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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors Dryden, Tucker and Shelton. Councillors Bygott and Tunnacliffe were present as alternates. Apologies were also received from Penny Jewkes (Legal Advisor). |
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Declarations of Interest Members are asked to declare at this stage any interests that they may have in an item shown on this agenda. If any member of the Committee is unsure whether or not they should declare an interest on a particular matter, they should seek advice from the Head of Legal Services before the meeting. Minutes:
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Minutes Minutes to follow. Minutes: The Committee agreed to defer reviewing the minutes of the 22 February 2014 JDCC until 16 April 2014. |
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13/1827/REM - Lot 3 North West Cambridge PDF 453 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee noted the following amendment
presented in the amendment sheet: A further plan has
been received which enables an amendment to condition 7 as follows: The allocation of
visitor and permit holder’s car parking spaces along the access lane shall be
carried out in accordance with drawing NWC1-MOL-01-ZZZ-GF-DRG-AR-00065 PA01. REASON: To ensure
that there are adequate parking spaces available for the uses proposed and in
the interests of vitality and viability of the local centre (NWCAAP policies
NW19 and NW21). An additional
informative should be added to define the works included as ‘enabling works’. ‘For clarity,
piling (instalment of pile caps and ground beams) will be included under the
term ‘enabling works’ as described within the relevant conditions that are part
of this Reserved Matters Permission. This is because
piling works in the instance of Lot 3, will not prejudice the discharge of
conditions worded as ‘prior to the commencement, except for enabling works.’ An amendment to
the wording within condition 2 (ii & iii), from parking courtyards to
residential courtyards for consistency with the application submission
documents. Ms Topel (Applicant’s Representative)
addressed the Committee in support of the application. The Committee made the following comments in
response to the report.
i.
Welcomed the design of the application.
ii.
Sought clarity over statements in the report about the site in relation
to the administrative boundary.
iii.
Key worker housing does not meet the usual requirements in terms of
clustering, but was acceptable due to special circumstances for the site.
iv.
Letter boxes and door bells needed to be accessible from the street.
v.
Expressed concern that people may park their cars in unsafe areas eg
pavements if there was inadequate (on street etc) provision of spaces. Suggest
carrots (incentives), not just sticks (ie lack of provision/enforcement) were
required to encourage people to switch from private cars to public transport,
walking or cycling to/from the site.
vi.
Expressed concern that the height of the building may create a wind
tunnel. In response to Members’ questions the New
Neighbourhoods Development Manager, Principal Planner, Senior Sustainability
Officer and Senior Planning Officer said the following: i.
The University’s site was spread
over an area within both City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council
boundaries. This particular site was within Cambridge City boundary. ii.
Undertook
to clarify in future planning reports/maps where municipal boundaries lay, to
show if an application was within a particular council’s boundaries. iii.
Referred
to conditions controlling car parking set out in the Officer’s report. Estate
management would monitor where people parked their cars, and were responsible
for taking enforcement action when cars were parked outside designated parking
areas. iv.
The site
was supported through the City Council and University Key Workers Car parking
Strategies, plus the University’s Travel Plan. The site could be accessed by
private car plus cycle and public transport links. Various amenities and travel
plan measures (eg the car club) would be available in phase 1 of the
development to encourage people away from car usage. The number of car parking
spaces applied for, and use of car club would be monitored for future phases. v.
All
residential units were expected to reach code level 5 and have adequate levels
of sunlight. Cambridgeshire Quality Panel comments on P63 & 64 of the
Officer’s report referred to the lowest performing units. vi.
A small
number of apartments don’t achieve maximum code for sustainable homes day-lighting credits. In doing this those units still
obtain code level 5, with 157 of the units achieving the maximum 3 day-lighting
credits. vii.
The design
aimed to balance attractiveness with features such as recessed windows to
minimise overheating. Windows would be chamfered to stop birds roosting in
them. viii.
There was
no policy reason for JDCC to recommend a condition requiring external mail
boxes and door bells, therefore an informative had been suggested by officers. ix.
The
different heights of buildings should not create a wind tunnel. x.
