Minutes:
14.1 Item 6A
Application DC/20/04663
Proposal Application for Approval of reserved matters following outline approval B/16/01092. Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 – Access, Layout, Scale, Design, and Landscaping for Mixed Use development including up to 75 dwellings, a pre-school and a neighbourhood hub, comprising a swimming pool, office space, and a local shop, public open space, and associated infrastructure and landscaping as amended by drawings received on 11 November 2016 (omission of school land).
Site Location EAST BERGHOLT – Land East of the Constable Country Medical Centre, Heath Road, East Bergholt, Suffolk
Applicant Hills Building Group
14.2 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 including the updated housing mix, and the officer recommendation of approval.
14.3 The Case Officer responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the parish council site visit to Great Bentley to view possible house designs, the scale and design of the swimming pool building, the designation of Keyworker properties and the Affordable Housing Provision, the viability of a shop and swimming pool, and the response from the Highways Authority regarding road crossing points and a Zebra Crossing.
14.4 The Case Office responded to further questions from Members on issues including: the highways implications of the proposal, compliance with policies CS11 and EB1, the sustainability measures proposed, the response from the Environmental Health team, the layout of the site, the proposed operating hours of the shop, the health provision in the area, and the protection of tree’s adjoining the site.
14.5 The Case Officer responded to additional questions from Members on issues including: why no Bungalows included in the Affordable Housing provision, the construction management plan, whether a barrier would be included on the retail car park, and that the proposal did accord with Nationally Defined Space Standards.
14.6 Members considered the representation from Emma Walker who spoke as the Agent.
14.7 The Agent responded to Members questions on issues including: the number of proposed car parking spaces in the retail car park, the end user for the swimming pool, the number of bungalows proposed on site, amenity space within the proposed flats, the number of homes proposed for over 55s, the provision for public transport in the area, the energy efficiency of the proposed dwellings, the housing needs of the village and the district, and arrangements to stop people parking on grass verges.
14.8 Members debated the application on the issues including: whether people would park on the grass verges and if bollards could be conditioned, the driveways and garages proposed on site, the proposed bungalows on site, the amenities space in the flats to dry clothes, the implications on the highway network and existing problems in the area.
14.9 Councillor David Busby proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the officer recommendation with the additional conditions as follows:
- Notwithstanding the details of the submitted landscaping scheme the applicant shall submit details of provision to prevent parking on verges etc.
- The updated housing mix in the tabled papers
- Correction of the open hours for the shop
- Deliveries condition to be amended.
14.10 Councillor Adrian Osborne seconded the motion.
14.11 By 8 votes to 1 with 1 abstention.
14.12 RESOLVED
That, following the variation of the Outline s.106 Agreement in relation to the affordable housing provision, the application be GRANTED planning permission and include the following conditions:-
• Approved plans and documents
• Agreement of finishing materials for walls and roofs
• RAMS Contribution
• Landscape details to be agreed
• No externally mounted mechanical equipment at the pre-school, swimming pool or shop/work hub unless otherwise agreed with the LPA • Details of fume/odour control measures from the pre-school, swimming pool and shop/work hub to be agreed with the LPA
• Noise assessment to be carried out on shop/work hub to inform the structure of the building and noise leakage to protect residents of the flats above.
• Shop opening hours to be restricted to 08:00-20:00 Monday and no deliveries outside of these times.
• Construction times to be limited to 08:00-18:00 Mondays to Friday and 09:00 – 13:00 on Saturdays. No working on Sundays or Bank Holidays.
• Construction Management Plan
• Details of external lighting to be agreed
• No burning on site
• Scheme for the implementation of water, energy and resource efficiency measures
Additional conditions:
- Notwithstanding the details of the submitted landscaping scheme the applicant shall submit details of provision to prevent parking on verges etc.
- The updated housing mix in the tabled papers
- Correction of the open hours for the shop
- Deliveries condition to be amended.
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