Agenda item

NEWTON ABBOT - 16/02693/MAJ - Land At Berry Knowles, Bovey Road - Outline application for residential development (up to 135 dwellings), access from Old Exeter Road, public open space, landscaping and associated works and infrastructure (approval sought for access).

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor Bullivant and seconded by Councillor Clarance that planning permission be granted subject to conditions outlined in the agenda report and update sheet.

 

Cllr Haines did not vote on the application as he was not able to view the whole discussion.

 

A roll call was taken.

 

For

 

Cllrs Bullivant, Clarance, Colclough, Hayes, J Hook, Jeffery, Keeling, MacGregor, Nutley, Parker, J Petherick, and Goodman-Bradbury.

 

Total: 12

 

Against

 

Cllrs Bradford, H Cox, and Patch.

 

Total: 3

 

Abstain

 

Cllrs Kerswell, Nuttall and Wrigley.

 

Total: 3

 

Resolved

 

That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions as well as applicant entering into a Section 106 Agreement to secure, as a minimum, the following matters as well as any additional material matters arising from the receipt of further consultation responses, with the final drafting to be delegated to the Business Manager Strategic Place:

 

·         Delivery of 30% affordable housing (based on the number of dwellings progressed through reserved matters) to meet local needs at a tenure split of

·         70% Rented and 30% Intermediate. 5% to be wheelchair accessible; 20% of the Affordable housing would be required to be delivered to step free (accessible/adaptable Part M4 L2) specification. Dwelling should be tenure blind and spread throughout the development

·         20% of total number of dwellings to be Custom Build

·         21,259.80 financial contribution towards the provision of an a Bat Roost

·         Financial contribution towards dormouse mitigation, including a 10% net gain

·         £5000 financial contribution towards an Application for Traffic Order to extend the 30 MPH speed limit

·         £200 per dwelling (as progressed through reserved matters) financial contribution towards Travel Packs

·         Jetty Marsh II land - To offer the land to DCC, sufficient for the road corridor and permanent infrastructure, with provision for necessary land take adjustments, broadly in accordance with Plan TBC,

·         Jetty Marsh II works - To offer to DCC both the land at nil cost or £1 and the available fill material for £600,000 to be exercised in conjunction with the above transfers and used as groundworks build up to enable the placement of the material by DCC on the alignment of the JMII link

·          Secure where relevant mitigation in the Appropriate Assessment (AA)

·         Details of formal play to be approved (including quantum, location, layout, implementation, management and maintenance);

·         Details of public open space to be approved (including quantum, location layout, implementation, management and maintenance);

 

And Subject to conditions addressing the following matters (ward members to be consulted):

 

·         Submission of reserved matters (scale, appearance, landscaping and layout) required prior to commencement;

·         Reserved matters to be submitted within 3 years (5 years for custom-build plots);

·         Development shall commence before the expiry of 2 years from the date of final reserved matters;

·         Development to be carried out in accordance with the approved plans;

·         Phasing details to be submitted (to include construction access, estate roads, landscaping);

·         Full details of surface water drainage management system and foul drainage to be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval to comply with the submitted Flood Risk Assessment;

·         Full details of surface water drainage management system during the construction period to be submitted and approved by the Local Planning Authority;

·         Full details of the adoption and maintenance arrangements for the permanent surface water drainage management system;

·         Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) Biodiversity and Construction;

·         Landscape & Ecology Management Plan (LEMP);

·         Hard surfacing to include detailed design of the footways/cycle path, drainage as well as other hard surfaces (Highways condition);

·         Site access road shall be hardened, surfaced, drained and maintained to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority prior to first occupation;

·         No development shall take place until details of the layout and construction of the access have been approved;

·         Off-Site Highway Works - The off-site highway works as shown on drawing no. 0173.109 shall be constructed and made available for use before any other part of the development commences;

·         Off-Site Highway Works - No occupation shall take place on site until the off-site highway works as shown on drawing no. 0173.121, 0173.106 have been constructed and made available for use;

·         A scheme for a strategy for pedestrian / cycle connectivity including timetable for implementation;

·         No development shall take place until the applicant has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation:

·         Submission of a detailed lighting assessment (of impacts at both construction and operational phases);

·         Provision of bird and bat boxes at a rate of 1 per dwelling;

·         Tree protection details to be submitted for approval;

·         Waste Audit Statement to be submitted for approval;

·         Full details of the hedge replacement shall be proposals to the eastern boundary shall be submitted to and approved by the LPA;

·         Design code for the custom build dwellings to be submitted for approval;

·         Design Code for entire site/parameter plan

·         Carbon Reduction Plan

·         Food Warning and Evacuation

·         Finished floor levels of habitable dwellings shall be set no lower than 6.3mAOD

·         Finished surface levels of garden and parking areas shall be set no lower than 5.85mAOD.

