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Decision Maker: Joint Development Control Committee - Cambridge Fringes
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Councillor Blencowe assumed the Chair for this
item.
The Committee received
a reserved matters application (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and
scale) pursuant to outline planning permission 07/0620/OUT for the development
of 165 residential dwellings, plus associated open space, infrastructure and
car parking
The Principal Planner referred to report paragraph
8.28: The s106 agreement contains a cascade mechanism to allow the approved
affordable housing provider (BPHA) to seek a variation to the split based on
appropriate evidence and financial appraisals explaining the need for the
variation. Officers had not yet been able to complete this process due to
holidays. It was expected to be W/C 23 February 2015.
The Committee made
the following comments in response to the report.
i.
Complimented the design.
ii.
Storage was required for different
sized/shape bikes.
In response to
Members’ questions the Principal Planner said the following:
i.
This development would deliver the
affordable housing as 60% social rented and 40% intermediate.
Figures could not go below those submitted, which were based on previous
discussions.
ii.
The drag distance for southern
courtyard waste bins should not be a problem for refuse crews.
iii.
The
Ecology Officer raised no objections to the Clay Farm Parcels 6 & 7
development, in particular regarding the impact on bats or hedgehogs.
iv.
Information
regarding sunlight and daylight suggested there should be no negative impact
where two storey buildings were surrounded by higher
ones. The street scene would also be improved by different building types and
heights.
v.
The
housing mix for the Reserved Matters Site was set out on P60 of the agenda
pack.
In response to
Members’ questions the Development Officer (Growth) said the following:
i.
The s106 agreement had been
agreed in the outline permission, which included affordable housing figures.
ii.
Financial viability
information is required from housing providers. BPHA experienced a change in
circumstances in 2011 due to HCA changes to national funding for affordable
housing. BPHA resubmitted financial information reflecting the change in
circumstances.
The Legal Advisor
stated the s106 process had to be followed. If the Council is satisfied with
the information submitted, it has no discretion to renegotiate the agreement.
The cascade set out in the s106 agreement set parameters for the split of
affordable housing in case the original figures were not deliverable. JDCC
asked for final cascade figures to be reported back to committee in future. The
Development Officer undertook
to do so.
The Committee:
Resolved (by 8 votes to 0 with 0 abstentions – SCDC
Councillors did not vote) to grant the application for planning permission
in accordance with the officer recommendation, for the reasons set out in the
officer report, and subject to the conditions recommended by the officers.
Report author: Mike Ovenden
Publication date: 30/03/2015
Date of decision: 18/02/2015
Decided at meeting: 18/02/2015 - Joint Development Control Committee - Cambridge Fringes
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