Minutes:
42.1 Item 7B
Application: DC/20/03704
Proposal: Application for approval of reserved matters including Access, Layout, Scale, Appearance, and Landscaping following outline planning application 1832/17 Allowed at Appeal APP/W3520/W/18/3200941 for residential development for up to 190 dwellings (Use Class C3) with public open space, vehicular access and associated infrastructure.
Site location: WHITTON- Land West of Old Norwich Road, Whitton, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6LQ
Applicant: Bellway Homes Ltd (Essex)
42.2 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee, outlining the proposal before Members, the layout and location of the site, proposed access to the site, the contents of the tabled papers, and the officer recommendation of approval with conditions.
42.3 The case officer responded to Members questions on issues including: the number of parking spaces on site and instances of triple parking, and the proposed access to the site including the cycle route.
42.4 Members considered the representation from Steven Bates who spoke as an objector.
42.5 The Objector responded to Members’ questions on issues including: acoustics, and boundary walls proposed.
42.6 Councillor Field advised that due to technical issues he had been unable to hear the Members questions to the case officer and those of the objector. The Planning Lawyer and the Governance Officer advised that as Councillor Field had not been able to hear all of the relevant information he would be unable to participate in the debate and vote for this item.
42.7 Members considered the representation from Laura Dudley-Smith who spoke as the agent.
42.8 The Agent and the applicant, Sarah Cornwell of Bellway Homes, responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the electrical ducting and cabling, the heating to be used in the dwellings, whether the properties would have fireplaces or if the chimneys on the plans were cosmetic only, access to the site and whether an alternative to a roundabout was considered, orientation of the buildings, the proposed parking on site, the boundary wall, the dwelling adjacent to the existing bungalow, and the location of the Suds on site.
42.9 Members considered the representations from Councillor Tim Passmore and Councillor John Whitehead who spoke as Ward Members.
42.10 Members debated the application on issues including: the amenities of the existing bungalow, the parking provision on site, the roundabout located at the access to the site, and the proposed heating.
42.11 Councillor Hicks proposed that the item be deferred for a review of triple parking provision boundary treatment to buffer area, Design of Plot 1, Roundabout including Cycle route, false chimneys, heating, pedestrian connectivity and Suds details.
42.12 Councillor Matthissen seconded the proposal to defer the item.
42.13 Members continued to debate the item on issues including: the buffer area, the location of suds on site.
42.14The Case Officer provided Members with further details on the issues being debated including: that the reserved matters was guided by the Planning Inspectorates decision and conditions and the sites relationship with the bus gate.
42.15 By a unanimous vote
Note: As the Ward Member Councillor Passmore did not participate on the vote.
RESOLVED
That application DC/20/03704 is deferred for the following reasons:
- Review of triple parking provision boundary treatment to buffer area, Design of Plot 1, Roundabout including Cycle route, false chimneys, heating, pedestrian connectivity and Suds details.
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