Agenda item

To consider applications received for the grant of planning permission – reports prepared by the Case Officer.                                                                                                       (Enclosure)

 

The anticipated order of consideration is as shown on the agenda, but this may be subject to change, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Committee.

Decision:-

 

To determine applications, or make observations, as listed below:-

 

SB1

 

Application ref:         S13/0775/EIAFP

 

Description:              Construction of Southern Quadrant Link Road (SQLR) comprising new 3km single carriageway between B1174 Spittlegate Level and A52 Somerby Hill including a new bridge spanning the East Coast Main Line and River Witham.  Works to include a new 5 arm roundabout at B1174 Spittlegate Level, improvements to the existing A52/B6403 roundabout, associated new junctions/access      roads, new cycleway/footpath at Whalebone Lane, site compound/construction and storage areas, recontouring of ground levels, formation of attenuation ponds and diversion of public right of way

 

Location:                    Grantham Southern Relief Road, Grantham

 

Decision:                   Withdrawn from the agenda, for consideration of further information.

 

(1.05pm – Councillors Stevens and Mrs Judy Smith entered the meeting).

 

(1.08pm – Councillor Bob Sandall entered the meeting).

 

JJ1

 

Application ref:         S13/0674/MJRR

 

Description:               Reserved Matters application relating to residential development and associated development, link road, estate roads, open space and landscaping (including A1 retail/B1 office development

 

Location:                    Zone 4 and zone 5, Elsea Park, Bourne

 

Decision:                   Approved, subject to no adverse observations from the Environment Agency

 

Noting comments from Bourne Town Council, no objection from National Grid, Police Crime Prevention Officer or Community Archaeologist, comments from the Health and Safety Executive, Partnership and Project Officer (Affordable Housing), Leisure Officer, Environment Agency, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, Natural England and Environmental Protection and a note of the Section 106 Heads of Terms imposed on the outline application; late information report circulated to Members before the meeting  including a note of no objection from the Highway Authority, officer comment thereon and additional conditions required by the Highway Authority, and comments made by Members at the meeting.

 

It was proposed and seconded that the application be approved, as recommendation, but with a condition imposed that any road built on the estate shall be to an adoptable standard.

 

As an amendment, it was proposed and seconded:-

 

“That no development/occupation of the houses shall take place until the developer has installed fire hydrants as identified as being required by the Fire Service, for the purposes of safety.”

 

The Solicitor expressed concern at the trigger for the installation of hydrants, ie “development or occupation”, and suggested that it would be better and easier to control if this were to be on “occupation” only.  The proposer and seconder accepted this amendment.

 

The proposer and seconder of the motion to approve the application accepted the amendment as varied above within the main proposition.

 

The Chairman drew the attention of the proposer of the motion to approve to additional condition number 10 on page 2 of the late report and suggested that this was the same as his addition.  The proposer accepted this and withdrew the addition from the proposal.

 

Discussion took place on the surfacing of the estate roads, and on a mechanism for ensuring that this was carried out, and to adoptable standards.  The Chairman suggested that paragraph 2 of proposed condition 10 could be altered to make this requirement clear, by altering it to read:-

 

“The carriageway and footway surface courses shall be completed to an adoptable standard”.

 

This was accepted, and further discussion then took place on a suitable mechanism for ensuring that there was a suitable trigger point to ensure that the roads/footways were completed at different stages of the development.  Following advice from the Development Management Service Manager in regard to a phasing scheme, the Chairman suggested a new condition 12 as follows:-

 

“A phasing programme is to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority to show how the individual roads are to be completed and surfaced.  The final road is to be surfaced within 2 months of completion of the final dwelling”.

 

Prior to a vote being taken, the Chairman clarified the various conditions and amendments to conditions, upon which Members would be voting:-

 

·         Conditions 1 to 8 on pages 40-42 of the main report;

·         Conditions 9, 10 (amended as above) and 11 on pages 2/3 of the late report;

·         New condition 12, as above, in regard to phasing; and

·         New condition (13), as above, in regard to the installation of fire hydrants.

