Issue - meetings

Demolition of the existing community rooms and caretakers cottage and construction of two new apartment buildings comprising of 48 units together with access and parking, cycle and bin store, hard and soft landscaping.

Description:

Demolition of the existing community rooms and caretaker’s cottage and construction of two new apartment buildings comprising of 48 units together with access and parking, cycle and bin store, hard and soft landscaping.

Officer Recommendation:

Approval, subject to conditions, informatives and S106 legal agreement.

Officer Presentation:

The Committee received a presentation on the application from the Planning Development Team Leader.

Public Speaking:

The Democratic Services Officer verbally presented statements to the Committee on the application from both an Objector and the Applicant.

Decision:

Following discussions about access to the application site, the Head of Development Management and Planning Enforcement, read out an amendment to Condition 12, ‘No part of the development shall be first occupied unless and until the proposed vehicular access to Swail House from Heathcote Road has been constructed and provided with pedestrian priority and visibility zones in general accordance with the approved plan 34045-H-01 Rev P1, subject to possible alterations as part of a Road Safety Audit and technical review, including but not limited to the inclusion of a barrier near the main entrance to the application site to prevent access through the Swail House site to the existing entrance near the intersection with Ashley Road.’

Following discussions about the recording times of the Talking Newspaper, the Planning Development Team Leader read out an amendment to Condition 29, part ‘J) Measures to protect neighbouring residential amenity throughout the construction period, and to protect the recording sessions of the Talking Newspaper;’

The Committee unanimously approved both proposed amendments.

Following consideration, Councillor Neill Dallen proposed a motion that the Officer recommendation be agreed. The proposal was seconded by Councillor Robert Leach.

The Committee resolved (5 for, 1 abstention and the Chair not voting) to:

PART A

Grant planning permission subject to a S106 Legal Agreement with the following Heads of Terms:

a)    Retention of Affordable Specialist Accommodation

b)    Biodiversity Net Gain Monitoring Fee of £6000

and the following conditions and informatives,

PART B

If the Section 106 Agreement referred to in Part A is not completed by 10 March 2027, 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, the applicant has failed to comply with Policy SC9 and CS16 of the Core Strategy 2007 and Policies DM36 and DM37 of the Development Management Policies Document 2015.

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:

- 20.019 0001.000 P1 Location Plan

- 20.019 0100.000 P4 Proposed Site Plan

- 20.019 0300.000 P2 Proposed Elevations (1)

- 20.019 0301.000 P2 Proposed Elevations (2)

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