Agenda item

12 affordable dwellings; associated access, parking and works; demolition of existing building

RECOMMENDED:

Delegated Authority be given to the Executive Head of Planning, Regeneration and Economy to GRANT PERMISSION subject to a Section 106 agreement and the imposition of conditions.

Details:

12 affordable dwellings; associated access, parking and works; demolition of existing building

Public Participants:

Nathanael King-Smith, MH Architects Limited (Agent)

Iain Collins (Objector)

Stephen Dunn (Objector)

Additional Representations:

The case officer reported that two additional letters of objection had been received raising a number of concerns.  This had been included in the update note circulated prior to the meeting.

Comment:

Cllrs Corbridge, Sevier and Ward for transparency purposes, declared a non-pecuniary interest as members of the Housing and Homelessness Overview and Scrutiny Panel.  They concluded that there were no grounds under common law to prevent them from remaining in the meeting to speak and vote.

Cllr Crisell disclosed a non-pecuniary interest as a member of the Planning Committee of Totton and Eling Town Council which had commented on the application.  Cllr Crisell, for transparency purposes also reported she was a member of the Housing and Homelessness Overview and Scrutiny Panel.  She concluded that as she had not expressed a view or voted on the application there were no grounds under common law to prevent her from remaining in the meeting to speak and vote. 

Cllrs Davis and Kangarani disclosed a non-pecuniary interest as members of Totton and Eling Town Council which had commented on the application. They concluded that there were no grounds under common law to prevent them from remaining in the meeting to speak and to vote.

The case officer reported a change to the developer contributions in relation to habitat and bird aware mitigation and as a result the recommendation had been amended to reflect these revised contributions.  This had been included in the update note circulated prior to the meeting.  A further update was provided at the meeting, to amend condition 8, to add the words “and thereafter retained in perpetuity” at the end of this condition.

Decision:

Delegated Authority be given to the Executive Head of Planning, Regeneration and Economy to GRANT PERMISSION subject to:

i)      a Section 106 agreement to secure the following:

i)      the provision and retention of Affordable Housing on the site in accordance with Policy HOU2 in perpetuity

ii)     the financial contribution of £42,168 to secure recreational habitat mitigation

iii)    the financial contribution of £5,298 to secure Bird Aware mitigation

iv)    the financial contribution of £1,020 to secure Air Quality monitoring.

ii)     the imposition of the conditions set out in the report and amended condition 8

Conditions / Reasons:

As per report (Item 3c), update note and amended condition 8. set out below:

8 .The works hereby approved shall be undertaken in strict accordance with the ECOSA EcIA and Biodiversity Metric Assessment, both dated March 2021 and the  mitigation and enhancement measures detailed in the EcIA should be provided in accordance with these approved details. The locations and specifications of the bird nesting and bat roosting features shall be as indicated on approved plan 19-036_006 REV P04 and evidence provided to show them installed as agreed prior to first occupation of the dwellings hereby approved unless otherwise first agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority and thereafter retained in perpetuity.

Reason:  To safeguard protected species in accordance with Policies ENV3, ENV4 of the Local Plan 2016-2036 Part One: Planning Strategy for the New Forest District outside the National Park and Policies DM1, DM2 and DW-E12 of the Local Plan for the New Forest District outside the National Park (Part 2: Sites and Development Management).