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Application for the erection of 16 dwellings with associated access, parking and landscaping

Local Member: Councillor Huw Rowlands

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DECISION:   TO APPROVE subject to 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.       Highway Conditions.

6.       Soft and hard landscaping.

7.       Biodiversity and Tree Conditions including biodiversity enhancements and a habitats management plan.

8.       Working hours limited to ⁠8:00 - 18:00 during the week, 08:00 - 12:00 on a Saturday and no working at all on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

9.       Agree on details regarding Welsh names for the development together with advertising signage informing of and promoting the development within and outside the site.

10.     Ensure a plan/arrangements to provide the affordable units.

11.     Removal of general development rights for the affordable units.

12.     Submit a Construction Method Statement including parking provision for the builders' vehicles.

13.     Submit outdoor lighting details to be agreed with the LPA prior to installation.

14.     Archaeological mitigation measures condition.

15.     Provide and safeguard the open space for the future

16.     Welsh Water Condition

17.     Public protection conditions (Noise, Dust, Nuisance)

18.     Construction environmental management plan

19.     Details of PV solar panels on the roofs of the houses and the air source heat pumps.

20.     Welsh language Signs

Notes: Welsh Water, Highways, SUDS

Application to erect 16 dwellings with associated access, parking and landscaping.

Attention was drawn to the late observations form.

a)     The Development Control Team Leader highlighted that this was a full application to provide 16 affordable homes with a mix of houses, bungalows and flats that would also provide access for pedestrians to the A487, a vehicular access to the site and a formal play area with equipment in the centre of the site. It was explained that the site stood partly within the development boundary of the village of Dinas, opposite a garage and an outdoor equipment shop, with residential houses located opposite it and to its side. It was reiterated that the site had been used as a compound for a housing development located directly next door and was previously an informal car park after the demolition of a restaurant that had been located there.

As the majority of the site was located within the development boundary of Dinas the application was considered under Policy TAI 4, but there was also a small part of the site outside the development boundary, and it was therefore subject to policy TAI 16 as an exception site. It was reported that the indicative housing supply level for Dinas, along with the number of units completed and the land bank meant that the village would exceed its indicative growth level, and justification would be required for the proposal along with a language statement.

It was expressed that the houses would be managed by Adra, a Registered Social Housing Landlord which provided community housing for the area. It was noted that an Affordable Housing Statement and a Housing Mix Statement had been submitted with the application noting there was a proven need for smaller houses to meet the needs of smaller families. In terms of planning policy, it was considered that the proposal provided an appropriate number of affordable housing and that an appropriate mix of housing has been proposed in accordance with the need identified and confirmed by the Strategic Housing Unit.  In addition, reference was made to the Unit's figures which confirmed a shortage of 255 units in the Villages and Clusters tier, due to this and due to the proven need, it was considered there was justification for the units. 

It was reported that all units were being proposed as affordable and in order to manage the affordable provision in planning policy terms, it was proposed to impose a standard condition that would require the applicant to comply with the affordable housing provision plan. It was noted that the Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Guidance confirmed the need for affordable housing within Villages to provide for the local need, namely people who needed an affordable house and who had lived in the Village or a surrounding rural village for a continuous period of five years or more; the Guidance also confirmed that a nearby rural area was defined as any Community Council that was 6km from the development site excluding  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9