Outline application for the erection of 9 homes which include 3 affordable homes, and the provision of an access and estate road.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Aled Ll. Evans
Minutes:
Outline application for the erection of nine houses to include three
affordable homes along with provision of access and estate road.
(a) The
Senior Development Control Officer elaborated on the background of the
application and noted that it was an outline application for the erection of
nine dwellings, with three of them affordable on a part of a site within the
village of Chwilog which had been designated for 21
houses in the GUDP. The application related to half the site located nearest to
the existing houses of Tŷ'n Rhos
estate and also included an access road. It was noted that the application had
been submitted under C16/1363/41/AM for the erection of nine additional houses
(three of them affordable) for the remainder of the site, which was to be
considered at this meeting.
It was noted that the proposal for the site in its
entirety (this application and application C16/1363/41/AM) comprised
18 houses and, therefore, on the whole, it was considered
that the number of units was acceptable for the site and
that suitable use (based on
density) would be made of the land. The application offered 33.3% of affordable housing, namely the closest figure to the target that could
be achieved with these numbers.
It was reported that observations had been received from
the Land Drainage Unit on the morning of the committee meeting referring to surface water problems on a section of the field. They were
of the opinion that work associated with developing the land would assist
the existing situation.
It was considered that a financial contribution (to be agreed) to improve facilities in the existing park by means
of a 106 Agreement, considering
that the development permitted on the Bryn Hyfryd site (C14/0113/41/AM) would provide a space within the site, would be acceptable to ensure that a provision
of open spaces of recreational value in the local area
met the needs of the development.
It was explained that a financial contribution of £9,359 would be expected from both
applications submitted, in order to ensure
that Chwilog Primary School could cope
with any increase in pupil
numbers, as a result of the residential units noted for
the sites in Chwilog in the GUDP.
Should the application be approved, it was noted that it
was recommended to impose an additional condition,
that no vehicular
access could be created from the site to the track leading to the cemetery.
It was considered that both applications together were acceptable in
terms of assessing them against the requirements of the Development Brief for
the site and against the requirements of other relevant local and national
policies noted in the report.
(b)
Taking
advantage of the right to speak, the applicant noted the following main
points:-
·
The proposal met the requirements of the Joint
Planning Policy Unit;
·
Concern had been noted about Japanese Knotweed on
the site but there was no evidence of this and it had not been noted by the
Biodiversity Unit;
·
With regards to the Biodiversity Unit’s
observations, that the farmer had cut the hedge as it spread to the grazing
land.
(c) The
local member (not a member of this Planning Committee) noted the following main
points:-
·
The fact
that two applications had been submitted had caused some confusion;
·
Defects in
the drains had existed for some time
which had led to water flowing to a nearby house. Would it
be possible either to obtain further confirmation or impose a condition that the development would not cause flooding and that
the problem would be resolved?
In response to the observations of the local member, should the application be approved, the
Senior Development Control Officer
noted that it was recommended to impose a condition to agree on the details
of a land drainage plan
prior to commencing the development
and the applicant was encouraged to contact Welsh Water and the Land
Drainage Unit before the design stage to respond to existing problems.
(ch) It was proposed and seconded to approve the application.
In response to an enquiry by a member regarding the
educational contribution, the Senior Development Control Officer noted that the
financial contribution had been calculated in accordance with policies.
A member noted that it would be useful to note a
specific figure in terms of the contribution to improve facilities in the existing park in order
to have an idea of how much
improvement would be made to the facilities.
RESOLVED to delegate the power
to the Senior Planning Manager
to approve the application subject to the applicant signing a 106 Agreement relating to the educational financial contribution and to improve the play area and
to ensure that three of the nine houses are affordable
for general local need.
Conditions:
1. Standard conditions at the time
of an outline application
2. Condition to receive reserved matters
3. Slate
4. Highways Conditions
5. Welsh Water Condition
6. Removal of permitted delegated
rights from the affordable units
7. Agree on
a plan to dispose of Japanese
Knotweed
8. Landscaping
9. Phased development
10. No vehicular
access to be created from the site to the track leading to the cemetery
Note Welsh Water
Highways Notes
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