Issue - meetings

Demolition of existing dwellings and erection of 14 new dwellings within two blocks with associated car parking and landscaping.

The Committee received a presentation on the application from the Principal Planning Officer.

Description:

Demolition of existing dwellings and erection of 14 new dwellings within two blocks with associated car parking and landscaping.

Officer Recommendation:

Approval, subject to conditions, informatives, and s106 legal agreement.

Public Speaking:

An objector spoke against the application.

Decision:

Following consideration, the Acting Chair proposed that Condition 3 be amended to include the following:

j)             methods to facilitate open communication with Epsom and Ewell High School

For the following reason:

To enable a communication channel between the school and the construction site to allow both parties to keep abreast of any requirements with respect to matters such as delivery times, etc, and to keep the school up to date on building progress.

The proposal was seconded by Councillor Kate Chinn.

The Committee unanimously agreed to the proposal.

Following further consideration, the Acting Chair put the Officer recommendation to the vote. The Committee resolved (4 in Favour, 4 Against, and the Acting Chair exercising his right to a casting vote to vote in Favour):

PART A

To grant planning permission subject to the S106 Legal Agreement to secure a viability review mechanism in the event that the development has not reached first floor slab level on both buildings within 20 months of the decision date.

PART B

In the event that the Section 106 Agreement referred to in Part A is not completed by 18 March 2024, the Head of Place Development is authorised to refuse the application for the following reason:

“In the absence of a completed legal obligation under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended, the applicant has failed to comply with Policy CS9 of the Core Strategy 2007.”

Conditions:

(1)          Time Limit

The development hereby permitted shall begin before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: To comply with Section 91(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51(1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

(2)          Approved Details

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

Site Location Plan at 1:1250

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Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning as required by Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy 2007.

Pre-Commencement Conditions

(3)          Construction Transport Management Plan

No development shall commence unless and until a Construction Transport Management Plan, to include details of:

1)            parking for vehicles of site personnel, operatives and visitors

k)         loading and unloading of plant and materials

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