Minutes:
104.1 Item 1
Application DC/18/00233
Proposal Outline Application (With access and all other matters reserved) – Residential development of up to 195 homes including affordable homes with areas of landscaping and public open space, new access from Loraine Way and pedestrian and cycle links (Revised application)
Site Location BRAMFORD – Land East of The Street and Loraine Way, Bramford, Ipswich, IP8 4NS
Applicant CEMEX Operations UK Ltd
104.2 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the proposal before Members, the layout of the site, other applications that were currently being considered in the area ,the contents of the tabled papers, and the officer recommendation of approval.
104.3 The Case Officer responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the proposed distance from the dwellings to the existing electricity pylons, that there were no formal material considerations regarding electricity pylons and health concerns, that there was an error in the recommendation and that it should omit the condition regarding space standards, and that the siting of the emergency access was near the high pressure gas main.
104.4 The Case Officer responded to further questions from Members’ on issues including: the pedestrian and cycling connectivity between the proposal and the adjacent site of Willowbrook (Hopkins Homes), and the impact to residential amenity that the existing golf driving range would have on the new dwellings.
104.5 Members considered the representation from Rhona Jermyn (Sproughton Working Group), who spoke as an objector.
104.6 The Objector responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the cumulative impact of the proposed and approved developments within the Gipping Valley including the recently approved SnOasis development.
104.7 Members considered the representation from Paul Foster, who spoke as the Agent on behalf of the Applicant.
104.8 The Agent responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the national standard for room sizes and the number of properties shown on the indicative plan.
104.9 Members considered the representation from Councillor John Field, Ward Member.
104.10 The Ward Member responded to Members’ questions on issues including: that the village had seen a considerable increase in size of 612 dwellings equating to a 60% increase in the size of the village, and that the adjacent development known as Willowbrook had 3 storey development on the site.
104.11 Members debated the application on the issues including: the cumulative impact of the development on the Gipping Valley, the layout of the site, the current state of Mid Suffolk District Council’s five year housing land supply, the proposed three storey developments on site, the current use of the site, and the density of the site.
104.12 Councillor Roy Barker proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the tabled papers as follows:
Members resolve to grant as Recommendation p26-27 late papers, not including first bullet point on p27 in respect of space standards. And then conditions; p221-223.
· With additional condition for 2 storey dwellings only.
· Note about the national space standards requirement
· Note in respect of special consideration to Gipping SLA
104.13 Councillor Jessica Fleming seconded the motion.
104.14 By 6 votes to 0, with 1 abstention.
104.15 RESOLVED
That, subject to a satisfactory illustrative masterplan to address archaeology and affordable housing mix and subsequent scale of development, authority be delegated to the Acting Chief Planning Officer to APPROVE OUTLINE CONSENT
(1) Subject to the prior agreement of a Section 106 Planning Obligation on appropriate terms to the satisfaction of the Acting Chief Planning Officer to secure: -
- Affordable Housing – not less than 69 units of both affordable rented and shared ownership. Precise housing mix to be agreed and the following provisions:
- The council is granted 100% nomination rights to all the affordable units on first lets and 75% on subsequent lets.
- The affordable units will be built out in phases across the development in locations to be agreed at Reserved Matters stage if the outline application is approved.
o Shared Ownership units have a maximum initial share purchase threshold of 70%
- Affordable housing units must be transferred freehold to an approved RP. o Where there are more than 15 affordable units, they should not be located in clusters of more than 15 units.
- Adequate parking provision is made for the affordable housing units
- Site for a pre-school facility and contribution of £297,500 for build cost of this
- Open space and play space provision and management
- Highway improvements in Bramford and Sproughton (total of £184,610)
- A1071/B1113 Beagle Roundabout – junction improvements to widen approach lanes to roundabout
- New zebra crossing on B1113 to the north of Wild Man Public House - B1113/Burstall Lane – reduce kerb radii and install uncontrolled pedestrian crossing
- New cycle link between Sproughton and Bramford – cycle link on Loraine Way/footway improvements
[Should other developments contributing to the above works not come forward, the money secured from this application will be used for either part of the improvements to the Beagle Roundabout or put towards delivering the new cycle link between Sproughton and Bramford.]
- Travel plan
- Public Rights of Way improvements (£21,750) to upgrade, resurface and widen approximately 340m of footpath FP11 in Bramford
- Recreational Disturbance Avoidance Strategy contribution of £200 per dwelling
(2) That the Acting Chief Planning Officer be authorised to APPROVE Planning Permission upon completion of the legal agreement subject to conditions as summarised below and those as may be deemed necessary by the Acting Chief Planning Officer:
- Reduced outline time limit
- Approved Plans (Plans submitted that form this application)
- Phasing Condition (To allow phasing of the development and allows spreading of payments under CIL).
- Highways conditions including provision of visibility splays, details of works required to provide access, details of roads and footpaths, construction of roads and footways to binder course level prior to occupation, provision of emergency access and pedestrian and cycle access prior to first use, a construction traffic management plan, surface water disposal from highways, details of parking and turning areas, refuse and recycling bin details.
- Pedestrian and cycle links on site to south
- Phasing and delivery of landscape infrastructure and advance planting
- SuDS details
- Landscape Management Plan for a minimum of 10 years, new and existing planting and SuDs features
- Detailed soft landscaping plan
- Detailed boundary treatment plan
- Detailed hard landscape plan
- Construction Environmental Management Plan (protecting ecology)
- Landscape and Ecological Management Plan
- Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy
- Wildlife sensitive lighting design scheme
- Fire hydrants
- Drainage strategy (Anglian Water)
- Provision of ducting to properties for adequate Broadband connections
- Quantifying minerals extracted from the site
- Written Scheme of Investigation for archaeology
- Site investigation and post investigation assessment for archaeology
- Hours of construction limited to 8am-6pm Mon to Fri, 8am-1pm Sat and no work on Sundays or Bank Holidays
- Contamination
- Sustainability and renewable energy
- Surface water drainage scheme
- Implementation, maintenance and management of surface water drainage scheme
- Details of SuDS on LLFA Flood Risk Asset Register
- Construction Surface Water Management Plan
(3) And the following informative notes as summarised and those as may be deemed necessary by the Acting Chief Planning Officer:
- Pro active working statement
- Highways
- Anglian Water assets
- Notification of intention to connect to the public sewer under S106 of the Water Industry Act Approval and consent will be required by Anglian Water, under the Water Industry Act 1991
- Works under power lines
- Works adjacent to gas compound
- Any works to a watercourse may require consent under section 23 of the Land Drainage Act 1991
- Any discharge to a watercourse or groundwater needs to comply with the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003
- Any discharge of surface water to a watercourse that drains into an Internal Drainage Board catchment may be is subject to payment of a surface water developer contribution
- Any works to lay new surface water drainage pipes underneath the public highway will need a section 50 license under the New Roads and Street Works Act
- Archaeology: The submitted scheme of archaeological investigation shall be in accordance with a brief procured beforehand by the developer from Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Conservation Team.
(4) That in the event of the illustrative layout to accommodate the required affordable housing mix and archaeological issues not being resolved to the satisfaction of the Acting Chief Planning Officer or the Planning obligations referred to in Resolution (1) above not being secured, that the Acting Chief Planning Officer be authorised to refuse the application on appropriate grounds.”
Additional Conditions:
2 storey dwellings only
Informative notes:
Note regarding national space standards requirement
Note in respect of special consideration to Gipping SLA
Supporting documents: