Agenda item

Residential development comprising the erection of 61 dwellings on land west of Hyde Copse, including associated amenity space, access, parking and ancillary development

The officer presented the report and addendum on application P15/V0612/FUL for residential development comprising 61 dwellings on land west of Hyde Copse, including associated amenity space, access, parking and ancillary development, on land west of Hyde Copse, Marcham.  Consultations, representations, policy and guidance and the site’s planning history were detailed in the officer’s report which formed part of the agenda pack for this meeting. 

Ruth Mander, a representative of Marcham Parish Council, spoke objecting to the application, raising concerns about:

·         The cumulative effect of this and other developments on the village

·         The parking and access problems in Longfields

·         The need to re-design the access to the site

·         There should be a better housing mix, including more bungalows

·         More school capacity was needed

·         The amenity space should be more central

·         The development was of poor design

James Yeoman, the applicant’s agent, made a statement in support of the application:

·         This was a sustainable development

·         The applicant would talk to the parish council about a footpath and cycle link

·         The county council had not objected to the road access to the site

·         There would be a construction traffic management plan

·         The site layout had been improved

·         The applicant had agreed to the financial contributions

Councillor Catherine Webber, the local ward councillor, spoke about the application:

·         The financial contribution towards the village hall improvements was welcomed

·         Bungalows were needed in the village

·         The site layout could be improved; there needed to be a central green

·         The access to the site was wrong; it should be through Hyde Copse

·         Charging points for residents’ electric cars were welcomed

The committee considered the application, with advice from officers where appropriate; the discussion covered the following points:

·         Agreement on the footpath was welcomed

·         Social housing had been spread throughout the site

·         Access was not ideal but there was no county highways objection

RESOLVED: (9 votes for; none against; and 1 abstention)

To authorise the head of planning, following consultation with the committee’s chairman and vice-chairman, to grant planning permission on application P15/V0612/FUL subject to:

(a)          a section 106 agreement being entered into to secure contributions towards local infrastructure, to secure affordable housing, and a path suitable for pedestrian and cyclist use; and

(b)          the following conditions:

1.     Time limit for commencement – 12 Months.

2.     Approved Plans.

3.     Materials (including on site panel) to be submitted for approval.

4.     Access details to be submitted for approval.

5.     Car parking in accordance with approved plans.

6.     Carriageways to be provided prior to first occupation of each dwelling to which it relates.

7.     Construction traffic management plan.

8.     Travel plan statement to be submitted for approval.

9.     Travel Information Pack to be submitted for approval.

10.  Scheme of archaeological investigation.

11.  Programme of archaeological evaluation and mitigation.

12.  Development shall not commence until a foul water drainage strategy detailing any on and/or off site drainage works, has been submitted to and approved by, the local planning authority in consultation with the sewerage undertaker.  No discharge of foul or surface water from the site shall be accepted into the public system until the drainage works referred to in the strategy have been completed.

13.  Prior to the commencement of the development, a fully detailed sustainable surface water drainage scheme of the development, including the management and maintenance plan of the scheme for the lifetime of the development, shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be developed in accordance with the submitted Flood Risk Assessment 15/0202/4921 revA dated 24 April 2015 prepared by MJA Consulting.

14.  No dwelling hereby approved shall be occupied until the approved foul and surface water drainage schemes have been fully implemented.

15.  Tree protection details to be agreed.

16.  Open space management plan.

17.  Hard and soft landscape scheme to be submitted for approval.

18.  Landscape maintenance for five years.

19.  Boundary details to be agreed.

20.  External charging points for electric vehicles to be installed in each dwelling.

21.  Garage accommodation restriction.

22.  Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, including anydemolition, and any works of site clearance, a method statement for biodiversity enhancements shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the LocalPlanning Authority. Thereafter, the biodiversity enhancement measures shall be carried out and retained in accordance with the approved details.