Minutes:
120.1 Item A
Application DC/19/03126
Proposal Planning Application- Erection of 100 dwellings, vehicular access, open space and associated infrastructure.
Site Location ACTON – Land South of, Tamage Road, Acton, Suffolk
Applicant Bloor Homes Eastern
120.2 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.
120.3 Members considered the representation from Graham Round of Acton Parish Council.
120.4 The Parish Council representative responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the scale of the development compared to the size of the village, that the village did not have a Neighbourhood Plan, and that a housing needs survey had been done by the applicant but that it did not reflect the needs of the parish.
120.5 Members considered the representation from John Purser who spoke as an Objector.
120.6 The Objector responded to Members questions on issues including: flooding in the village.
120.7 Members considered the representation from Robert Eburne and Sophie Waggot who spoke as the Applicants.
120.8 The Applicants responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the deliverability of the site, the proposed clustering of Affordable Housing, the proposed parking measures for the site, the revisions that had been made to the proposal, that there were no bungalows proposed on the site, that the development did conform to NDSS, and the proposed Market housing on the site.
120.9 Members considered the representations from the Ward Members, Councillor John Nunn and Elisabeth Malvisi.
120.10 The Ward Members responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the sustainability of the proposal.
120.11 The Professional Lead- Housing Enabling advised Members regarding the Housing mix on the site.
120.12 Members debated the application on the issues including: the clustering of Affordable Housing, the sustainability of the development, the bus services in the area, that Acton was part of the functional cluster of Long Melford and Sudbury, the relevance of policy CS11 associated with the proposed site, the scale of the development compared to the current size of Acton, the weight of the Draft Joint Local Plan, the health provision in the area, the employment opportunities in the area, the response from the Education Authority (SCC).
120.13 Councillor Melanie Barrett proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the officer recommendation. Councillor Adrian Osborne seconded the motion.
120.14 by 4 votes to 7
120.15 The motion was lost.
120.16 Councillor David Busby proposed that the application be deferred for the following reasons:
- Request provision of 2 – bed bungalows;
- Reduction of 4-bed houses;
- Reduce incidence of triple parking
- Affordable Housing to be better distributed throughout the site;
- Play area to be moved away from SUDS
120.17 Councillor Stephen Plumb seconded the motion.
120.18 RESOLVED
That the application was deferred for the following reasons:
- Request provision of 2 – bed bungalows;
- Reduction of 4-bed houses;
- Reduce incidence of triple parking
- Affordable Housing to be better distributed throughout the site;
- Play area to be moved away from SUDS
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