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18/0363/FUL - 393 Newmarket Road

Decision Maker: Planning

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

The Committee received an application for full planning permission.

 

The application sought approval for alteration to building and extension to provide loading bay. Reconfiguration of car park and associated landscaping. New S106 agreement to allow food retail.

 

The Committee noted the amendment sheet which updated / clarified the recommendations.

 

The Committee received a representation in objection to the application from a local resident.

 

The representation covered the following issues:

 

       i.          The transport assessment was inadequate.

     ii.          The former trader on the site, Wick’s, produced less vehicle numbers visiting the site.

   iii.          There had been insufficient consultation with the local community.

   iv.          No comparative traffic numbers from other Aldi sites had been provided.

    v.          Layout of exit from site was unsafe.

 

Alistair Close (Applicant’s Agent) addressed the Committee in support of the application.

 

The Committee expressed concerns regarding the lack of detail in the traffic assessment and suggested deferring the application and inviting a Traffic Engineer to attend a future Committee.

 

Officers confirmed that, whilst the report only contained a brief summary of the traffic assessment, intensive scrutiny of the traffic implications been undertaken by the County Council.

 

Councillor Hipkin proposed a deferment of the application until a Highways Engineer could attend.

 

This proposal was lost (by 4 votes to 4 and the Chair’s casting vote).

 

The Committee:

 

Resolved (by 5 votes to 1 and 2 abstentions) 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: Mairead O'Sullivan

Publication date: 23/04/2019

Date of decision: 06/03/2019

Decided at meeting: 06/03/2019 - Planning

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