Agenda and minutes

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Noted.

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Noted.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Basu, Hinchcliffe, Say and Williams.

Councillors B Blake and Peacock were in attendance as substitutes for Councillors Basu and Williams.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with at item 11 below.

None.

None.

To confirm and sign the minutes of the Planning Sub Committee held on 12 November 2018 and 10 December 2018.

RESOLVED

·                That the minutes of the Planning Committee held on 12 November 2018 be approved, subject to the following amendment:

“Minute item 247 – Councillor Rice declared that he would be leaving the meeting for the consideration of agenda item 9 – HGY/2018/2351 Hale Wharf – as he was a member of the delegation which had addressed the Planning Committee in objection to the application, where the original application was refused.

·                That the minutes of the Planning Committee held on 10 December 2018 be approved.

Proposal: Demolition of the existing taxi/vehicle repair centre and erection of 29 dwellings (ten houses and 19 flats) in development up to four storeys in height, provision of 18 car parking spaces and creation of cycle/pedestrian mews and green link connecting Crawley Road with Downhills Way and Lordship Rec.

The Planning Officer and representatives for the applicant gave a short presentation on early plans for the scheme.  This was in the late pre-application stage, and a consultation was due to be carried out with the local community in the next week.  The site formed the central part of site allocation SA60, and part of the submission would include the masterplan to show that future developments in the north and south would not be compromised by this application.  Majority of the blocks were three storeys, and where the height increased to four storeys, the open end of the site was utilised to minimise the impact on surrounding residential properties.

Officers and the Applicant responded to questions from the Committee:

-           The amount of affordable housing available on the development had not yet been submitted.  Viability assessments were looking likely to produce a maximum viability of 10%, however if Block A were to be used it could be possible to increase viability to 24%.  The requirement to keep a public link through the site would have an effect on viability.

-           The development had been assessed as PTAL1, and the proposed parking provision was considered adequate.  The garages in the houses would be 6m by 3m, which would fit most cars and have some room for storage.

-           A new QRP report had been produced, and the applicant’s had addressed the previous issues raised.

The Chair thanked all for attending.

To advise of major proposals in the pipeline including those awaiting the issue of the decision notice following a committee resolution and subsequent signature of the section 106 agreement; applications submitted and awaiting determination; and proposals being discussed at the pre-application stage.

Members noted the report on major proposals.  Emma Williamson advised that the list would be revised to remove the proposals that were not likely to go ahead.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

To advise the Planning Committee of decisions on planning applications taken under delegated powers for the period 29.11.18 – 25.1.19.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

To consider any items admitted at item 4 above.

None.

11 March 2019

The Chair informed the Committee that there would be a special Planning Sub Committee meeting on 18 February 2019.