Minutes:
64.1 Item 5
Application DC/18/03710
Proposal Full Planning Application – Erection of 7 no. dwellings, garages and access road.
Site Location GREAT FINBOROUGH – Land off Pear Tree Place, High Road, Great Finborough
Applicant SEH (Development) Ltd
64.2 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the proposal before Members, the layout of the site and the Officer Recommendation. The Case Officer also advised Members that a previous permission had been granted on the site at committee on 23 May 2018, but that the application before Members was a separate application.
64.3 The Planning Lawyer responded to a question from the Committee regarding the legality of the proposal as planning permission had already been granted on the site. The Planning Lawyer advised Members that the application before them was legally acceptable and that although another permission had been granted on the site, Members were obliged to determine the application that had been received and was subsequently before them.
64.4 The Area Planning Manager and the Case Officer responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the different considerations that were before Members on the previous application and the one that was before Members, the application and interpretation of para 79 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), the constraints on plans for building a private road.
64.5 In response to Members’ questions, the Area Planning Manager advised Members that the relationship between the subdivision of plots and affordable housing had been outlined in a Ministerial Statement and the application of affordable housing policies for 10 or more dwellings.
64.6 Members considered the representation from the Objector, Simon Ginns.
64.7 The Objector responded to Members’ questions on issues including: that a management company owns the access to the site and that of the 9 shareowners 3 had objected.
64.8 Members considered the representation from the Agent, Leslie Short.
64.9 The agent responded to Members’ questions on issues including: pre-application discussions that had taken place.
64.10 The Area Planning Manager advised Members that ultimately the application before Members was a full application and that the previously approved application was a material consideration but that the weight given to it by Members was a matter for the debate.
64.11 Members considered the representation from the Ward Member, Councillor John Matthissen.
64.12 Members debated the application on the issues including: the deliverability of the proposal, that the development did not include any affordable housing, the visually important open space, the design of the proposal, the proposed landscaping on the site and the possibility of deferring the item to look further into the landscape mitigations.
64.13 Councillor Jessica Fleming proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the Officer Recommendation with the addition that authority be delegated to Officers to secure additional landscaping along the southern boundary and condition as necessary.
64.14 Councillor Nick Gowrley seconded the motion.
64.15 by a unanimous vote
64.16 RESOLVED
(1) That the Acting Chief Planning Officer be authorised to Approve Planning Permission subject to conditions as summarised below and those as may be deemed necessary by the Acting Chief Planning Officer:
· Standard Time limit condition
· Approved plans
· Details of materials and colour finishes
· Archaeological work and monitoring
· Surface water drainage scheme to be agreed and fully implemented as approved
· Conditions as recommended by Highways
· The recommendations and mitigation measures of the ecological report to be adhered to.
· Detailed hard/soft landscaping to be submitted prior to commencement above slab level
· Implementation of landscaping scheme
(2) And the following informative notes as summarised and those as may be deemed necessary by the Acting Chief Planning Officer:
· Pro active working with NPPF standard note.
Additional Condition(s)
· That authority be delegated to Officers to secure additional landscaping along the southern boundary and condition as necessary.
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