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Note: 61 Norfolk Street (Item 11) is likely to be withdrawn from the agenda
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Apologies Minutes: No apologies were received. |
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Declarations of Interest Members are asked to declare at this stage any interests, which they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. If any member is unsure whether or not they should declare an interest on a particular matter, they are requested to seek advice from the Head of Legal Services before the meeting. Minutes: Councillor Hipkin declared a personal and prejudicial interest in application 15/1200/FUL as he has relatives who live in close proximity to the application site. He was not present for the consideration of the item. |
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Minutes Minutes of the last meeting to follow. Minutes: The minutes of the meeting of the 7th October 2015 were agreed and signed as a correct record. Members noted a briefing note confirming that public
speakers would no longer be named in minutes of the Planning Committee, Development Control
Forum or Pre-application Member Briefings. In future he minutes would be
limited to street name where the individual lived. This would not apply to those speaking in a professional capacity or
representing an organisation. |
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15/1200/FUL - Gonville Hotel, Gonville Place PDF 165 KB
Minutes: The Committee received an application for
full planning permission. The application sought approval for the refurbishment of
Gresham House to provide an additional 10 hotel bedrooms, extension to rear of
Gresham House to provide an additional 21 hotel bedrooms, (subterranean)
basement to Gresham House and provide a gym, dance studios and subterranean day
spa facilities and a plant room, front extension to Gonville
Hotel to provide a new dining area, and associated external works and
landscaping. The Committee noted the updated information in the amendment sheet. The Committee
received representations in objection to the application from residents of
Gresham Road and Gresham Place. The representations
covered the following issues: i.
Residents
whose properties front onto Gresham Road will be directly opposite the new
building. ii.
The area is a conservation area and has some listed
building. iii.
Properties are small with limited outdoor space. iv.
Main windows will face onto Gresham Road. v.
Scale and mass out of keeping with area. vi.
Would be overlooked by hotel bedrooms. vii.
Light from hotel would be intrusive. viii.
Proposal would generate more traffic in a small
street. ix.
Turning vehicles would be dangerous as this was
popular cycle route. x.
Road was a bottleneck xi.
Cycles would be in danger from cars and in turn, would
be dangerous to pedestrians. xii.
Light and noise from planned location of the plant
room would be intrusive. Mr Brown, the applicant’s agent, addressed the Committee in support of the application. 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. |
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15/1020/FUL - 141 Ditton Walk PDF 163 KB Minutes: The Committee received an application for
full planning permission. The application sought approval for the erection of 8No.
4 Bed semi-detached dwellings, 2 new 4 bedroom
detached dwellings, 3 new 3 bedroom detached dwellings and 1 new 2 bedroom
detached dwelling with associated car parking, access and landscaping
(following expiry of planning permission 11/0596/FUL). In response to Member’s questions, the Planning Officer confirmed that
the committee was being asked to delegate the final decision regarding completion
of the S106 Agreement. Members suggested that there were two play area projects
which could be identified as recipients of any S106 funding (Ditton Fields and Dudley Road). The Committee: Resolved (by 7 votes to 0 with 1 abstention) 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. |
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15/1522/FUL - Daedalus House, Station Road PDF 165 KB Minutes: The Committee received an application for
full planning permission. The application sought approval for the demolition of
Daedalus House and construction of a new 7 storey office building comprising of
9026 sqm (GEA) of office floorspace
(class B1); cycle parking spaces; associated plant; hard and soft landscaping;
a basement with 51 car parking spaces and 7 motorcycle bays; infrastructure
works. The
Officer drew Members attention to amendment sheet and highlighted the changes
to the disabled access route and cycle parking. David Whittlington, the applicant’s agent addressed the Committee in support of the
application. 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 and with additional informative as detailed in the amendment sheet. |
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15/1303/FUL - Stephen Perse Foundation Senior School PDF 207 KB Minutes: The Committee received an application for
full planning permission. The application sought approval for Erection of teaching block and sports
hall (with Multi-Use Games Area above) following demolition of administration
and corridor block on Union Road together with external works and landscaping. The
Committee noted the amendment sheet. The
Committee expressed concerns about the impact of additional traffic in the
area. It was suggested that a more robust travel plan was required The Committee delegated authority to Officer’s to draft and implement a
stronger travel plan. 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 and including the amended condition as detailed below. DELEGATED AUTHORITY given to agree
re-wording of condition no.25 (Travel Plan) which was subsequently altered to
the following: “No occupation of the
development shall commence until a Travel Plan has been submitted to and
approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Travel Plan shall
comprise immediate, continuing and long-term measures to promote arrangements
to encourage the use of public transport, cycling and walking and in particular
measures to encourage the use of alternative means of transport to the private
