Agenda item

P19/V1728/RM - Land at Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay (Former Amey Works)

Reserved Matters application for details of the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the proposed development following planning permission P18/V0069/O. (Amended plans received 1 October 2020 and 4 December 2020 to show amendments to design, housing mix and layout, and landscaping). (Residential development of 91 dwellings and associated access)

Minutes:

Owing to telecommunication difficulties, Councillor Jenny Hannaby did not hear the whole debate and did not vote on this application.

 

Owing to telecommunication difficulties, Councillor Diana Lugova did not hear the whole debate and did not vote on this application.

 

The committee considered application P19/V1728/RM a reserved matters application for details of the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the proposed development following planning permission P18/V0069/O. (Amended plans received 1 October 2020  and 4 December 2020 to show amendments to design, housing mix and layout, and landscaping).(Residential development of 91 dwellings and associated access) on land at Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay (Former Amey Works).

 

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 the meeting.

 

The planning officer reported that the proposed development comprised 91 dwellings of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 bed units, with a mixture of flats, terraces, semi-detached and detached properties. Planning officers had worked hard together to provide safe and attractive accessible public open space for the residents. It was intended that a locally equipped area of play (LEAP) would be situated to the eastern central area, and a smaller local area of play (LAP) will be situated to the south-western corner of the site. The LAP would be 100 square metres, the minimum sized requirement. The planning officer provided the committee with a slide in connection with the management plan. Although this was not a matter covered by the planning permission, it was important to inform the committee that a private a management company would gift half of the bund area to residents to use and to manage.

 

The planning officer clarified paragraph 5.31 regarding car parking. The development would provide 223 car parking spaces, which equated to 2.5 spaces per property, representing 43 spaces above the OCC standard.

 

Mr. Ian Bush, a local resident, spoke objecting to the application.

 

Ms. Caroline Green, the agent, spoke in support of the application.

 

In response to a question, it was reported that 12 of the dwellings out of the 91 in the development would be installed with electric vehicle (EV) charging points. The committee were most supportive in principle of EV points in developments. However, it considered that 12 dwellings represented an unacceptably low proportion of all the properties.

 

In response to further questions, it was confirmed that the application did not include access to Millennium Common; a pedestrian link between the development and Millennium Common had been removed at the landowner’s request. The planning officer also confirmed that there would not be an environmental impact assessment at this site, as the development would not meet the threshold for an assessment. With reference to paragraphs 5.3.and 5.4 of the report concerning ‘movement and access’, the planning officer reported that OCC as highway authority had reviewed the proposal and raised no objections in terms of highway safety. Improving the infrastructure outside the development area would not be possible.

 

In respect of a question regarding a better market housing mix, to include a larger number of smaller units, the planning officer reported that the developer had made changes to the mix, but overall, the figures were acceptable to the council. The committee were concerned at the small size of some of the gardens.

 

A motion moved and seconded, to grant planning permission, failed on being put to the vote.

 

A motion moved and seconded, to defer determination of application P19/V1728/RM to have a site visit and to allow for further negotiations was declared carried on being put to the vote.

 

RESOLVED: that consideration of application P19/V1728/RM be deferred to facilitate a site visit and to allow for further negotiations.

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