Minutes:
19.1 Item 7B
Application DC/22/00661
Proposal Submission of Details (Reserved matters) Application for Outline Planning Permission DC/20/01175. Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale in relation to the construction of Phase 5 / Units 7, 8, 9 & 10.
Site Location Port One Logistics Park, Blackacre Hill, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham. IP6 0RL
Applicant Curzon de Vere Ltd
19.2 Councillor Mellen resumed his place on the committee.
19.3 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the proposal before Members including the wider location of the site, the location of the reserved matters application within the context of the approved outline permission, the constraints, the proposed layout, pedestrian and cycle accessibility, the proposed elevations, proposed parking provisions, the drainage plans, the additional conditions as set out in the Tabled Papers, and the Officer recommendation for approval.
19.4 The Case Officer responded to questions from Members on issues including: the proposed landscaping, traffic management on the site, the holding objection from the Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA), parking provisions for cars within the proposed lorry service areas, electric vehicle charging points, the location of pedestrian pathways, and footpath connectivity.
19.5 The Case Officer responded to questions from the Ward Member on issues including: the drainage strategy, the lighting condition required by Place Services, and the Section 106 agreement.
19.6 Members considered the representation from the Agent.
19.7 The Agent responded to questions from Members on issues including: the location of the proposed car parking spaces, traffic management, the potential separation of car parking spaces and commercial vehicle loading bays, and business rates.
19.8 Members considered the representation of Councillor John Field who spoke as the Ward Member.
19.9 Members debated the application on issues including: potential employment opportunities, the proposed electric vehicle charging points, the landscaping strategy, a parking area management plan, and photovoltaic (PV) lighting on the site.
19.10 Councillor Caston proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the Officer recommendation along with the additional condition in the tabled papers regarding landscaping mound details and an additional condition for a parking management plan as determined by the committee.
19.11 Councillor Muller seconded the proposal.
By a unanimous vote
It was RESOLVED:
That the Reserved Matters details be APPROVED
That authority be delegated to the Chief Planning Officer to APPROVE reserved matters subject to conditions as summarised below and those as may be deemed necessary by the Chief Planning Officer:
• Approved plans
• Link back reference to outline pp commencement period
• Full planting details with contoured finished levels plan for and management plan in respect of the new planting area west of the site prior to occupation of any unit 7, 8, 9 and/or 10
• As requested by SCC Highways with such conditions being required prior to occupation and not commencement as the implementation of the identified details cannot physically precede commencement
• As requested by Waste Services
An additional condition for landscaping mound details:
· To require the submission of further landscaping mound details [within the Blakenham Estate to the west of units 7, 8, 9 and 10] prior to the mound being constructed. This is to ensure that the mound when formed is capable of sustaining long-term healthy tree and hedgerow life as a result of having a topsoil layer that is sufficiently deep and viable, free from any contamination, debris clay, chalk, or other materials likely to adversely impact long term viability of the planting and with appropriate natural drainage.
An additional condition for parking management for joint lorry and car parking areas.
And the following informatives:
• Public Rights of Way (PRoW)
• Waste Services
• Archaeology
• Ecology
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