Minutes:
63.1 Item 7A
Application DC/20/05912
Proposal Reserved Matters Application following approval of Outline Planning Permission 5007/16 – Northfield View Phase 2b will be providing: 100No dwellings, including affordable housing; associated hard and soft landscaping and infrastructure; provision of public open space, footpath and cycleway.
Site Location STOWMARKET- Northfield View Phase 2B, Fuller Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Applicant Taylor Wimpey East Anglia
63.2 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the proposal before Members, the layout of the site, the contents of the tabled papers, and the officer recommendation of approval as detailed in the committee report.
63.3 The Case Officer responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the status of the travel plan, the ecology response in the tabled papers, that false chimneys were proposed on the application, that the properties were to be heated by Gas, the number of 2 bedroom market houses, the landscaping buffer, electric car charging points, energy efficiency measures, the construction management plan and triple parking on the site.
63.4 Members considered the representation from James Bailey and Nicole Wright who spoke as the Agent and Applicant respectively.
63.5 The Agent and Applicant and Mark Chapman (Applicant) responded to Members’ questions on issues including: triple parking on the proposal and the amount of visitor parking.
63.6 Councillor Richard Meyer declared a Local Non-Pecuniary interest as he knew the agent for the application under discussion.
63.7 The Agents and Applicants responded to further questions from Members on issues including: disabled access and adaptable homes, photovoltaic cells, advanced landscaping, how building regulations would impact the development and hedgehog friendly fencing.
63.8 Members debated the application on the issues including: triple parking.
63.9 Councillor Tim Passmore proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the officer recommendation with the added delegation as follows:
- That the Chief Planning Officer is delegated Authority to secure further visitor parking where practically possible.
63.10 Councillor Richard Meyer seconded the proposal.
63.11 Members continued to debate the application on the issues including: false chimneys, concerns over futureproofing the site, electric car charging points, the pathways and materials proposed, advanced landscaping.
63.12 By a unanimous vote
63.13 RESOLVED
That authority be delegated to the Chief Planning Officer to GRANT planning permission, subject to conditions.
(1) That the Chief Planning Officer be authorised to GRANT Planning Permission subject to conditions as summarised below and those as may be deemed necessary by the Chief Planning Officer:
• Approved Plans (Plans submitted that form this application)
• Ecological enhancements to be implemented
• Landscape implementation
• Street lighting scheme as approved
• Garages to be used only for parking of vehicles/storage of household items
• Construction Plan implemented
• Construction hours of operation
• Water, energy and resource efficiency measures to be agreed
• Electric Vehicle Charging Scheme to be agreed
• Provision of roads and footpaths prior to occupation
(2) And the following informative notes as summarised and those as may be deemed necessary:
• Pro active working statement
• SCC Highways notes
• Support for sustainable development principles
• Suds Informative
By way of clarification, the following conditions were imposed at Outline and do not need to be repeated on this application:
. Time limit
. Phasing . Archaeology
. Flood risk
. Construction management
. Rainwater harvesting
. Provision of fire hydrants
. Removal of permitted development rights
. Tree protection . Materials
. Landscape management
. Foul water drainage
. Super-fast broadband Also included and not relevant to this phase:
. Restriction of operating times
. Restriction of open air storage
. Illumination
. Use class restriction
Additional Delegation:
- That the Chief Planning Officer is delegated Authority to secure further visitor parking where practically possible.
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