Minutes:
131.1 Item 8E
Application DC/21/03292
Proposal Planning Application - Erection of 85no dwellings (including 30no Affordable Housing dwellings) including vehicular access from Birch Avenue, open space provision, community facility provision, soft landscaping, biodiversity enhancements, SuDS and parking provision
Site Location BACTON – South of Birch Avenue, Bacton
Applicant Bellway Homes
131.2 A break was taken from 12:45pm until 13:19pm, after application number DC/20/04067 and before the commencement of application number DC/21/03292.
131.3 The Chief Planning Officer advised Members that the presentation contained a revised recommendation.
131.4 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the proposal before Members including: the update from Network Rail, connectivity and access routes relating to the railway crossing, the location and layout of the application, and the revised recommendation of approval.
131.5 The Chief Planning Officer provided further details of the recommendations from Network Rail.
131.6 The Chief Planning Officer and the Case Officer responded to questions from Members on issues including: whether a timetable had been agreed for completion of the mitigation works, and the options for mitigation works.
131.7 Members considered the representation from Sav Patel who spoke as the agent.
131.8 The Chief Planning Officer responded to questions from Members on issues including: who would be responsible for the details of the scheme.
131.9 The Agent and the Chief Planning Officer responded to questions from Members on issues including: confirmation that Bellway Homes would be constructing a safety gate and fence, the ownership of the land on each side of the railway, who would be responsible for the funding of the safety mitigations, the options available for the safety scheme, and whether the proposal put forward by Bellway Homes included a link to Network Rails signalling system.
131.10 The Chair read out a statement from the Ward Member, Councillor Andrew Mellen, who was unable to attend the meeting.
131.11 The Chief Planning Officer provided clarification to Members of the revised officer recommendation.
131.12 Members debated the application on issues including: whether a condition could be included to ensure protection is provided for both directions, the anticipated level of foot traffic using the railway crossing, the, and the timescales for the mitigation works to be completed.
131.13 Councillor Passmore proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the revised recommendation presented to Members.
131.14 Councillor Eburne seconded the proposal.
By a vote of 7 votes for and 1 abstention
It was RESOLVED:
That authority be delegated to the Chief Planning Officer that
[a] Subject to the prior agreement of a Section 106 Planning Obligation on appropriate terms to the satisfaction of the Chief Planning Officer as summarised below and those as may be deemed necessary by the Chief Planning Officer to secure:
· Affordable housing
· On site open space provision and specification (including LEAP), delivery and management in perpetuity
· Community centre land
· Education
· Appropriate railway crossing mitigation scheme and timetable for its delivery
and
[b] subject thereto to grant full planning permission subject to the following conditions and those as may be deemed necessary by the Chief Planning Officer:
· Time limit
· Approved plans
· Phasing
· Access layout
· Bin storage and presentation as approved plans
· Estate roads and footpaths
· Provision of footways
· Parking and turning areas as approved plans
· Cycle storage and EV charging details to be agreed
· Visibility splays
· Residents travel pack to be agreed and provided
· Sound attenuation measures
· Construction management plan
· No burning on site
· Dust control scheme
· Carry out in accordance with arboricultural report
· Delivery of landscaping
· Fire hydrants
· Sustainability and energy scheme to be agreed
· Archaeology
· Skylark mitigation
· CEMP
· Biodiversity enhancement
· Wildlife sensitive lighting
· Implementation of SuDS in accordance with details submitted
· Cycle Link to Pretyman Avenue
· Notwithstanding details received, plans for the northern landscape
· buffer to achieve 5 metres depth unless otherwise agreed shall be
· agreed by the LPA, including detailed access arrangements and
· thereafter these details shall be retained on to be agreed and its
· management
· One bungalow to achieve M4(3) building regs secured for one unit.
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