Agenda item

KINGSTEIGNTON - 18/00942/OUT - Amberley, Broadway Road - Outline application for seven dwellings (approval sought for access and layout)

Minutes:

The Business Manager referred to the update and the recommended amendment to the Section 106 terms.

 

Public Speaker, objector – there is local and Town Council highway objections to this proposal; it these issues should be resolved prior to approval of the application; contrary to NPPF guidelines; the proposal does not provide a safe and suitable access for all users, particularly pedestrians and cyclists; and a continuous footpath is required.

 

Public speaker, supporter – this is a small development of properties, one of which he would reside in with his family so he would want safe access to all local amenities; highway improvements include increase visibility at the access; safe routes for pedestrians; and traffic calming measures along Broadway Road; these measures have been sought for years and the proposal would deliver these; and details will be finalised in the reserved matters application.

 

Comments from Members included:  access goes as far as it can to provide safe access; the road is very narrow and currently not suitable for pedestrians and cyclists; existing road not suitable for the additional vehicles; proposed highway improvements would help alleviate the highway issues; there are a good number of shops, a post office and pubs east of the site at ‘Five Lanes.’ and residents will walk the most direct route to these along Broadway Road, with no footpath; the Devon Highways report from 24 September 2018 raised concerns to the application; and at what stage would the off-site affordable housing contribution be secured from the applicant.

 

In response the Business Manager confirmed the extent of the highway improvements which met with Devon County Council Highway Engineer’s approval, and advised that she would check the Devon County Highway concerns of September 2018. The Business Manager suggested additions to the recommended conditions set out in the report circulated with the agenda as follows: the highway concerns regarding access for all in relation to Tweenaways being resolved in consultation with the Ward Members; and Financial contribution towards affordable housing of £70,596 on completion of the 5th unit.

 

It was proposed and seconded that the application be approved as set out in the report circulated with the agenda with the amendments as above.

 

Resolved

 

Subject to: (a) The highway concerns regarding access for all in relation to Tweenaways being resolved in consultation with the Ward Members; and 

(b)  The applicant entering into a Section 106 Agreement to secure:

1. Financial contribution towards affordable housing of £70,596 on completion of the 5th unit.

2. Financial contribution of £5,000 towards a Traffic Regulation Order.

 

PERMISSION BE GRANTED subject to the following conditions:

1. Submission of reserved matters (scale, appearance and landscaping) prior to commencement;

2. Reserved Matters to be submitted within 3 years;

3. Commencement within 2 years of Reserved Matters approval;

4. Development to proceed in accordance with approved plans;

5. Landscape and Ecology Management Plan (LEMP) to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority;

6. Works to the site shall proceed in accordance with recommendations of Section 5 of the Wildlife Survey Report, prepared by Butler Ecology;

7. Works to the existing building shall proceed in strict accordance with all precautions and measures described in the Bat Mitigation Method Statement, prepared by David Wills;

8. Details of a lighting scheme to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority;

9. A scheme for bat, bird and hedgehog provision to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority;

10. Hedges, shrubs and trees associated with the site boundaries shall be retained as flyways for foraging and commuting bats and for other wildlife;

11. Details of estate road, footways, footpaths, verges and associated highways details to be submitted to be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority;

12. Access road for first 10 metres from its junction shall be constructed to base course level prior to other works;

13. A site compound and car park shall be constructed / designated;

14. A Construction Management Plan (CMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority;

15. No part of the development shall be occupied/commenced, until the off-site highways works have been completed;

16. Foul drainage from the development (and no other drainage) shall be connected to the public foul or combined sewer;

17. Notwithstanding the submitted plans, details of bin collection areas to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority;

18. No part of the development hereby permitted shall be commenced until the detailed design of the proposed permanent surface water drainage management system has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The design of this permanent surface water drainage management system shall be in

accordance with the principles of sustainable drainage systems as set out in the Local and National SuDS Design Guidance;

19. No development shall commence until detailed design of the proposed temporary surface water drainage system (for the period of its construction) is approved by the Local Planning Authority;

20. No development shall commence until details of the adoption, maintenance and management arrangements for the approved surface water management scheme has been approved by the Local Planning Authority;

21. Parking provision, including garages, shall be retained for the purposes of parking only;

22. Finished floor levels of the development shall be set no lower than 5.6 metres above Ordnance Datum prior to occupation of any dwelling.

 

(15 votes for and 2 against)

 

 

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