Minutes:
116.1 Item 7B
Application DC/21/05669
Proposal Application for approval of the outstanding Reserved Matters following grant of Outline Permission DC/19/01401- Residential development of up to 115 dwellings and access, including open space and landscaping - Details for Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale required under Conditions 1 and 2 and concurrently required details of Surface Water Drainage (Condition 12); Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (Condition 15); Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy (Condition 16); Landscaping (Condition 18) and Housing Mix (Condition 22).
Site Location Land To The South Of, Fitzgerald Road, Bramford, Suffolk
Applicant Mr. C Smith
116.2 Councillor Warboys resumed his place on the committee.
116.3 Councillor Caston declared himself as the Ward Member for this item and confirmed that he would not debate or vote on the application.
116.4 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the proposal before Members including the location of the site, the access to the site, constraints to the site, the proposed landscaping, the proposed housing mix, the proposed street elevations, the proposed amenities for the site, attenuation basins, the proposed material mix, the proposed cycle path routes, and the officer recommendation for approval.
116.5 The Case Officer responded to questions from Members on issues including: the functionality of the proposed chimneys, the locations of triple parking, the maintenance of the proposed green spaces, design type 886, whether design type 886 can accommodate 300mm of floor insultation, the different types of proposed footpaths, pre-existing issues with nearby roads and footpaths, and the visibility of Pheonix House from the site.
116.6Members considered the representation from Jane Every who spoke as the Parish Clerk.
116.7 The Parish Clerk responded to questions from Members on issues including: the proposed alternative access to the north of the site and its potential impact on pre-existing issues.
116.8 Members considered the representation from Chris Smith who spoke as the Agent.
116.9 The Agent responded to questions from Members on issues including: sustainability provisions, the status of building regulation approval, electric vehicle charging, the target EPC rating, the functionality of the proposed chimneys, the allocation of proposed air source heat pumps, solar panels on affordable homes, how the proposed chimney brick slips will be adhered, whether roads will be built to an adoptable standard, and the maintenance of the proposed green spaces.
116.10 Members considered the representation from Councillor Caston who spoke as the Ward Member.
116.11 The Ward Member responded to questions from Members on issues including: pre-existing cycle paths.
116.12 Members debated the application on issues including: sustainable energy provisions, parking provisions, the 886 design type, the maintenance of green spaces, the proposed landscaping, the proposed cycle paths, the layout of the application, and the proximity of affordable homes to the proposed green space.
116.13 Councillor Guthrie proposed that the application be deferred to review the parking, design type 886, cycleways, landscaping, footpaths, and non-functioning design details.
116.14 Councillor Stringer seconded the proposal.
By a unanimous vote
It was RESOLVED:
That the application is DEFERRED for the applicant to resolve the following:
· Review and reduce triple parking and review design of parking courts
· Re-design 886
· Cycleway – review cycleway along Lorraine Way
· Tree species to be reviewed
· Review non-functioning design details
· Review footpath surfacing
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