Agenda item

The Planning Officer presented the application.

 

Public Speaker, Objector - Spoke on:

·         The application constitutes overdevelopment

·         Insufficient details on native bats

·         Lack of viable masterplan for the site

·         Lack of provisions for a safe walking area into the town centre

 

Public Speaker, Supporter - Spoke on:

·         Highly praised company with a history of successful applications in the South West

·         No objections from most consultees including DCC

·         Fits in with local character

·         Compromises have been made to make the application fit

·         Improvements to be made to South Brook Lane

·         Site has been allocated to new homes

·         Scheme respects heritage assets

·         Mix of housing types

·         £1,000,000 in CIL as part of application

·         CO2 reduction through use of fabric-first approach

 

Comments from Councillors include:

·         Increased traffic risk

·         Removal of trees is problematic

·         Concerns about the 30 percent affordable housing

·         Enhanced flood risk

·         Need for additional conditions

·         No comprehensive ecological survey

·         Does not comply with several policies

·         Concerns about the impact on wildlife

·         Site may present a risk to schools

·         The site has been allocated to housing in Local Plan

·         There will be benefits from CIL money

·         No objections from wildlife officer or Natural England

·         There is no master plan for the site

·         Lack of provisions for public transport

·         Condition to fund a TRO to investigate speed limit

·         Application should have a Section 106 agreement to fund a cycle route

·         Lack of play area space

·         Concerns about using reconstituted stone

·         Reconstituted stone is beneficial for the environment

·         How are conditions guaranteed to be kept to?

·         CIL money should not be a replacement for schools and care homes

 

In response to the comments the Business Manager and the Planning Officer informed the Committee that:

·         The fabric first approach would provide a reduction in carbon

·         Details on the renewables and the charging points would be provided at a later date

·         The Wildlife Officer and Flood Authority raised no objections

·         There is sufficient play space in the application

·         Several roads lead into the town centre for cycling

·         There is sufficient green space and wildlife corridor space

·         Any change of conditions on this application would come back to committee, but the developers have agreed to these conditions

·         CIL money has been used for education in the past, such as in Kingsteignton

·         There can be a condition added that separates the vehicle charging points condition

·         There is a plan in place for carbon reduction

 

It was proposed by Councillor Haines and seconded by Councillor Parker that permission be granted, as set out in the agenda report as well as a further condition relating to electric vehicle charging points.

 

A roll call was taken.

 

For

 

Councillors Bullivant, Clarance, Colclough, Jeffery, Parker, and Haines

 

Total: 6

 

Against

 

Councillors Bradford, H Cox, J Hook, Nuttall, Nutley, and Patch

 

Total: 6

 

Abstained

 

Councillors Hayes, MacGregor, and Goodman-Bradbury

 

Total: 3

 

As a result of the 6-6 split vote, a Chair’s casting vote was used, granting planning permission for this application.

 

Resolved

 

That permission be granted subject to the following conditions.

 

A) The Applicant entering into a Section 106 Agreement to secure:

1. 30% affordable dwellings – RentPlus model – including 2 accessible and adaptable ground floor flats.

2. 5% Serviced Custom / Self Build Plots.

3. Green Infrastructure, Biodiversity Measures and Open Space including play space provision to be secured in perpetuity and including a

Management and Maintenance Plan.

4. Cycle and footpath connection to Phases 2 and 3.

5. Improvement works to Southbrook Lane PRoW including resurfacing and drainage works.

6. Welcome pack including £300 travel vouchers for each dwelling.

7. Secondary School Transport Contribution of £63,081 (index linked).

 

B) Conditions covering the following matters, the precise number and form of which to be determined by the Business Manager – Strategic Place under delegated Authority:

Three Self/Custom Build Plots (Outline Planning Permission)

1. Submission of reserved matters (scale, appearance, landscaping and layout);

2. Reserved matters to be submitted within 7 years;

3. Development of each phase shall be begun before the expiry of 2 years from the date of approval of the final reserved matters for that phase;

4. Development to be carried out in accordance with approved plans and

documents;

5. Pre-commencement submission of Construction Environmental

Management Plan (CEMP);

6. External lighting details;

7. External materials and architectural details;

8. Tree protection measures;

9. Parking provision (car and cycle);

10. Boundary treatments;

 

All of the site excluding 3 Self/Custom Build Plots (Full Planning

Permission)

11. Development shall commence within 3 years of permission;

12. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and documents;

13. Pre-commencement submission of Construction Management Plan

(CMP);

14. Pre-commencement submission of CEMP;

15. External lighting scheme;

16. Details of light screening measures as set out in the Appropriate

Assessment;

17. Full details of the bat roost building;

18. Full details of design and location of habitat piles, tree mounted bat boxes, dormouse boxes, integrated bird boxes and integrated bat boxes;

19. External materials and architectural details;

20. Full details of levels, retaining walls and underbuild;

21. Boundary treatments including details of location, design, height and materials to ensure important hedgerows are outside garden areas;

22. Soft and hard landscaping;

23. Detailed design of the footways and cycle paths, which shall be taken to the site boundaries;

24. Full details of carbon reduction measures including consideration of renewable energy technologies

24B. Inclusion of an electric vehicle charging point

25. Parking provision;

26. Residential travel plan;

27. Cycle parking / storage details and provision;

28. Compliance with bin storage / collection details;

29. Scheme of security measures – secured by design;

30. Open Space Implementation and Management Plan;

31. Full details of play equipment and play area surfaces and its relationship to the trees (including branch clearance and foundation details);

32. Arboricultural method statement including for the installation of the play equipment and the use of no dig construction for surfaces within the play area;

33. Details of the incorporation of public art into the open space;

 

All of the site Full and Outline Permission

34. Development to be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and documents;

35. Pre-commencement phasing plan (including self-build plots, each of which shall be shown as an individual phase as well as the timing of biodiversity mitigation measures);

36. Pre-commencement surface water drainage condition;

37. Access and highway details;

38. Compliance with GHB Mitigation Strategy and Landscape and Ecological

Management Plan (LEMP), all mitigation and enhancement measures to be put in place as described;

39. Full details of the northern boundary corridor as set out in the Appropriate

Assessment;

40. Full details of the western boundary corridor as set out in the Appropriate

Assessment;

41. Additional monitoring details for GHB as set out in the Appropriate

Assessment;

42. Tree protection during construction;

43. Temporary / permanent boundary treatment for the custom build plots;

44. Removal of permitted development rights for rooflights and upward extensions for buildings within 20m of designated dark areas (maximum two storey height);

45. Removal of permitted development rights for wind turbines.

46. Waste Audit Statement / Plan.