Agenda item

8.1

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 as shown 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) an application for planning permission for a residential development comprising 9 dwellinghouses and 2 wheelchair-accessible bungalows and associated landscaping on land between Phillips Road and Lee Road and land between 1 and 9 Lee Road (Case No. 13/03792/FUL) be granted, conditionally, subject to (i) additional conditions in respect of (A) requirements for the development to mitigate the effects of climate change under Policies CS64 and 65 of the Core Strategy, (B) a dry stone wall to the eastern boundary adjacent to the garden of Plot 1 of the development, (C) measures to protect the existing trees to be retained and (D) a management strategy for the long term maintenance of the public open space area, all as detailed in a supplementary report circulated at the meeting and (ii) the completion of a Legal Agreement;

(c) having noted (i) (A) additional information provided by the Environmental Protection Service which confirmed that, as the applicant had provided adequate information in respect of a phase II contamination report and remediation report, proposed conditions,   other than Condition 9 requiring a final validation report, could now be deleted and (B) that the open space contribution had been amended to £7,343.90, all as detailed in a supplementary report circulated at the meeting and (ii) the officer’s dual recommendation to meet the Government’s target for Local Planning Authorities to determine proposed developments, an application for planning permission for the erection of 46 apartments for elderly persons with associated car parking accommodation and landscaping works at the former Woolley Wood Primary School, Oaks Fold Road (Case No. 13/03758/FUL) be granted, conditionally, subject to (I) (1) Conditions 5, 6,7 and 8 being deleted, (2) Condition 9 being amended by the addition of the words “(ref Eastwood and Partners 3 May 2013)” after the words “approved remediation strategy”, (3) Condition 2 being amended in respect of the substitution of two drawings and (4) additional conditions in respect of the provision of integrated bat boxes and final building and site level details, all as detailed in the aforementioned supplementary report and (II) the completion of a Legal Agreement for the sum of £7,343.90, but in the event that the Heads of Terms are not concluded by 5 February, 2014, authority be given for the application to be refused over the failure to make adequate provision in light of the requirement to meet the Government’s target time for determining the application;

(d) for the purposes of Regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General) Regulations 1992, planning permission be granted to the City Council for the erection of a primary school in two phases, Phase 1 - Infant School and Phase 2 - Junior School, and provision of associated landscaping works, car parking accommodation and access at Gleadless Primary School, Hollinsend Road (Case No. 13/03688/RG3) subject to (i) Condition 8 being amended in respect of the provision of car parking accommodation and (ii) Condition 32 being deleted, as detailed in a supplementary report circulated at the meeting;

(e) having heard representations from two local residents objecting and from the applicant’s agent in support of the proposed development, an application for planning permission for alterations to a car showroom including installation of roller shutters for use as a car repair garage, rendering of the building and erection of a 1.8 metre boundary wall (retrospective), use of the basement workshop as car parking and reduction of the boundary wall brick piers (adjacent access) to 1 metre at The Meersbrook Garage, 1 to 7 Meersbrook Road (Case No. 13/03502/FUL) be deferred (i) pending a visit of inspection to the site and (ii) to allow officers to clarify the requirements proposed by Condition 3;

(f) having (i) considered (A) an amended layout plan involving the relocation of an electricity substation, (B) the amended reasons for refusal and (C) an amended Directive in respect of plans dated 17 December 2013 and 27 January 2014, as detailed in a supplementary report circulated at the meeting and (ii) heard two representations from the applicant’s representatives in support of the development, an application for planning permission for the demolition of an existing food retail unit and two dwellinghouses and the erection of a new food retail unit with associated car parking accommodation and landscaping works and the relocation of an electricity sub-station at Lidl Supermarket, Castlebeck Avenue and 322 and 324 Prince of Wales Road (Case No. 13/03286/FUL) be refused for the two reasons detailed in the aforementioned supplementary report; and

(g) having (i) noted the officer’s oral amendment at the meeting to the reason for recommending refusal by the deletion of the word “retrospective” prior to the word “fence” and (ii) heard a representation from a local resident objecting to the development as constructed, an application for retrospective planning permission for the erection of a fence to a boundary wall at 2 Larch Grove (Case No. 13/02224/FUL) be refused and authority given to  (A) the Director of Regeneration and Development Services or Head of Planning to take all appropriate steps including, if necessary, enforcement action and the institution of legal proceedings to secure the removal of the unauthorised fence at 2 Larch Grove and (B) the Head of Planning, in liaison with the Chair of this Committee, to vary the action in order to achieve the objectives hereby confirmed, including taking action to resolve any associated breaches of planning control.