car by pupils, staff and visitors. The travel plan shall also include details
of a management plan to control the pick-up and drop-off of pupils from the
site and shall include staff post code data to highlight those staff who could use alternative to the private car. Details of the
cycle parking and where additional cycle parking will be located if there is
obvious demand with details of how the demand will be monitored shall also be
provided. The Travel Plan shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with
the approved document. Reason:
In order to deliver sustainable transport objectives (Cambridge Local Plan
2006, policies 8/2, 8/3 and 8/4)” |
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Change of Meeting Chair Councillor Dryden left the meeting to attend to Mayoral duties and Councillor Blencowe took the Chair. |
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15/1302/FUL - Whichcote House, Springfield Road PDF 179 KB Minutes: The Committee received an application for
full planning permission. The application sought approval for Demolition of existing building and
construction of a replacement graduate student accommodation building including
creation of new/altered pedestrian and vehicular accesses and landscaping
including works to trees. Mr Shrimplin, the applicant’s agent addressed the Committee in support of the application. The Committee: Resolved (by 6 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. |
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15/1163/FUL - 104 Wulfstan Way PDF 63 KB Minutes: The Committee received an application for
full planning permission. The
application sought approval to erect a detached two-storey 2-bedroom
dwelling on the land to the rear of 104 and 104a Wulfstan Way. The Applicant’s Partner addressed the Committee in support of the
application. The Committee: Resolved (by 5 votes to 1) to refuse the
application for planning permission in accordance with the officer
recommendation. |
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15/1000/FUL - 61 Norfolk Street PDF 77 KB Minutes: This item was withdrawn at the Applicant’s request. |
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15/1314/FUL - 40 Cambridge Place PDF 81 KB Minutes: The Committee received an application for
full planning permission. The application sought approval for a two
storey building to provide three one-bedroom flats on the ground floor and two
one-bedroom flats on the first floor. The proposal also includes cycle and bin
storage provision. The Committee received a representation in
objection to the application from a resident of Glisson Road. The representation covered the following
issues:
i.
Referred
to scheme details on the Council website.
ii.
Expressed
specific concerns regarding: a. Loss of light. b. Privacy. c. Annexation of part of her land. d. Accuracy of planning drawings. e. Boundary treatment. The Committee: Unanimously resolved (by 7 votes to 0) 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. |
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15/0926/FUL - Meadowcroft House, 16 Trumpington Road PDF 112 KB Minutes: The Committee
received an application for full planning permission. The application
sought approval for the conversion of the existing bin store into 1 new
one-bedroom studio apartment, with the replacement of the existing roof and
provision of additional parking space and cycle storage. The bin store would be
relocated to the north of the site. The Committee
received a representation in objection to the application from a Trumpington
Road resident. The representation
covered the following issues:
i.
Planning permission had previously been granted in
2004, with several conditions including provision of a bin store.
ii.
Arrangements in the current application for a bin
store etc were different to those outlined in previous planning permission.
iii.
Expressed specific concerns regarding: a.
Change of bin store location. It was now near the
amenity area. b.
Loss of view. c.
People’s safety when accessing facilities. Councillor Meftah (Trumpington Ward Councillor) addressed the Committee
about the application. The representation
covered the following issues:
i.
He had visited the site and met with residents.
ii.
Expressed specific concerns regarding: a.
The proposed flat was too close to the car park
access ramp. Residents would be disturbed and have poor amenities. b.
The bin store would make the site unattractive. c.
The new building would take away some of the public
amenity space for private use.
iii.
Please refuse the application. The Committee: Resolved (by 6 votes to 1) to reject the
officer recommendation to approve the application. Resolved (by 6 votes to 0) to refuse the application contrary to the
officer recommendations for the following reasons: 1)
The converted bin store building will be in close
proximity to the ramp serving the underground car parking to spaces under the principal
building, Meadowcroft House. The use of
the ramp would expose the occupants of the proposed dwelling to noise and
disturbance and fumes to the detriment of their residential amenity. In so doing the proposed development fails to
provide satisfactory living accommodation contrary to Policy 5/2 of the
Cambridge Local Plan 2006. 2)
The proposed new dwelling by virtue of its small
scale and associated surface level parking would relate poorly to the existing
flats at Meadowcroft House and would detract from the visual appearance of the
area contrary to Policy 3/10 of the Cambridge Local Plan 2006. |
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15/1602/FUL - 40B Green End Road PDF 73 KB Minutes: The Committee received an application for
full planning permission. The application sought approval for a mixed
use development comprising ground floor retail (use Class A1), with a non-speculative
student accommodation scheme of 26No. Bedrooms on the upper floors to be
occupied by Abbey College, along with cycle parking, following demolition of
existing buildings on site The Committee received a representation in
objection to the application from a Green End Road resident. The representation covered the following specific
concerns:
i.
