Agenda and minutes

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Noted.

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Noted.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Adamou and Hinchcliffe.

Councillor Morris was in attendance as substitute for Councillor Hinchcliffe.

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 12 below.

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To confirm and sign the minutes of the Planning Sub Committee held on 9 September 2019.

Members commented that some of the conditions raised as part of the discussion were not included in the minutes of the last meeting.  Dean Hermitage, Head of Development Management, advised that all conditions and informatives had been noted by officers and would be included in the decision notice.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the Planning Committee held on 9 September 2019 be approved.

Proposal: Application for approval of reserved matters relating to appearance, landscaping, layout, scale, access, pertaining to Buildings D3 and D4, forming Phase 2 of the Eastern Quarter, including the construction of 101 residential units and new landscaped public space pursuant to planning permission HGY/2017/3117 dated 19th April 2018.

Recommendation: GRANT

The Committee considered an application for approval of reserved matters relating to appearance, landscaping, layout, scale, access, pertaining to Buildings D3 and D4, forming Phase 2 of the Eastern Quarter, including the construction of 101 residential units and new landscaped public space pursuant to planning permission HGY/2017/3117 dated 19th April 2018.

The Planning Officer gave a presentation highlighting the key aspects of the report. 

Officers and the applicant responded to questions from the Committee:

The applicant team had worked with the Council’s Carbon Management Team, ventilation experts and noise consultants to assess the impact of the energy centre on residents and the public.  All emissions would exit the building via a flue at the roof level, and not out of the ground floor.  There was a condition which required that the noise level would not exceed 10dB of the background noise, and this would be monitored by a noise kit.  There would be some heat from the ground level – 40 degrees, at 4mph – but this would be in areas with planting so that people could not walk closely to the vents, and would not be underneath any balconies.  Around a third of the vents would emit warm air, a third would take in cold air, and a third would be doors – therefore it could be controlled where the warm air vents would be situated.

-           The plan was for the Council to take on the lease for the energy centre, and to deliver affordable energy to homes in the borough.  It was expected that 5000 new homes would be coming forward in future years, and the energy centre would be able to supply the energy for all of these.  It was envisaged that the energy centre would be supplying energy within the next 15 years.

-           There were a number of safeguards on the roof space – a 1.2m brick parapet at the edge of the roof top, with a 20cm metal balustrade.  There was also a further 1m high fence around the inner communal area.

-           There was no difference in design for the energy centre block and other blocks in the development. 

-           All units were wheelchair accessible, but there were no wheelchair adaptable homes for people to live in the D4 block.  Blocks A, B, C were to be built over underground carparks and all had wheelchair adaptable homes.

-           The Moselle walkway would be locked at night, and the development of Brook Road would encourage activity in the area.  Officers were confident that the area would not become a quiet area to attract anti-social behaviour.  There would be a onsite presence to manage the community spaces, the Moselle Walk and the courtyard. 

-           The ground floor of the block was subject to more detailed design, however due to the energy centre, majority of the frontage would be blank façade or vents. 

-           Members were reminded that the application was for reserved matters for blocks D3 and D4 and that planning permission had already  ...  view the full minutes text for item 366.

Proposal: Demolition of existing buildings and erection of two part-three part-four storey residential blocks and a row of three-storey terraced houses (total of 29 units) and provision of a pedestrian/cycle link connecting Crawley Road to Downhills Way, plus landscaping, cycle and car parking, and other associated works.

Recommendation: GRANT

The Committee considered an application for approval of the demolition of existing buildings and erection of two part-three part-four storey residential blocks and a row of three-storey terraced houses (total of 29 units) and provision of a pedestrian/cycle link connecting Crawley Road to Downhills Way, plus landscaping, cycle and car parking, and other associated works.

The Planning Officer gave a presentation highlighting the key aspects of the report. 

Officers and the applicant responded to questions from the Committee:

-           The brick colour was likely to be buff, rather than yellow, which was sympathetic to the local area.

-           The intention was to create some form of traffic calming at either end of the development.  The space would be narrowed by landscaping and a footpath, and Downhills Way would likely be calmed through public realm work.  Landscaping would also be used in front of properties to discourage parking against properties.

-           A number of environmental conditions were included on the addendum.

-           There would be 67 cycle spaces provided.

-           A contribution of £35k would be provided towards landscaping to the east of the site.

The Chair moved that the application be approved, and following a vote it was unanimously

RESOLVED that:

i)          reserved matters be approved, and the Head of Development Management, or the Assistant Director of Planning be authorised to issue the planning permission and impose conditions and informatives as set out in the Committee report, subject to the signing of a Section 106 Legal Agreement providing for the obligations set out in the Heads of Terms as set out in the Committee report.

ii)         That the section 106 legal agreement referred to in resolution (i) above is to be completed no later than 4^th November 2019 or within such extended time as the Head of Development Management or the Assistant Director of Planning shall in her/his sole discretion allow; and

(iii)    That, following completion of the agreement(s) referred to in resolution (i) within the time period provided for in resolution (ii) above, planning permission shall be granted in accordance with the Planning Application subject to the attachment of the conditions; and

(iv)    That delegated authority be granted to the Assistant Director of Planning/Head of Development Management to make any alterations, additions or deletions to the recommended heads of terms and/or recommended conditions as set out in this report and to further delegate this power provided this authority shall be exercised in consultation with the Chairman (or in their absence the Vice-Chairman) of the Sub-Committee.

(v)   That, in the absence of the agreement referred to in resolution (i) above being completed within the time period provided for in resolution (ii) above, the planning permission be refused for the following reasons:

1.         The proposed development, in the absence of a legal agreement securing the provision of on-site affordable housing, would fail to provide much needed affordable housing stock within the Borough and would set an undesirable precedent for future similar planning applications. As such, the proposal is contrary to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 367.

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.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

To advise the Planning Committee of decisions on planning applications taken under delegated powers for the period 23.6.19-23.9.19

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

To consider any items admitted at item 4 above.

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11 November 2019

11 November 2019