Issue - meetings

This item was considered and determined at the 29 July 2021 Planning Committee.

The Committee received an application for full planning permission.

The application sought approval for demolition of existing house and garage and erection of 5-bedroom house with integral garage and new crossover with dropped kerb.

The Planning Officer referred to details on the amendment sheet highlighting the additional condition requested by the Highways Authority and the drainage condition previously recommended by Highways would be removed as no longer considered necessary.

Drawing number 6321-1 01B shows that the private water generated by the site will not fall towards the adopted public highway and thus the condition requested by the Highway Authority in its comments of 6th July is not required.

The Plan also shows a soakaway in the front garden, and the Highway Authority requests the following condition be applied in respect of the same:

A proposed soakaway to the front of the property be situated so no part of the same is within 5m of any part of the carriageway in Luard Close (this would comply with the guidance within the current building regulations).

Reason: to prevent any potential future degradation of the adopted public highway.

The Highway Authority seeks that the ‘site plan’ submitted on the 19th July does not form part of the approved documents as it contains information that will relate to the Traffic Management Plan and this has the potential to create conflict between two documents.

Councillor Porrer proposed an amendment to the Officer's recommendation that a condition be added to include an EV charging point on site.

This amendment was carried unanimously

Councillor Porrer requested that the wording to condition 20 be revised to ensure biodiversity net gain and an additional informative added to encourage the use of air source heat pumps as part of the condition regarding carbon reduction.

These 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’s report, subject to:

      i.          the planning conditions set out in the Officer’s report and amendment sheet;

     ii.          delegated authority to officers, in consultation with the Chair, Vice Chair and Spokes, to draft and include revised condition 20 and additional conditional for the EV charging point.

   iii.          Informative (with delegated authority for officers to draft this in consultation with the Chair, Vice Chair and Spokes) to be included on the planning permission for the use of air source heat pumps.