Height
of building.
ii.
Ugly
design.
iii.
Loss of
light and overshadowing.
iv.
Blocking
of access to neighbour’s amenities.
v.
Parking
issues.
vi.
Bin
storage arrangements. The Committee: Unanimously resolved (by 7 votes to 0) 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. |
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15/1760/FUL - 23-25 Hills Road PDF 169 KB Minutes: The Committee
received an application for full planning permission. The application
sought approval for mixed use development comprising ground floor retail (use
Class A1), with a non-speculative student accommodation scheme of 26No. bedrooms
on the upper floors to be occupied by Abbey College, along with cycle parking,
following demolition of existing buildings on site. The Committee
received a representation in objection to the application from a Cambridge
Place resident. The representation
covered the following issues:
i.
There was no on-site service
vehicle parking spaces.
ii.
Service vehicles would regularly need to access the
site, if no spaces were available, they would be
forced to park illegally in the road and would block the narrow entrance to
Cambridge Place.
iii.
Referred to car parking standards and said the
application did not adhere to these.
iv.
Raised safety concerns: a.
There were no on-street rubbish bin collection
points. b.
A lack of outside amenity space in the proposal
would lead to students congregating on the street.
v.
The site cannot operate sustainably as it does not
meet emerging or Local Plan 2006 criteria. Mr McKeown (Applicant’s Agent) addressed the
Committee in support of the application. The Committee: Resolved (by 5 votes to 2) to reject the
officer recommendation to approve the application. Resolved (by 5 votes to 0) to refuse the application contrary to the
officer recommendations for the following reason: 1.
The development fails to make proper provision for
servicing of the proposed student accommodation units and in so doing fails to
provide for the adequate management and maintenance of the development. The
development is therefore contrary to policy 3/7 of the Cambridge Local Plan
2006. |
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Change of Meeting Chair Councillor Dryden rejoined the Committee and took the Chair. |
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15/1364/FUL - 50 Alice Bell Close PDF 70 KB Minutes: The Committee
received an application for change of use. The application
sought approval for change of use from a residential
dwelling (use class C3) to a large 7-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (Sui
Generis), incorporating single storey rear extension and internal alterations 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. |
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15/0804/FUL - 2 Barrow Road PDF 112 KB Minutes: The Committee received an application for full
planning permission. The application sought approval for a new dwelling to rear of site with access from Trumpington Road. The Committee received a representation in
objection to the application from a Trumpington Road resident. The representation covered the following
issues:
i.
Was
happy to support the principle of developing the site, but took issue with the
design of this application.
ii.
Raised
specific concerns about: a. Proximity of the development to her
property. b. Overlooking. c. Privacy. d. Lack of light. e. Noise. Mr Thompson (Applicant’s Agent) addressed the Committee in support of the application. 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. |
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15/0893/FUL - Land West of ARM 1, Peterhouse Technology Park PDF 21 KB Minutes: The Officer’s report to sought Members’ approval to change the requirement for fire hydrant provision to be secured by way of a condition rather than via the S106 agreement for ARM, Peterhouse Technology Park for the demolition of ARM2; the construction of new buildings for B1 use; two multistorey car parking structures; additional temporary car parking spaces; new cycle parking spaces; hard and soft landscaping works; new internal roads, foot and cycle paths; ancillary and associated facilities and site infrastructure. The Committee: Unanimously resolved that the fire hydrants should be secured by way of a condition attached to the planning permission as set out below, rather than through a S106 legal agreement. Condition wording: Prior to the commencement of each phase of the development a scheme for the provision of fire hydrants serving that phase shall be submitted and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved scheme shall be fully operational prior to the first occupation of that phase of development, or as agreed in writing with the local planning authority. No development shall take place otherwise than in accordance with the approved scheme. Reason: To ensure the provision of adequate water supply infrastructure to protect the safe living and working environment for all users and visitors (Cambridge Local Plan 2006 saved policies 3/7, 3/12 and 8/18). |