Agenda item

Variation of conditions 2 (Approved Plans) on planning application P17/V1225/RM and removal of condition 14 (Age Restriction) on planning application P15/V2077/O (as amended by plans and additional documentation received 16 December 2022, 10 January 2023, 19 January 2023, 27 January 2023 and 31 January 2023), (description corrected and clarified in agreement with agent on 16 February 2023), (erection of 22 dwellings together with replacement garage for 10 Halls Close).

The committee considered planning application P22/V2546/S73 for the variation of conditions 2 (approved plans) on planning application P17/V1225/RM and removal of condition 14 (Age Restriction) on planning application P15/V2077/O (as amended by plans and additional documentation received 16 December 2022, 10 January 2023, 19 January 2023, 27 January 2023 and 31 January 2023), (description corrected and clarified in agreement with agent on 16 February 2023), (erection of 22 dwellings together with replacement garage for 10 Halls Close), on land South of Halls Close, Drayton.  

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 introduced the report and highlighted that the application was brought to the committee due to the objection of Drayton Parish Council. The planning officer informed the committee that proposed variations were outlined in point 1.3 of the officer’s report and that the application also sought to remove an age restriction condition on 11 dwellings on the site.

The planning officer then presented the proposed road layout to the committee and noted it remained essentially the same and that the highway authority had no objection to the alterations. Other key changes to the dwellings were also presented to the committee and they included alteration or removal to some side glazing, reduction of door width, and the removal of detailing on a side elevation. Overall, the planning officer confirmed to members that the changes to the approved design were considered acceptable.

On the removal of age restriction to the 11 dwellings to the east of the site, the planning officer confirmed that this was considered acceptable as it followed the decision of the planning inspectorate to an appeal in 2019.

Officers had raised concerns however, about the material of the bricks used on some of the dwellings not closely matching the materials used in the rest of the village. The three dwellings where this brick is used was, on balance, considered acceptable but the planning officer informed the committee that the developer agreed to look at using different bricks for the remaining plots, something that could be secured by condition.  

Overall, as the principle of development was established through the previous applications consent, that the proposed variations and removal of age restriction were considered acceptable, and that there were no objections from the technical consultees, the planning officer recommended that the application be approved, subject to conditions.

Roger Smith, the agent representing the applicant, and Glyn Mutton spoke in support of the application. 

Councillor Andy Cooke, a local ward councillor, spoke objecting to the application. 

The committee asked about the age restriction and why it was first introduced, and the planning officer believed it was due to the business model of the developer at the time, but that this was no longer their position. He also confirmed that the highway authority had no objection to the proposal without the age restriction. 

On the type of bricks used for the dwellings, members asked the planning officer about what type of bricks would be considered acceptable and he responded that the developer would put several examples forward and those which would be most appropriate for the location would be approved for use.

Members discussed the inspectorate decision and the planning officers report and overall, as the committee believed that there were no material planning reasons for refusal, the committee agreed that the application was acceptable, subject to the proposed conditions.

A motion, moved and seconded, to approve the application was carried on being put to the vote. 

RESOLVED: to approve planning application P22/V2546/S73, subject to the following conditions:

Standard:

1. Time limit – variation of condition

2. Approved Plans

Pre-commencement:

3. Vehicular access and visibility to be implemented as approved

4. External lighting details to be submitted prior to commencement of development above slab level

5. Wall material details to be submitted prior to commencement of development above slab level

Pre-occupation:

6. Implementation of approved surface water drainage scheme

7. Implementation of approved foul water drainage scheme

8. Implementation of approved boundary details

9. Implementation of approved landscape scheme

Compliance:

10.Implementation of approved tree protection measures

11.Implementation of approved Construction Traffic Management Plan

12.Implementation of approved Travel Plan

13.Implementation of ecological scheme of mitigation, compensation and enhancement

14.Materials in accordance with submitted details