Minutes:
RESOLVED
That subject to the imposition of conditions or reasons for refusal (whether additional or otherwise) in accordance with delegated powers under Council Minute No. 48(a) (dated 19October 2004) decisions on the item referred to in Paper PL/17/19 be made as follows:-
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Application No. B/15/01718/OUT Paper PL/17/19 |
Outline application (with all matters reserved except for access) - Erection of up to 1,150 dwellings (Use Class C3); 15ha of employment development (to include B1, B2 and B8 uses, a hotel (C1), a household waste recycling centre (sui generis) and a district heating network energy centre); village centre (comprising up to 1,000m2 Gross Floor Area (GFA) of retail floor space (A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5), village hall (D2), workspace (B1a), residential dwellings (C3), primary school (D1), pre-school (D1) and car parking); creation of new vehicular access points and associated works; sustainable transport links; community woodland; open space (including children's play areas); sustainable drainage (SuDS); sports pavilion (D2) and playing fields; allotments; and associated ancillary works. Land north of Woodhall Business Park. |
Steven Stroud, the Case Officer, referred Members to the additional representations in the Addendum, which had been circulated the previous afternoon. Members were aware that the outline application addressed the principle of development and means of access, with all other matters reserved.
Officers from Suffolk County Council, as listed below, were present at the meeting to answer Members’ questions:
Steve Merry – Transport Policy and Development Manager
Colin Bird – Development Management Engineer
Neil McManus – Development Contributions Manager
RESOLVED
(1) That the Corporate Manager - Growth and Sustainable Planning be authorised to grant planning permission, subject to the prior completion of a Legal Agreement pursuant to s106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, or accepted Undertaking, to secure the following obligations and related terms to his satisfaction:
Obligation |
Contribution |
Affordable Housing |
· 25% provision; 12% in P1, 35% in P2 and P3 (subject to review mechanism) |
Allotments |
· Provision of · Long-term management of/transfer |
Community Woodland |
· Provision/planting of · Contributions towards/requirement for, management and maintenance |
Playing Fields |
· Provision of · Contributions towards/requirement for, management and maintenance |
Open Spaces |
· Provision of · Contributions towards/requirement for, management and maintenance |
Sports Pavilion and Car Parking |
· Provision of · Contributions towards/requirement for, management and maintenance |
Play Provision: 1 x NEAP, 5 x LEAP, 1 x MUGA, 7 x LAP |
· Provision of · Contributions towards/requirement for, management and maintenance |
Village Hall |
· Provision of · Contributions towards/requirement for, management and maintenance |
Police Infrastructure |
· Recruitment and equipment - £40,274 · Police vehicles - £41,500 · ANPR - £60,073 · Premises - £422,500 (or contribution of accommodation and/or shared working spaces within the development, in-line with need) |
Education |
· New primary school - £5,005,728; the land reserved for education use is to be capable of use i.e. with access/services at any time after 150 dwelling occupations. · Temporary classroom (1 x double) - £250,000 and paid prior to occupation of 1st dwelling. · Pre-school - £500,000 + additional places within community facilities or a further £500,000 plus 0.2ha of land. |
Libraries |
· £187,000 towards enhancement and improvement of facilities at Sudbury Library. |
Waste |
· £126,500 towards the SCC local Household Waste Recycling Centre provision. |
NHS |
· £417,151 towards capital cost of premises expansion of the Hardwicke House Group Practice (including 1 main and 4 branch surgeries) |
Travel Plan |
· Implementation/monitoring of · £495,229 (Total value bond, in full or £50,000 ‘rolling’) · £1,000 - payable annually on occupation of the 100th dwelling until one year has passed after occupation of the final dwelling |
Highways |
· Public Rights of Way - £225,340 + revetment costings. · Toucan Crossings x 3 - £225,000 total. · Town Centre Bus Infrastructure - £250,000. · Bus Service Contribution - £600,000. · RTPI Screens - £60,000. · Pedestrian/Cycle Improvements - £130,000. |
and that such planning permission be subject to conditions, to the satisfaction of the Corporate Manager - Growth and Sustainable Planning, requiring the following:
1. Approval of reserved matters for each phase, to include appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, all to be in accordance with the approved plans and parameters
2. Provision of a detailed phasing plan
3. Details for the on-site highway infrastructure (internal roads, bins, cycle storage etc.)
4. Phasing details for the off-site highway infrastructure to be delivered in residential phase 1
5. Approval of a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) and Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP)
6. Site investigations to identify the extent of remediation required
7. Landscape Management Plan
8. Ecological Management Plan
9. Drawings to show finished slab and floor levels
10. Detailed surface water drainage strategy
11. Detailed foul water drainage strategy
12. Off-site utility works (e.g. water and power supply)
13. Heritage mitigation, including limiting the height of buildings north of St Bartholomew’s Priory, provision of an information board north of Wood Hall SM and archaeological recording
14. Hard and soft landscaping details
15. Lighting strategy
16. Detailed noise assessment
17. Energy strategy
18. Design code
(2) That, in the event of the Legal Agreement or Undertaking referred to in Resolution (1) above not being secured or accepted to the satisfaction of the Corporate Manager – Growth and Sustainable Planning, he be authorised to refuse planning permission, for reason(s) including:
· Inadequate provision of infrastructure contributions which would fail to provide compensatory benefits to the sustainability of the development and acceptably mitigate its wider impacts, contrary to the Development Plan and NPPF.
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