed

 

19.       Submission of detailed public realm treatment strategy for the site to be submitted and agreed with the Council and fully implemented within an agreed timeframe.  Scheme to include paving materials, planters, seating, street lighting specification, lighting scheme for the public square, cycle parking specification, trolley bay specification and boundary treatments for the site.

20.       Precise detail of the surface water regulation system to be submitted and approved in writing and fully implemented thereafter.  Scheme to include provision for 3600m² permeable paving and swale unless otherwise agreed.

21.       Restriction of surface water discharge from the site to 85-litres/second.

 

22.       Site to be drained on a separate system with only foul drainage connected into the foul sewer.  Surface water should be discharged to a combination of SUDs and surface water sewer in accordance with the drainage strategy and parameters contained in part 5 of the WSP Flood Risk Assessment Dated Dec 09.

 

23.       Standard landscaping scheme (Design and implementation).

 

24.       Standard landscaping replacement planting within 5-years.

 

25.       Scheme for tree protection during construction.

 

26.       Breeding bird protection.

 

27.       Ecological enhancements (bat and bird boxes and tree planting to be native species).

 

28.       Precise details of all roller shutters to be submitted and approved in writing prior to the commencement of development

 

29.       Site waste management plan to be submitted and agreed

 

30.       Details of 10% renewable energy to be submitted and agreed