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Apologies Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors Tunnacliffe
and Cuffley |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: No declarations of interest were made. |
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Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 19 July were approved as a correct
record and signed by the Chair. |
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16/2058/FUL - William James House, 50-55 Cowley Road PDF 982 KB Minutes: The Committee received an application for full planning permission for a new three storey office development (B1 use). The Committee received a
report from the Planning Officer. The Chairman of Coulson
Building Group addressed the Committee in support of the application. The Committee made the
following comments in response to the report: i.
It acknowledged there was
currently no Area Action Plan (AAP) in place against which this application
could be measured. ii.
Requested clarification on
current parking policy guidance. iii.
Asked why only 3 disabled
parking spaces had been provided when the proposal included over 100 parking
spaces overall. Queried why the disable spaces had been split up across the
site? iv.
Asked whether the cycle park
area was going to be covered with a shelter and what type of stands would be
used? v.
Stated that because of the
size of the building it would be better if it was set back further from the
road. vi.
Raised concern about the odour which often comes from the Anglian Water site and the
impact it may have on staff and visitors. Stated that mechanical ventilation
throughout the building would have to be installed to alleviate the issue. vii.
Queried why the report
highlighted concerns raised by the Lead Flood Authority and Anglian Water about
drainage issues with no further
information from the two parties since the later addition of pre commencement
conditions which cover the concerns. In response to Members’ questions the Planning Officer and New Neighbourhoods Development Manager said the following:
i.
There was
no AAP for this part of Cowley Road. The application therefore needed to be
considered against existing policy and independently of any potential future
plans for the area.
ii.
The amount
of parking allocated in the application complied with existing parking
standards so was considered to be acceptable.
iii.
Confirmed
that the Applicant was happy to include more disabled parking bays. The bays
were split up because 1 was designed for visitor use and the other two were for
staff use. Affirmed that more allocated bays and having controls on the
location of the spaces could be included in the conditions. iv.
There were plans to
strategically link the cycle route to the station to encourage staff and
visitors to cycle.
v.
Ample
cycle parking provision had been allocated; detailed plans of the cycle parking
area would be submitted for approval later in the project so the design and
type of stands had not yet been determined. vi.
Recognised that the odour from Anglian
Water may be an issue. Environmental Health Officers were satisfied that it
would not be a problem based on the conditions in place to alleviate the
problem. vii.
Confirmed
that communication with the sewage treatment works was ongoing but for the foreseeable
future it had no plans to move from this location. viii.
Work had
been undertaken with the developer to overcome the drainage issues. The Flood
Authority, Environment Agency and the Sustainable Drainage Officer had all been
consulted a number of times and were content with the proposals. Anglian Water
had also been consulted but had not given any further comments. Councillor Van de Weyer and Bird proposed
amendments to the officer’s recommendation regarding Condition 28 - Car Parking
Management Plan. This amendment was carried nem con. The Committee: Resolved
unanimously 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 amended condition and additional informatives as
set out below and subject to completion of a S106 agreement to secure the
transport and highways mitigation requirements as set out in the officer
report. Condition 28 - Car Parking Management Plan The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until a Car
Parking Management Plan - which sets out the allocation of parking spaces and
details for the future control & monitoring of parking within the car park
- has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority. Car
parking spaces allocated to staff at the 'William James House' development and
the development hereby approved shall be clearly marked on the ground. No
less than 5% of the total number of parking spaces shall be designated and
reserved for disabled people. The development shall be carried out
thereafter in accordance with the approved details Car Parking Management Plan. Reason: To ensure that parking management of the site was consistent
with the proposed parking strategy for the application site and the remaining
Coulson site. (Cambridge Local Plan policies 3/1, 3/7, 8/2
and 8/11). Additionally two additional informatives
were added which read; The Car Parking
Standards contained in the Cambridge Local Plan 2006 requires that at least 5%
of the total number of car parking spaces within new developments should be
reserved for disabled people. Where
possible the disabled parking spaces should be located close to the entrance to
the new office building. The cycle store
building should be designed to accommodate different formats of bicycles,
including cargo bikes, trailers, etc. (Refer condition 29). |