Shared key
worker housing were duplex units split over two floors for communal living by
four individuals. xi.
The term
“Faith Worker” was defined in the s106 agreement. On-site Faith Workers would
be located near to ‘customers’ and housed according to their needs ie as a
single person or family group. xii.
The Key
Worker Strategy and University Housing Needs Study provided the evidence base
for housing need. The documents informed decisions for the site and were
available for inspection upon request. The Committee: Resolved
(unanimously) to grant the
reserved matters 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 with an additional
informative as set out below: The mailboxes shown on drawing D-A-G100-RMA-P1
shall be laid out in accordance with the drawing. Any changes to these proposals will be
discussed with officers first and should there be any changes to this, then the
University should be clear on the means by which residents can obtain
information and external parties can deliver information about community events
or matters that may be of interest to residents in order to ensure that
residents are part of the community and the wider area. The Joint Development Control Committee
expressed a keen desire for the letterboxes to be externally accessible for the
above reasons and a dialogue will be maintained between the applicant and the
local authority relating to this matter through the established steering group
meetings. |
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13/1828/REM - Lot 7 North West Cambridge PDF 506 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee noted the following amendment
presented in the amendment sheet. An additional
informative should be added to define the works included as ‘enabling works’. ‘For clarity, piling
(instalment of pile caps and ground beams) will be included under the term
‘enabling works’ as described within the relevant conditions that are part of
this Reserved Matters Permission. This is because
piling works in the instance of Lot 3, will not prejudice the discharge of
conditions worded as ‘prior to the commencement, except for enabling works. Ms Topel (Applicant’s Representative)
addressed the Committee in support of the application. In response to the report the Committee
commented the tower would be a landmark building and so needed to be
attractive. In response to Members’ questions the Urban
Design & Conservation Manager and Senior Planning Officer said the
following: i.
The eastern
elevation tower CGI was not the best drawing to show the building’s features. ii.
Conditions
were in place to control materials. High quality materials were required for
the design. iii.
Car
parking provision should be sufficient on site. There would be a local car
parking pool that could be used at different times by different facilities (eg
shops and community centres) as they would be open at different times. iv.
319 car parking spaces across all
the local centre uses is deemed appropriate through the North West Cambridge
Area Action Plan (NWCAAP) standards, this was reduced to 304 when it was felt
appropriate that the number of spaces could be rationalised by sharing them
between different local centres. v.
There is no separation between
visitor and staff spaces in the NWCAAP standards. vi.
Car parking provision was based on
expected ‘normal’ not ‘exceptional’ use. Officers were looking to see if
primary school parking could be used out of hours for exceptional events. vii.
Good public transport links should
help mitigate car parking issues. viii.
Community centres were intended
for multi-use through their general design. Faith Workers etc could then use
the buildings when they required. ix.
The community square was a mixed
use area for pedestrians and cyclists. It included raised areas for socialising
on the outer edges away from the shared surface. x.
The ridgeway provided a cycle
route from Storey’s Way through Market Square and towards Girton. Trees and
street furniture near the community square were deliberately positioned to
highlight to cyclists that they were approaching a shared area and encourage
slower speeds before entering the mixed use community square. This design had
been used on the continent and evidenced showed it worked i.e. was safe for all
users. xi.
Lot 7 buildings included parapets
to mask photovoltaic panels and other ‘plant’ features. xii.
Public art was not included in Lot
7, but would be available on the wider site (eg part of market square within
Lot 2). The Public Art Strategy was running in parallel with the overall site
development. Public art details would be submitted to JDCC. xiii.
All local centres’ car parking
needs were reviewed in-line with car parking standards. Officers reviewed which
facilities could share spaces and expected visitor types eg emergency services
and shoppers. Officers were confident there was adequate car parking provision
in-line with parking standards. xiv.
Paragraph 8.66 (agenda P86) may unintentionally
confuse bird names. However, the Ecology Officer was happy birds referred to in
the report would be attracted to the locations indicated. The Committee: Resolved
(unanimously) to grant the
reserved matters 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. |