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Decision Maker: Planning
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The Committee
received an application for full planning permission.
The application sought approval for the erection of 3 no. retail units (2 x use class A1 and 1 x use class A5), 1no.
Community Centre (use class D1) and provision of 14 no. dwellings (8 flats and
6 maisonettes) following demolition of existing commercial units and flats).
Mr Longstaff (Applicant’s Agent) addressed the
Committee in support of the application.
Councillor Thornburrow proposed amendments to the Officer’s
recommendation to include:
i.
Condition 50 to be amended
to include “Installation” (not just sign-off) of electric vehicle charge
points.
ii.
Amend wording of condition
24 requiring the development a scheme for ecological enhancement after any
demolition work but before the first occupation on-site.
The amendments were carried
unanimously.
The Committee:
Unanimously resolved 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 plus amended conditions and delegated powers for
officers to amend wording.
Condition 24 should now read as follows:
24. Prior to the commencement of development
above ground, with the exception of demolition, a scheme for ecological
enhancement including native planting, measures to allow dispersal of hedgehogs
and in-built features for nesting birds and roosting bats shall be submitted to
and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The measures shall be
implemented in accordance with the agreed scheme.
Reason: To improve the bio-diversity
contribution of the site (Cambridge Local Plan 2018 policy 69).
Condition 50
should now read as follows:
50. Prior to the installation of any electrical
services, an electric vehicle charge point scheme shall be submitted to and
approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The charging points shall
be installed in accordance with the approved details and retained thereafter.
Reason:
In the interests of encouraging more sustainable modes and forms of
transport and to reduce the impact of development on local air quality, in
accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF, 2019) paragraphs
105, 110, 170 and 181, Policy 36 of the Cambridge Local Plan (2018) Cambridge
City Council’s adopted Air Quality Action Plan (2018).
Report author: Ganesh Gnanamoorthy
Publication date: 23/08/2019
Date of decision: 03/07/2019
Decided at meeting: 03/07/2019 - Planning
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