Minutes:
23.1 Item C
Application DC/19/01310
Proposal Outline Planning Application (Includes access, all other matters reserved) – Erection of 20no. dwellings and access (following demolition of existing buildings).
Site Location THORNDON- Land Adjacent to the Principal’s House Stoke Road, Thorndon, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7JG
Applicant The Kerrison Trust
23.2 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the proposal before Members, the layout of the site and the officer recommendation of approval with conditions.
23.3 The Case Officer responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the accessibility of local services, the location of the proposed pumping station, the current status of the neighbourhood plan, and the height of the proposed buildings.
23.4 Members considered the representation from James Hayward of Thorndon Parish Council.
23.5 The Parish Council representative responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the amount of traffic when the venue was conference centre and what was proposed under the application, and the frequency of busses in the area.
23.6 Members considered the representation from Paul Scarlett who spoke as the Applicant.
23.7 The Applicant responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the height of the proposed houses.
23.8 Members considered the representation from Councillor Andrew Stringer who spoke as the Ward Member.
23.9 The Area Planning Manager advised Members that the recommendation included 35% Affordable Housing provision, but that the council could not stipulate further on the detail on the open market housing with regards to the number of bedrooms in a property.
23.10 Members debated the application on the issues including: the frequency of busses in the area, the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) that would have to be paid for the development and the route to the main services.
23.11 Councillor Barry Humphreys MBE proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the officer recommendation. Councillor Harry Richardson seconded the motion.
23.12 By 6 votes to 0 with 1 abstention.
23.13 RESOLVED
That authority be delegated to the Acting Chief Planning Officer to grant outline planning permission:
(1) Subject to the prior agreement of a Section 106 Planning Obligation on appropriate terms to the satisfaction of the Acting Chief Planning Officer to secure:
· Affordable housing
Affordable Rent = 5
4 x 1 bedroom 2 person flats @ 50sqm
1 x 2 bedroom 4 person house @ 79sqm
Shared Ownership = 2
1 x 2 bedroom 4 person house @ 79sqm
1 x 3 bedroom 5 person house @ 93sqm
· £14,400 for the provision of secondary school transport to Hartismere School only, on first occupation. (
2) That the Acting Chief Planning Officer be authorised to grant Planning Permission upon completion of the legal agreement subject to conditions as summarised below and those as may be deemed necessary by the Acting Chief Planning Officer:
· Standard time limit
· Reserved matters
· Approved Plans (Plans submitted that form this application)
· Phasing Condition (To allow phasing of the development and allows spreading of payments under CIL)
· Restriction to up to two storey height
· Removal of PD for loft conversions and openings in roof
· Unexpected ground conditions
· Construction management plan including hours of construction and highways requirements
· Archaeological evaluation and reporting
· Fire hydrants and hard standing
· Sustainability and Energy Strategy to be agreed
· Tree Protection Plan and Arboricultural Method Statement
· Surface water drainage scheme to be agreed
· Sustainable drainage components and piped networks submitted
· Provision of carriageways and footways
· Bin storage and presentation areas to be agreed
· Parking and manoeuvring provided
· Provision of ecology measures
· Hedgehog fencing to be installed
(3) And the following informative notes as summarised and those as may be deemed necessary by the Corporate Manager:
· Pro active working statement
· SCC Highways notes
· Support for sustainable development principles
· SCC Flood and Water Management Notes
(4) That in the event of the Planning obligations referred to in Resolution (1) above not being secured within 6 months of the committee resolution that the Acting Chief Planning Officer be authorised to refuse the application on appropriate grounds.
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