Agenda item

Proposal: Outline application for a residential development (7 dwellings) with all matters reserved except for access

Location: Constables Field, Belton Lane, Manthorpe, Grantham

Recommendation: To authorise the Assistant Director – Planning & Growth to GRANT planning permission, subject to conditions

Proposal: Outline application for a residential development (7 dwellings) with all matters reserved except for access

Location: Constables Field, Belton Lane, Manthorpe, Grantham

Recommendation: To authorise the Assistant Director – Planning & Growth to GRANT planning permission, subject to conditions

Prior to questions to officers and debate, the Chairman reminded the committee that only members present at the previous consideration of the application were eligible to vote on the matter. The following members were eligible to vote, Councillors Pam Byrd, Helen Crawford, Gloria Johnson, Penny Milnes, Charmaine Morgan, Sarah Trotter and Max Sawyer.

During questions to officers and debate, the following comments were made:

-       It was commended that the developer had listened to the committee’s feedback and the revised application had improved pedestrian access.

Following discussions, it was proposed, seconded, and AGREED to authorise the Assistant Director – Planning and Growth to GRANT planning permission, subject to conditions:

Time Limit for Commencement

1 The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three

years from the date of this permission or two years from the approval of the last of the reserved matters, whichever is the latter.

Reason: In order that the development is commenced in a timely manner, as set out in Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

2 Details of the reserved matters set out below shall have been submitted to the Local

Planning Authority for approval within three years from the date of this permission: i. scale

ii. appearance

iii. landscaping iv. Layout

Approval of all reserved matters shall have been obtained from the Local Planning Authority in writing before any development is commenced.

Reason: To enable the Local Planning Authority to control the development in detail and in order that the development is commenced in a timely manner, as set out in Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

Approved Plans

3 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the

following list of approved plans:

i. Site Location Plan received 15 August 2025

ii. Access as shown on Illustrative Block Plan re. MSP.2033/002 received 19 May

2026

Unless otherwise required by another condition of this permission.

Reason: To define the permission and for the avoidance of doubt.

Prior to Commencement

4 Before the development hereby permitted is commenced, plans showing the existing

and proposed land levels of the site including site sections, spot heights, contours and the finished floor levels of all buildings with reference to neighbouring properties shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and in accordance with Policy DE1 of the adopted South Kesteven Local Plan.

5 The development shall not commence until a Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (the HMMP)], prepared in accordance with the approved Biodiversity Gain Plan and including: 

a) a non-technical summary; 

(b) the roles and responsibilities of the people or organisation(s) delivering the (HMMP)

(c) the planned habitat creation and enhancement works to create or improve habitat to achieve the biodiversity net gain in accordance with the approved Biodiversity Gain Plan; 

(d) the management measures to maintain habitat in accordance with the approved Biodiversity Gain Plan for a period of 30 years from the completion of development; and

(e) the monitoring methodology and frequency in respect of the created or enhanced habitat to be submitted to the local planning authority, has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority.

The development shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure the development delivers a biodiversity net gain on site in accordance with Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (and policy EN2).

During Building Works

6 The development hereby permitted shall be undertaken in accordance with a

Construction Management Plan and Method Statement that shall first be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Plan and Statement shall indicate measures to mitigate the adverse impacts of vehicle activity and the means to manage the drainage of the site during the construction stage of the permitted development. It shall include:-

- the on-site parking of all vehicles of site operatives and visitors; 

- the on-site loading and unloading of all plant and materials; 

- the on-site storage of all plant and materials used in constructing the development; - wheel washing facilities; 

- the routes of construction traffic to and from the site including any off-site routes for the disposal of excavated material and; 

- strategy stating how surface water run off on and from the development will be managed during construction and protection measures for any sustainable drainage features. This should include drawing(s) showing how the drainage systems (temporary or permanent) connect to an outfall (temporary or permanent) during construction. 

Construction works would be carried out in accordance with the approved details.  Reason: In the interests of the safety and free passage of those using the adjacent public highway and to ensure that the permitted development is adequately drained without creating or increasing flood risk to land or property adjacent to, or downstream of, the permitted development during construction

7 No development above damp-proof course shall take place until details demonstrating how the proposed dwellings would comply with the requirements of Local Plan Policy SB1 and SD1 must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include details of how carbon dioxide emissions would be minimised through the design and construction of the building; details of water efficiency. The approved sustainable building measures shall be completed in full, in accordance with the agreed scheme, prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted.

Reason: To ensure the development mitigates and adapts climate change in accordance with Local Plan Policy SB1 and SD1

Prior to the development being occupied

8 Before any building/dwelling hereby permitted is occupied/brought into use, the

finished floor levels for that building shall have been constructed in accordance with the approved land levels details. 

Reason: In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and in accordance with Policy DE1 of the adopted South Kesteven Local Plan.

9 The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied before a 2-metre-wide footway, to connect the development to the existing footway network, has been provided in accordance with details that shall first have been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The submitted details should be broadly in accordance with Footway Provision Plan re. MSP.2033/001 received 13 April 2026. The works shall also include appropriate arrangements for the management of surface water run-off from the highway. 

Reason: To ensure the provision of safe and adequate pedestrian access to the permitted development, without increasing flood risk to the highway and adjacent land and property.

10 Prior to the occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted, 1 bird box and 1 bat box shall

have been installed for each dwelling.

Reason: To support biodiversity provision on site in line with Policy EN2 of the SKDC Local Plan.

Ongoing Conditions

11 This permission relates to a maximum of 7 dwellings on the site. Reason: To define the permission and for the avoidance of doubt.

12 Notice in writing shall be given to the Council when the Habitat Management and

Monitoring Plan (HMMP] works have started.

Reason: To ensure the development delivers a biodiversity net gain on site in accordance with Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

13 The created and/or enhanced habitat specified in the approved Habitat Management Monitoring Plan [HMMP] shall be managed and maintained in accordance with the approved [HMMP].

Reason: To ensure the development delivers a biodiversity net gain on site in accordance with Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

14 Monitoring reports shall be submitted to the local planning authority in writing in

accordance with the methodology and frequency specified in the approved (HMMP).  Reason: To ensure the development delivers a biodiversity net gain on site in accordance with Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (and policy EN2).