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Full planning application for 17 affordable dwellings, together with creating new vehicle access and an internal entrance road, closing 2 existing agricultural access points, creating new access to serve a new sub-station, extension works to Glanffynnon Road along with landscaping, drainage, and other related works.

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Beca Brown

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DECISION: To approve with conditions and subject to a 106 agreement or unilateral agreement for securing an open space contribution

1.       Time

2.       In accordance with the plans

3.       Materials

4.       Affordable housing condition

5.       Highway conditions

6.       Biodiversity conditions

7.       Landscaping condition

9.       Removal of permitted development rights involving extensions and use

10.     Drainage matters.

11.     Building Control Plan

12.     Protection of the public footpath.

13.     Archaeological conditions

14.      Public Protection and SPEnergy Networks conditions

Notes:

Highways

Bat Licence

Natural Resources Wales

Welsh Water

Footpaths

SUDS

Major development

Land Drainage Unit

Full planning application for 17 affordable dwellings, together with the creation of new vehicular access and an internal access road, the closure of 2 existing agricultural access points, the creation of a new access to serve a new substation, extension works to Glanffynnon Road along with landscaping, drainage and other associated works.

Attention was drawn to the Late Observations Form

Some members had visited the site on 25-03-26

a)               The Planning Manager highlighted that this was a full application that included 5 two-bedroom two-storey houses, 4 two-bedroom bungalows, 6 three-bedroom two-storey houses, 1 four-bedroom bungalow and 1 five-bedroom two-storey house. The intention was to provide 100% affordable housing with a mix of social and intermediate rented tenure. The site was located outside, but abutted the Llanrug development boundary, with existing residential dwellings to the south, Glanffynnon Road to the west, an agricultural field and empty overgrown land to the east and residential houses to the north. It was proposed to maintain a 3-metre-wide easement between the development, and a watercourse running along the eastern boundary of the site, create an ecological corridor in the south eastern corner of the site and develop a water retention basin in the north and south corners of the site. The public footpath that went through the site would be protected.

Reference was made to the late observations received from the Community Council, which supported the application, as well as observations and confirmation from the Public Protection Service expressing that they had no objection, subject to imposing conditions to protect the residential amenities of nearby houses and those within the development. It was reiterated that SP Energy Networks had confirmed the need to discuss re-installing cables and for this to be imposed as a planning condition.

With the site located outside the development boundary, Members were reminded that all units were expected to be for local affordable need. For Llanrug, this was defined as people in need of an affordable house who had resided in the Village or in the surrounding rural area for a continuous period of 5 years or more, either immediately before submitting the application, or in the past. The rural area was defined in this case as a distance of 6km from the application site and the extent of any Community Council area bisected by the 6km distance but excluding properties within the development boundary of any settlement other than the settlement within which the application was located.

Evidence was submitted in the form of an Affordable Housing Statement and Evidence of Need and Allocation Strategy, referring to the need highlighted on the Social Housing and Tai Teg Register in Llanrug and Cwm y Glo. It was highlighted that Cwm y Glo was a village with a boundary located within 6km of Llanrug, and it was confirmed that there was no opportunity for a housing development to meet its own need.

It was confirmed that the combined need from the Tai Teg and Social Housing Register with a 5-year  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7