13 Application No C19/1089/22/LL Treddafydd Stryd Fawr, Penygroes, Gwynedd, LL54 6PW PDF 296 KB
Full application to
construct 12 dwelling houses with an access, parking and associated
infrastructure.
LOCAL MEMBER:
Councillor Judith Humphreys
Link
to relevant background documents
Additional documents:
Decision:
To delegate the right for the Assistant Head of Department to approve
the application, subject to reaching an agreement on the level of the financial
contribution towards education and to complete a 106 Agreement to secure a
financial contribution towards play areas and education and a condition to provide
two affordable homes and the following conditions:
1.
Five
years.
2. In accordance with the documents/plans
submitted with the application.
3. Natural slate.
4. Samples of materials and colours for the
houses to be agreed with the LPA.
5. Highways Conditions.
6. Soft and hard landscaping.
7. Biodiversity conditions
8. Agree on details regarding Welsh names for
the development together with advertising signage informing of and promoting
the development within and outside the site.
9. Removal of general development rights.
10. Submit a Construction Method Statement
including parking provision for the builders' vehicles, working hours,
deliveries, etc.
11. Submit outdoor lighting details to be agreed
with the LPA before they are installed.
12. Safeguard the open space for the future
13. Provision of bin sites
14. Contaminated land matters
15. Drainage / Welsh Water conditions
Note: Inform the
applicant of the need to submit a sustainable drainage strategy plan for
approval by the Council's Water and Environment Unit.
Note: Inform the applicant of the response of Welsh Water and Natural
Resources Wales.
Note: Various Highways notes
Minutes:
Full application
to construct 12 dwelling houses with an access, parking and associated
infrastructure
a)
The Planning Manager
highlighted that the application was a full application to;
·
Provide
12 two-storey houses in the form of detached houses, semi-detached houses and
terraced houses, including 8 three-bedroom houses and 4 two-bedroom
houses.
·
Creation
of infrastructure to include estate roads and associated footpaths,
fences/railings and stone walls.
·
Provision
of parking spaces for each house, bin storage area and creation of individual
gardens to the side and rear of the houses.
·
Provision
of amenity spaces within the site along with an area to collect water.
·
The
application was amended since its original submission following observations by
the Transportation Unit and the Municipal Unit regarding access matters and the
location of the bin collection location.
It
was explained that the application site was currently empty but in the past it
was a busy commercial site as a goods sales warehouse and previously it was a
site with a mechanic garage and filling station. It was noted that the site,
located within the Penygroes development boundary, was fairly flat and
surrounded by residential housing.
Members were
reminded that a full application was approved recently in Penygroes to provide
24 residential units, with each of them being affordable houses. It was
explained that this site had been included and designated specifically for a
residential development and was not a windfall site as in this case. It is not
believed that the consent and the associated numbers changed the situation in
terms of the numbers of houses identified for Penygroes and it did not affect
the threshold identified for the village. Policy TAI 15 of the LDP states that
Councils will attempt to ensure an appropriate level of affordable houses in
the Plan's area. In Penygroes, two or more housing units were the threshold,
whilst noting that 20% of the units should be affordable. As the proposed
development proposed 12 units, this corresponded with the threshold noted in
Policy TAI 15 to make a contribution to affordable housing.
In the context of
educational matters and in accordance with the requirements of the SPG,
consideration should be given to the situation in the school that served the
catchment area where the development was located. In response to the statutory
consultation the Education Department's Information officer stated that Ysgol
Gynradd Bro Lleu was over its capacity. As per usual and in accordance with the
requirements of the relevant formula in the SPG, there was justification here
to ask for a contribution of £50,480 to meet the lack of capacity in the
primary school.
It was added, in accordance with ISA 5 of the LDP, that proposals for 10 or more dwellings, in areas where existing open space cannot meet the needs of the proposed housing development, would be expected to provide suitable provision of open spaces in accordance with the Field in Trust (FIT) benchmark standards. Although the proposal included open spaces, they did not meet the need for spaces ... view the full minutes text for item 13