Agenda item

The list of planning applications to be considered at the meeting is appended.

Reports of the Head of Planning and Regeneration, setting out applications for planning permission, were submitted (items 1 to 3 in the appendix to the agenda filed with these minutes).  Additional Items reports in respect of revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework and the Government’s Planning Practice Guidance, and application P/18/2067/2, including an update regarding the content of the proposed Section 106 legal agreement, were also submitted (also filed with these minutes).

A late request to speak had been submitted by Mountsorrel Parish Council.  The Chair put the request to the Committee, which agreed that a representative of the Parish Council could speak on item P/18/1379/2.

In accordance with the decision above and the procedure for public speaking at meetings, the following objector, applicants or their representatives and representative of a parish council attended the meeting and expressed their views:

(i)         Mr L. Wiggins (agent) and Mr S. Haywood (on behalf of Mountsorrel Parish Council) in respect of application P/18/1379/2;

(ii)        Ms P. Pullan (objector) and Mr A. Hardy (agent) in respect of application P/18/1401/2;

(iii)       Ms L. Sutton and Mr R. Kent (objectors) and Ms F. Turner (on behalf of the applicant) in respect of application P/18/2067/2.

In accordance with the procedure for Borough Councillors speaking at Plans Committee meetings, the following Councillors attended the meeting and expressed their views:

(i)         Councillor Hunt in respect of application P/18/1379/2;

(ii)        Councillor Draycott in respect of application P/18/2067/2.

In respect of application P/18/1401/2 (5 Cumberland Road, Loughborough), officers stated that there was an error in the published report. It was not correct that the property of No.5 Cumberland Road would still have a comparable garden to other properties in the area after the development was completed. 

Councillor Gerrard briefly left the meeting during the consideration of application P/18/1401/2 (5 Cumberland Road, Loughborough) and as a result did not participate in the vote on the proposal to grant planning permission.

In respect of application P/18/1401/2 (5 Cumberland Road, Loughborough), Councillor Forrest requested that her abstention on the proposal to grant planning permission be recorded in the minutes.

Having made disclosures, Councillor Campsall and Councillor Snartt withdrew from the meeting during the consideration of application P/18/2067/2 (Land to the West of Aumberry Gap, Loughborough).  Councillor Campsall and Councillor Snartt also left for the remainder of the meeting.

RESOLVED

1.         that, in respect of application P/18/1379/2 (Mr M. Singh, Land adjacent Granite Way, Mountsorrel), planning permission be refused, against the recommendation of the Head of Planning and Regeneration, for the following reasons:

·           the proposed development would be an incongruous feature in the street scene, particularly in relation to its design, scale, mass and density, contrary to Policy CS2 of the Charnwood Local Plan Core Strategy and saved Policy EV/1 of the Borough of Charnwood Local Plan and the submitted plans provided no details of facilities for waste and recycling bins.;

·           the proposed development, by virtue of its height and proximity, would have a detrimental impact on the amenity of the occupiers of 1 Betty Henser’s Lane;

2.         that, in respect of application P/18/1401/2 (Mr A. Philpott, 5 Cumberland Road, Loughborough), planning permission be granted subject to the conditions, reasons and advice notes set out in the report of the Head of Planning and Regeneration and to amendments to condition 7 so that information regarding the following is also provided:

·           details of the siting, appearance and design of bird nest brick/boxes, particularly including swift boxes/bricks, to be incorporated into the development;

·           details of the siting, appearance, design and screening arrangements of refuse and recycling bin storage facilities to be provided on the site; 

3.         that, in respect of application P/18/2067/2 (Future Generation Ltd, Land to the West of Aumberry Gap, Loughborough):

(a)       authority be given to the Head of Planning and Regeneration and the Head of Strategic Support to enter into a legal agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, on terms to be finalised by them, to secure the following infrastructure improvements and management agreements:

·      Healthcare – £35,948 to increase the capacity of local health care facilities

·      Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreements (ASTs) and no car policy and management structure

·      Community Facilities – provision of ground floor accommodation at nominal rental for local community groups

·      Town Centre Parks – £5,778

·      Town Centre Public Realm (including play equipment for young people) – £49,329

·      Processing of Traffic Regulation Orders – £7,500

·      Monitoring fee for STARS (Sustainable Travel Accreditation and Recognition Scheme) – £6,000

·      Student Street Support Scheme – increase capacity of street patrol staff by contribution of £10,000 per year in perpetuity;

(b)       subject to the completion of the Section 106 legal agreement referred to in resolution 3A above, planning permission be granted subject to the conditions, reasons and advice notes set out in the report of the Head of Planning and Regeneration and to the following amendments to condition 5:

·      the hours of construction plant operation on Monday to Friday be reduced to 08.00 to 17.00;

·      the hours for collection and deliveries to the site during construction be reduced to 09.00 to 16.00 on Monday to Friday and 09.00 to 13.00 on Saturday, with no collections or deliveries on Sundays and Bank or Public Holidays.