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The Committee
received an application for full planning permission.
The application
sought approval for the demolition of the existing buildings on the site and
replacement with a residential redevelopment consisting of one two-bedroom unit,
seven one-bedroom units and six studio units. There are also landscaping,
access, car and cycle parking works proposed to accommodate this development.
The Committee
noted the amendment sheet.
The Committee received a neutral representation regarding the
application from Matthew Danish on behalf of Cambridge Cycling Campaign.
The representation covered the following issues:
i.
Do not object to the plan but feel
that is should have given greater considered Greer Cambridgeshire Partnership’s
future plans for this area.
ii.
Cyclists needed greater visibility
and changes needed to allow this would not be onerous.
iii.
The entrance route to the cycle
store was likely to be blocked by parked cars and would be hard to access.
iv.
A small dropped kerb to the Lovell
Road side of the side would solve this problem.
Colin Brown (Applicant’s Agent) addressed the Committee in support of
the application.
The Committee agreed that Matthew Danish’s
suggestions had merit and suggested that the visibility splay could be
addressed with an informative.
Further discussions with the County Council Highways department would be
needed regarding the dropped kerb.
The Chair of the Committee, Councillor Hipkin, addressed the Committee
to clarify his position regarding impartiality. He reminded those present that
his role as Chair required him to be impartial and fair when allowing members
of the Planning Committee to address the meeting. However, he was entitled and
expected to fully express his own views regarding applications under consideration.
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 plus additional informatives
and completion of the S106 agreement.
INFORMATIVE:
When
discharging conditions 27 (hard and soft landscaping) and 28 (boundary
treatment) efforts should be made to increase the visibility splay compared to
that shown on the approved drawing so as to improve visibility of cyclists on
the highway”
INFORMATIVE:
When
undertaking works to the public highway with the Highway Authority it is
recommended that the dropped kerb on Lovell Road, or a suitable replacement dropped
kerb, is provided/ retained to make it easier for cyclists to enter and leave
the application site.