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Wildlife Trust and allotments
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Minutes:
The Committee received an application for full planning permission for
the erection of offices and
maintenance accommodation for the Wildlife Trust, together with the provision
of allotments, associated landscape planting and ancillary development.
The Committee
noted the amendments presented in the amendment sheet and the following change
to New Condition 13 (additional wording in italic and bold).
New Condition 13
The development shall be carried out in
accordance with the allotment specification agreed under the outline permission
08/0048/OUT contained within and all
the terms and provisions required by Schedule 10, Part E of the
associated S106 Agreement dated 9 October 2009.
To ensure the development is carried out in accordance
with the agreed specification and all the terms of the S106 Agreement, and Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy
3/4.
Rhian Powell the applicant’s agent addressed the
Committee in support of the application.
The Committee made the following comments in response to the report:
i.
Expressed satisfaction that this was a good scheme
and that initial concerns had been addressed.
ii.
Expressed
disappointment that this building could have been exemplar in terms of its
energy use and carbon footprint. An opportunity had been missed.
iii.
Expressed
concerns that this would become a popular cycle route and could be hazardous as
it contained pinch points, areas of poor visibility and flowed onto a busy
road.
In response to Members’ questions the Senior Planner and the Head of Planning said the following:
i.
Parking options included
the Park and Ride site and Byron’s Pool. If on-road parking was later found to
be a problem, it could be addressed via a Traffic Regulation Order.
ii.
In addition, the area could
be referred to the Joint Transport Committee if problems arose in the future.
iii.
The site satisfied the
exceptions criteria for building on the green belt as it was needed for outdoor
recreation provision. The City Council would manage the allotment site and any
allotment outbuildings would be small and low level (small garden sheds).
iv.
The allotments would have limited parking
provision. However, there would be a drop off point on site.
v.
Explained that the location
of the parking bays for disabled had been dictated by the required turning
circle and that the access officer was satisfied with their location.
The Committee:
Resolved (by 14 votes to 1) 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 and in accordance with the new and
amended conditions set out on the amendment sheet. The wording of condition 13 was verbally amended at the meeting to read as
follows:
New Condition 13
The development shall be carried out in accordance with
the allotment specification agreed under the outline permission 08/0048/OUT and all the terms and provisions required
under Schedule 10, Part E of the associated S106 Agreement dated 9 October
2009.
Reason: To ensure the development is carried out in
accordance with the agreed specification, all the terms of the S106 Agreement, and
Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 3/4.