7 Application No C20/0018/13/LL - Land Near Llain Y Pebyll, Bethesda, LL57 3NQ PDF 285 KB
Erection of 7 dwellings for the elderly together with parking accommodation and turning facility.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Rheinallt Puw
Additional documents:
Decision:
DECISION: To delegate powers to the Assistant
Head of the Environment Department to approve the application, subject to the
following conditions:
1.
Five years.
2.
In accordance with the plans.
3.
Natural slate roofing.
4.
Agree the
houses' external elevations including the solar panels.
5. Remove permitted development rights from the residential dwellings.
6. Highway conditions concerning the provision of parking spaces, estate road and associated footpaths.
7. Submission of a programme of archaeology works to be agreed with the LPA prior to the commencement of any work on the site.
8. A detailed report on the archaeology work, in accordance with condition 7, will need to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority within six months of completing the archaeology work.
9. The Biodiversity Unit's conditions concerning no vegetation, trees or shrubs to be cleared during the nesting season (1 March to 31 August); prior to the commencement of any work a scheme should be submitted for approval by the LPA to ensure that no reptiles will be harmed during the construction work which is to be implemented to the complete satisfaction of the LPA; prior to the commencement of any work a Biodiversity Improvements and Mitigation Plan shall be submitted to and agreed with the LPA; and prior to the commencement of any work on the site a Plan to Destroy Non-native Invasive Plants shall be submitted to be agreed with the LPA.
10. Condition to comply with the mitigation measures in the Preliminary Ecological Evaluation Report.
11. Condition to comply with the recommendations and mitigation measures included in the Trees Report.
12. Public Protection Unit condition regarding conducting a site contamination investigation.
13.
Welsh Government Conditions regarding visibility splays,
drainage and resurfacing the pavement near the site.
14.
Secure/agree with affordable housing scheme
15.
That the units are affordable for older residents aged 55+
Notes
1.
NOTE: The applicant is instructed to sign an Agreement
under Section 38, Highways Act, 1980 with the Council if it is proposed for the
extension to Llain y Pebyll road to be adopted.
2.
NOTE: The applicant's attention is drawn to the
letter from Welsh Water dated 11.02.20, advising of the need to ensure that the
development is in compliance with the advice contained therein.
3.
NOTE: The applicant's
attention is drawn to the letter from Wales and West Utilities dated 14.02.20
and the need to ensure that the development is in compliance with the advice
contained therein.
4.
NOTE: The
applicant's attention is drawn to the need to introduce a sustainable water
system to be agreed with the Council's Water and Environment Unit.
Minutes:
Erection of 7 residential dwellings for older persons together with
parking spaces and a turning area
a)
The Planning Manager elaborated on the background of the application,
and noted that this was a full application, with many elements to the
application:-
·
Provision of 5, two-bedroom bungalows together
with 2 one-bedroom flats on affordable social rent for older people.
·
Provision of parking spaces and a new access off the trunk road to serve
the bungalows on plot numbers 3 and 4.
·
The other dwellings will be served from the
access and the existing driveway that serves Llain y Pebyll Estate.
·
Provision of private amenity spaces/gardens within the site.
·
Provision of infrastructure to include bin/recycling storage for each
dwelling.
It was reported that the site is located outside,
but adjacent to, the Bethesda development boundary as included in the Gwynedd
and Anglesey Joint Local Development Plan 2017 (LDP). Although
developments for affordable units and open market units have
been approved recently in Bethesda, the local need for new housing
specifically for older people has not been met.
It was explained that the application had been
the subject of discussions between North Wales Housing (developer) and the
Council's Strategic Housing Unit. As a result, it was resolved to include it on
the reserve plan list in the Transfer Programme Plan to receive grant funding,
subject to the receipt of planning permission and the appointment of a
contractor. Given that the proposal responds to an acknowledged need and
provides an appropriate mix of units, it was considered that the proposal was
an opportunity to develop a quality plan and meet acknowledged needs and thus,
in accordance with the Policy requirements.
On the grounds of visual amenities, it was considered
that the proposal to develop a small estate of new housing is acceptable and
that the layout, scale, design and materials of the houses are acceptable,
considering its surroundings. No concerns were considered
in the context of general and residential amenities, biodiversity or
archaeological matters.
It was reiterated that the proposal included
extending the existing adopted estate road leading into Llain
y Pebyll Estate in order to serve the proposed
bungalows on plots numbers 5, 6 and 7 only with associated parking spaces. It was noted that the bungalow and two-storey houses on plots
1, 2, 3 and 4 are served directly off the nearby trunk road. The Transportation
Unit or Trunk Road Unit did not have any objection to the application on the
grounds of creating an access from the existing Llain
y Pebyll estate road or from the nearby trunk road.
Following the receipt of the initial observations of the Language Unit,
a Welsh Language Statement was submitted with the application and based on the
content of the Statement, the Unit agreed with the content of the document which confirms that the development will have a
positive impact on the Welsh language in Bethesda.
Based on the above assessment, it was not considered that the proposal was contrary to local or national ... view the full minutes text for item 7