Minutes:
127.1 Item 8A
Application DC/21/00609
Proposal Submission of details (Reserved Matters in Part-Phase 1) for Outline Planning Permission 3563/15 - Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale for 138 dwellings, including affordable housing, car parking, open space provision and associated infrastructure.
Site Location EYE – Land to the South of Eye Airfield, and North of Castleton Way, Eye
Applicant Persimmon Homes Suffolk
127.2 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the proposal before Members including: the location and layout of the site, access to the site, the proposed parking and landscaping plans, housing design, sustainability measures, the conditions applied to the application, and the officer recommendation of approval.
127.3 The Case Officer and the Chief Planning Officer responded to questions from Members on issues including: the housing mix, the proposed surface material of the driveways, landscaping and maintenance plans, whether the houses meet size standards, locations of emergency access and cycle routes, proposed garden sizes, the housing mix in comparison to the Eye Neighbourhood Plan, whether the electrical supply would be adequate to meet future requirements, whether future building regulations would be met, parking plans and Electric Vehicle charging points.
127.4 Members considered the representation from Andy Robinson and Richard Berry who spoke on behalf of Eye Town Council.
127.5 The Town Council representatives responded to questions from Members on issues including: what further ecological proposals the Town Council would like to be considered, the proposed design of the dwellings, parking issues, open space provision, whether the Town Council had a system in place to ensure landscaping and ecology requirements were put in place, and the cycle and pedestrian connectivity to the Town.
127.6 Members considered the representation from Robert Barber who spoke as the agent.
127.7 The Agent and the Applicant, Stuart McAdam, responded to questions from Members on issues including: cycle, pedestrian and emergency vehicle access, the number of houses expected to be completed before June 2022, the installation of gas boilers and any plans for alternative heating sources once the buildings regulations change, the comments from Suffolk Wildlife Trust, and the permeability of driveways.
127.8 The Case Officer responded to questions from Members regarding conditions relating to the installation of heating systems.
127.9 The Agent and the Applicant responded to further questions from Members on issues including: the housing mix, the proposed plans for the existing pond and surrounding trees, whether the spine roads would be to an adoptable standard and offered to Suffolk County Council for adoption, and whether the properties would be built to comply with building regulations at the time of planning, or at the time of construction.
127.10 The Chair read out a statement from the Ward Member, Councillor Gould, who was unable to attend the meeting.
127.11 A break was taken from 11:14am until 11:23am.
127.12 Councillor Passmore proposed that the application be approved with additional conditions relating to issues including: design of the properties, and the permeability of driveways.
127.13 Members debated the application on issues including: the Eye Neighbourhood Plan, the timescales for the proposed landscaping plans, heating systems, the housing mix, pedestrian access routes, and sustainability issues.
127.14 Councillor Caston seconded the proposal.
127.15 Members continued to debate the application on issues including: the heating systems, ecology measures, and early landscaping.
127.16The proposer and seconder accepted the following additional conditions and informative notes:
· Scheme of ecological "on plot" enhancements to include the installation of swift and house martin nest boxes/cups and hedgehog permeable boundaries TBA
· Scheme of permeable driveways and hard surfacing across the site TBA
· Scheme of landscape and ecological mitigation and enhancement timetabling across the site TBA which shall in particular require the planting of the boundaries of the site not later than the commencement of construction
· Scheme to safeguard the existing water features across the site TBA.
Informative Notes:
· The Committee note that the Eye NDP expects a housing mix set out in Policy EYE3 which is not yet demonstrated to have been met with this Reserved Matters application for this Phase. The Committee will expect further phases of this development to demonstrate that those further phases accord with that development plan policy so that the overall mix across the Outline permitted site accords with the development plan including the requirements of EYE3 of the Neighbourhood Development Plan
127.17 Members continued to debate the application on issues including: the provision of Electric Vehicle charging points.
By a vote of 5 votes for and 3 against
It was RESOLVED:
That authority be delegated to the Chief Planning Officer to grant the reserved matters application subject to the following conditions and informatives as recommended:
Conditions
· Reserved matters granted pursuant to 3563/15. Conditions attached to 3563/15 remain in force.
· Development to be brought forward in accordance with approved plans and documents.
· Garages to be retained as parking.
· Bicycle parking to be provided prior to occupation.
· Electric vehicle ducting to be provided prior to occupation.
Informatives
· Reminder that both the outline and reserved matters decisions form the planning permission for this site and that both continue to apply.
· Confirmation on any conditions discharged as part of this application.
· Informatives recommended by Anglian Water.
· Informative on discovery of unexpected contamination during development
· Informative on public rights of way.
For the avoidance of doubt, the conditions attached to the outline planning permission already granted remain in place, they secure the following:
· Soft landscaping scheme;
· Control of emergency access points;
· Site levels (both existing and proposed);
· Boundary treatments for individual properties;
· Design of the care home be limited to two storeys;
· Ecological mitigation;
· Restriction on use of piling;
· Implementation of the soft landscaping scheme;
· Energy and renewables strategy in accordance with policy CS3 to be submitted and agreed;
· Details of illumination within the site;
· Archaeological investigation of the site;
· Submission of post investigation report;
· Waste minimisation and recycling strategy to be submitted and agreed;
· Tree protection for retained trees and hedgerows;
· Landscape management plan to be submitted and agreed;
· Provision of fire hydrants within site;
· Construction management plan to be submitted and agreed;
· Land contamination process to be followed;
· Delivery of access on Castleton Way;
· Delivery of zebra crossing and school drop off area;
· Delivery of internal carriageways and footways;
· HGV deliveries to accord with delivery management plan which is to be submitted and agreed;
· Delivery of access to Langton Grove.
Given these will remain in force, there is no requirement to reimpose these conditions on this reserved matters application.
And the following additional conditions and informative notes put forward in the motion:
Conditions:
· Scheme of ecological "on plot" enhancements to include the installation of swift and house martin nest boxes/cups and hedgehog permeable boundaries TBA
· Scheme of permeable driveways and hard surfacing across the site TBA
· Scheme of landscape and ecological mitigation and enhancement timetabling across the site TBA which shall in particular require the planting of the boundaries of the site not later than the commencement of construction
· Scheme to safeguard the existing water features across the site TBA.
Informative Notes:
· The Committee note that the Eye NDP expects a housing mix set out in Policy EYE3 which is not yet demonstrated to have been met with this Reserved Matters application for this Phase. The Committee will expect further phases of this development to demonstrate that those further phases accord with that development plan policy so that the overall mix across the Outline permitted site accords with the development plan including the requirements of EYE3 of the Neighbourhood Development Plan.
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