Agenda item

7.1

RESOLVED: That (a) the applications now submitted for permission to develop land under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Regulations made thereunder and for consent under the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1989, be decided, granted or refused as stated in the report to this Committee for this date and as amended in the minutes of this meeting, and the requisite notices issued; the granting of any permission or consent shall not constitute approval, permission or consent by this Committee or the Council for any other purpose;

(b) having heard representations at the meeting from (i) a resident and a local Ward Councillor speaking against the proposed scheme and (ii) the applicant’s representative speaking in support of the proposed scheme, an application for planning permission for the development of a 20MW gas powered generator facility, for the provision of standby energy generation on land adjacent to 24 Orgreave Place (17/01901/FUL) be granted, conditionally; and

(c) having (i) noted that the row of mature sycamore trees on the northern site boundary fronting onto Spring Lane would be subject to an application for a Tree Preservation Order, as detailed in a supplementary report circulated at the meeting and (ii) heard representations at the meeting from the applicant’s representative speaking in support of the proposed scheme, an application for planning permission for the erection of 96 dwellings with associated landscaping and access works on the playing field between Cradock Road, City Road and Park Grange Road (Case No. 16/04516/FUL) be granted, conditionally, subject to (A) (I) Condition 26 being deleted, (II) Condition 25 being amended to specify the areas to be subject to bound surfaces and requiring the agreed surface material to be retained and (III) an additional condition in respect of a hard and soft landscape scheme for the site, all as detailed in the aforementioned supplementary report and (B) the completion of a legal agreement.

(NOTE:  An application for planning permission for the development of a 20MW synchronous gas standby power generation facility, including ancillary infrastructure and equipment at the site of 1 to 11 Rotherham Place, Orgreave Road (17/01437/FUL), was withdrawn from consideration by the applicant to consider amendments to the proposed scheme, prior to it being submitted to a future meeting of the Committee.)