·         Scheme to ensure that there is no net loss of floodplain storage as a result of any necessary reprofiling works

·         Conditions to secure, where relevant, any other measures required to secure priority protected species

·         Local food to be incorporated into landscape proposals at the reserved matters stage; and,

·         Inclusion of electric vehicle charging points.

 

Minutes:

A short break was taken by the Committee before the item.

 

The Committee considered the agenda report as well as additional information provided by the Business Manager.

 

Public Speaker – Supporter: Spoke on the delivery of key infrastructure, the positive impact on the community, contributions to the local economy, the Local Plan, the inclusion of 30% affordable homes, 20% customer designed homes, and enhanced biodiversity.

 

Comments from Councillors included: The application would have easy access into town, there would be a cycle path included, the National Planning Policy Framework supports this application, the site would likely be included in the next Local Plan, the Jetty Marsh Link is positive, strong infrastructure included, little climate impact in terms of transport, this is a good deal and the infrastructure is green, is the space adequate for the number of dwellings, and concerns about building on greenfield sites.

 

In response the Planning Officer told the committee that there was adequate space for the number of dwellings.

 

It was proposed by Councillor Bullivant and seconded by Councillor Clarance that planning permission be granted subject to conditions outlined in the agenda report and update sheet and with ward member consultation.

 

A roll call was taken.

 

For

 

Cllrs Bullivant, Clarance, Colclough, Hayes, Hook, Jeffery, Keeling, MacGregor, Nutley, Parker, Petherick, and Goodman-Bradbury.

 

Total: 12

 

Against

 

Cllrs Bradford, Cox, and Patch.

 

Total: 3

 

Abstain

 

Cllrs Kerswell, Nuttall and Wrigley.

 

Total: 3

 

Resolved

 

That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

 

·         Submission of reserved matters (scale, appearance, landscaping and layout) required prior to commencement;

·         Reserved matters to be submitted within 3 years (5 years for custom-build plots);

·         Development shall commence before the expiry of 2 years from the date of final reserved matters;

·         Development to be carried out in accordance with the approved plans;

·         Phasing details to be submitted (to include construction access, estate roads, landscaping);

·         Full details of surface water drainage management system and foul drainage to be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval to comply with the submitted Flood Risk Assessment;

·         Full details of surface water drainage management system during the construction period to be submitted and approved by the Local Planning Authority;

·         Full details of the adoption and maintenance arrangements for the permanent surface water drainage management system;

·         Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) Biodiversity and Construction;

·         Landscape & Ecology Management Plan (LEMP);

·         Hard surfacing to include detailed design of the footways/cycle path, drainage as well as other hard surfaces (Highways condition);

·         Site access road shall be hardened, surfaced, drained and maintained to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority prior to first occupation;

·         No development shall take place until details of the layout and construction of the access have been approved;

·         Off-Site Highway Works - The off-site highway works as shown on drawing no. 0173.109 shall be constructed and made available for use before any other part of the development commences;

·         Off-Site Highway Works - No occupation shall take place on site until the off-site highway works as shown on drawing no. 0173.121, 0173.106 have been constructed and made available for use;

·         A scheme for interim ped / cycle connectivity

·         No development shall take place until the applicant has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation:

·         Submission of a detailed lighting assessment (of impacts at both construction and operational phases);

·         Provision of bird and bat boxes at a rate of 1 per dwelling;

·         Tree protection details to be submitted for approval;

·         Waste Audit Statement to be submitted for approval;

·         Details of formal play to be approved (including quantum, location, layout, implementation, management and maintenance);

·         Details of public open space to be approved (including quantum, location layout, implementation, management and maintenance);

·         Full details of the hedge replacement shall be proposals to the eastern boundary shall be submitted to and approved by the LPA;

·         Design code for the custom build dwellings to be submitted for approval;

·         Design Code for entire site/parameter plan

·         Carbon Reduction Plan

·         Food Warning and Evacuation

·         Finished floor levels of habitable dwellings shall be set no lower than 6.3mAOD

·         Finished surface levels of garden and parking areas shall be set no lower than 5.85mAOD.

·         Scheme to ensure that there is no net loss of floodplain storage as a result of any necessary reprofiling works

·         Conditions to secure, where relevant, any other measures required to secure priority protected species.

·         A condition requiring local food to be incorporated into landscape proposals at the reserved matters stage; and,

·         An additional item relating to the inclusion of electric vehicle charging points.

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