 

The proposition was then put to the vote and agreed, and the application was approved, with authority delegated to the Development Management Service Manager in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, subject to the Environment Agency withdrawing their holding objection, subject to the summary of reasons set out by the Case Officer in the circulated report, and to the conditions and amended conditions set out above.

 

NB1

 

Application ref:         S13/1712/FULL

 

Description:              Replacement dwelling (amendments to application S13/0728)

 

Location:                    1A, Castlegate, Castle Bytham, Grantham

 

Decision:                   Deferred

 

Noting comments made during the public speaking session from:-

 

                        Councillor Mrs Y Hamblin  - Castle Bytham Parish Council

                        Mrs Sue Blunt – objecting

                        Dr Patrick Candler – objecting

                        Mrs Crawford – objecting (read statement from Mr A Crawford)

 

together with no objection from the Principal Conservation Officer, Environment Agency or Highway Authority, comments from  Lincolnshire Heritage and English Heritage, an objection from the Parish Council and a number of objections from nearby residents; late information report circulated to Members before the meeting, including (in full) observations from the Parish Council and additional letters in regard to the access, and officer comment thereon, and comments made by Members at the meeting.

 

It was proposed and seconded that the application be approved with the exclusion of proposed conditions 11 to 13.

 

Following comments from Members in regard to suggested covenants affecting the site/access, the Chairman said that these could not be considered.  The Solicitor advised that covenants were not material planning considerations,  were a private matter for a developer to resolve, and were outside the powers of the committee.

 

The Chairman commented on the proposition, and said that if the conditions were omitted, as suggested, the access could still be use.  Following discussion, the proposer withdrew the requirement to omit conditions 11-13 in his original proposition, and substituted a requirement that the only access to be used should be the existing, and that no new access shall be used.

 

The Chairman said that the proposition could not be conditioned in the manner required, and that it could only be refused, or deferred to see if the applicant would amend as suggested.  The proposer of the motion to approve then withdrew, and proposed instead that the application be deferred.  The proposition was seconded.

 

It was then proposed that the application be refused on the grounds of design, access, visual impact and impact on the Ancient Monument adjoining.  This proposition did not receive a seconder.

 

The Chairman confirmed that the deferral would be back to the Committee, not to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, and on being put to the vote the proposition was agreed.

 

NB2

 

Application ref:         S13/1713/CAC

 

Description:               Demolition of existing bungalow

 

Location:                    1A, Castlegate, Castle Bytham, Grantham

 

Decision:                   Approved

 

Noting no objection from the Principal Conservation Officer or Lincolnshire Heritage and objections from nearby residents, together with comments made by Members at the meeting.

 

It was proposed, seconded and agreed that the application be approved, subject to the summary of reasons set out by the Case Officer in the circulated report, and subject to the following condition:-

 

1. The works hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date of this consent.
   
   Note(s) to Applicant

1. You are advised that the application site falls within an area affected by Radon. You are asked to contact the Council’s Building Control section (telephone number 01476 406187) to ascertain the level of protection required and whether a geological assessment is necessary.

 

PL1

 

Application ref:         S13/1899/HSH

 

Description:               Construction of vehicle crossing over grass verge

 

Location:                    12, Masterton Road, Stamford

 

Decision:                   Approved

 

Noting no representations from consultees, and comments made by Members at the meeting.

 

It was proposed, seconded and agreed that the application be approved, subject to the summary of reasons set out by the Case Officer in the circulated report, and subject to the following conditions:-

 

1. The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

 

2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Proposed layout dated June 2013.

 

Note(s) to Applicant

1. You are advised that the application site falls within an area affected by Radon. You are asked to contact the Council’s Building Control section (telephone number 01476 406187) to ascertain the level of protection required and whether a geological assessment is necessary.

 

NB3

 

Application ref:         S13/1628/DEXT

 

Description:              Erection of a single storey rear extension 4.8m beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling house, 2.9m in height with an eave of 2.2m

 

Location:                    79, Recreation Road, Bourne

 

Decision:                   Permitted development, full planning permission not required

 

Noting comments from Heritage Lincolnshire and no responses following consultation with neighbouring residents, and comments made by Members at the meeting.

 

It was proposed, seconded and agreed that the recommendation on page 68 of the report, that planning permission was not required, be noted.