Issue - meetings

Demolition of existing classroom buildings, MUGA and sports hall; and construction of a two storey classroom block, 3G Full Size AGP Pitch, compact athletics facility, Hockey Plus AGP, sports pavilion, sports hall, grass surface pitches, grounds maintenance compound, footbridge, fencing, floodlights and associated ground works, construction of new car park and access for school sports facilities; and erection of 161 dwellings including associated parking, landscaping, open space and infrastructure works.

Description

Demolition of existing classroom buildings, MUGA and sports hall; and construction of a two storey classroom block, 3G Full Size AGP Pitch, compact athletics facility, Hockey Plus AGP, sports pavilion, sports hall, grass surface pitches, grounds maintenance compound, footbridge, fencing, floodlights and associated ground works, construction of new car park and access for school sports facilities; and erection of 161 dwellings including associated parking, landscaping, open space and infrastructure works.

Members Amendments to Recommendations

Members considered an update report and agreed the recommended changes to conditions.

Further amendments to the recommendation from Members included:

·                     The addition of a further Heads of Terms for the Section 106 Agreement to secure the timely provision of school improvements and sporting facilities;

·                     The inclusion of hours of construction within all conditions relating to the Construction Environmental Management Plan (Condition 7, 20 and 48 below);

·                     Condition 31 to be amended to insert a row and include hours of use for the Pavilion and compact athletics facility to reflect those as the same as the AGP pitch.

Decision

Planning permission is PERMITTED subject to the following:

Part A

Subject to a Section 106 Agreement being completed and signed by 5 December 2019 under the following heads of terms

·                     The development will be providing 40% affordable housing units. This equates to 65 units split between 45 Affordable Rent units and 20 Shared Ownership units.

·                     £40,000 to improve the existing playground at Curtis Road.

·                     A LEMP (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) being used to secured implementation and management of the ecological mitigation in perpetuity

·                     traffic signal systems at the Ruxley Lane (B284) junctions with both Chessington Road (B284) and Kingston Road (A240);

·                     Provision of a shared cycle way footway between Ruxley Lane and Scotts Farm Road;

·                     Provision of one car club vehicle for a minimum of two years, with all costs associated with the provision of the vehicle including provision of parking space either within a publicly accessible location of the development or on the public highway and pump priming being met by the developer;

·                     Provision of £50 worth of free travel for the first residential users of the proposed development using the car club vehicles;

·                     Provision of one year free membership of the car club for the first occupants of each of the proposed residential units; and

·                     £6,150 towards Travel Plan Auditing.

·                     To secure a S278 for the provision of a car parking bay on Scotts Farm Road to hold 6 vehicles

·                     To secure the timely provision of school improvements and sporting facilities.

The Committee authorise the Head of Planning to grant planning permission, subject to Conditions.

Part B

In the event the S106 Agreement referred to in Part A is not completed by 5 December 2019, the Head of Planning be authorised to refuse the application for the following reason:

The application fails to provide the necessary Affordable Housing and Contribution and Off Site Highway works to mitigate the proposed development contrary to policies CS9 and CS12 of the Epsom and Ewell Core Strategy 2007,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 29