(Councillor S McGrory,
Ward Councillor; Councillor K Bagnall,
Middlewich Town Council; Jonathan
Williams, Chair of Middlewich Vision
and
Mr D Rogers, Briden Investments attended the meeting and spoke
in respect of the application)
The Board considered a report regarding the above application.
RESOLVED:
That the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:
(1) the proposed development by virtue of its size, siting and design, the design and appearance of the access and service yard and the associated loss of trees would have an unacceptable impact on the Middlewich Conservation Area of which the site forms a part. The proposal would neither preserve nor enhance the character or appearance of the Conservation Area. The development is therefore contrary to the RSS Policies DP7 &EM1 and Local Plan Policies GR1, GR2 & BH9.
(2) the proposed development fails to achieve an adequate quality of design to justify approval of planning permission. In reaching this conclusion regard was given to the size, siting and design of the proposed foodstore, the design and appearance of the access and service yard and the general layout of the site. It is therefore concluded that the proposal would detract from the character and appearance of the area, within which the site is located and be contrary to development plan and national planning policies which seek to promote high quality and inclusive design. The development is therefore contrary to RSS Policy DP7 and Local Plan Policies GR1 & GR2.
(3) insufficient information has been submitted with the application to illustrate how the impact of development and matters of nature conservation can be adequately mitigated. In the absence of such mitigation the proposed development would be contrary to the interests of nature conservation since it would adversely affect the habitat of protected species (namely bats) without any satisfactory measures of mitigation. The development is therefore contrary to RSS Policy EM1 and Local Plan Policies NR2 & NR4.
(4) insufficient information has been submitted with the application to illustrate how the impact of development and matters of landscape and trees of local amenity value can be adequately mitigated. In the absence of such mitigation the proposed development by virtue of its size and siting would result in the direct loss of existing tress which are of amenity value to the area as a whole. The development is therefore contrary to RSS Policy EM1 and Local Plan Policies NR1 & BH9.