Outline application with all matters reserved for the
provision of 9 dwellings with integrated garages.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Gareth A. Roberts
Minutes:
An outline application with all matters reserved to erect nine new houses
with integrated garages
(a)
The
Development Control Manager elaborated on the background of the application and
noted that the indicative plans had been submitted these suggested the size,
setting and likely elevations of the proposed development that includes three
rows of three, three-storey houses with three bedrooms each. Seven of the units would be for the open market and
two would be offered as affordable houses.
The
site was located within the Bangor city development boundary which had not been
specifically designated for any specific use.
It was explained that the land level rose to the front which abutted the
existing access road towards the Maes Berea estate to the south and west. The existing estate was established and
comprised approximately 55 houses that were a mixture of two and three-storey
houses.
Attention
was drawn to the relevant planning policies and the responses to the
consultation process noted in the report.
Letters of
objection to the proposal had been received and were noted in the report.
It was noted that
the principle of the proposal was acceptable and it was a logical extension of
the existing estate and the indicative plans conveyed and reflected what had
already been approved and built within the rest of the estate.
Two out of the
eight units were offered as affordable houses.
Additional observations had been received from the Joint Planning Policy
Unit which stated the need for housing identified by Tai Teg in 2018. The statistics suggested that one to three
bedroomed houses were more likely to address the current and anticipated future
demand in terms of market housing and affordable housing. It was noted that the
required evidence to support the recommendation to refuse the application on
the grounds of a mixture of houses had not been received, bearing in mind that
the proposal was preparing two affordable units as part of the proposal.
The Transportation
Unit had no objection to the proposal.
Due to the scale
of the application and its location as well as its existing natural features,
it was considered that the proposal complied with the relevant local and
national policies. Therefore it was
recommended to delegate powers to the Senior Planning Manager to approve the
application subject to the completion of a 106 Agreement to ensure that two of
the nine houses subject of this application are affordable, and to relevant
planning conditions.
(b) It was proposed and seconded to approve the
application.
(c) Attention was drawn that Tai Teg had noted
on the additional observations form of the need for 180 two-bedroom units
against 124 three-bedroom units, it was therefore asked why there was not a
better mixture of housing on the site in question.
(ch) In response, the Planning Manager referred to
the comments of the Joint Planning Policy Unit on the additional observations
form and the fact that officers were not confident that they currently had the
necessary evidence to support the recommendation to refuse the application on
the grounds of a mixture of housing. It
was highlighted that the site was in Bangor and that a high number of houses
had been approved recently with a good mixture of provision available. It was
also noted that this was an outline application.
(a)
A response to the additional enquiries was given as
follows:
·
That a reserved matters application would not
necessarily be submitted to the Committee but the applicant would have to
submit an application within a specific time.
·
That 20% was the expectation for affordable housing
in Bangor and North /South Arfon in accordance with the Local Development
Plan.
Resolved: To delegate powers to the Senior Planning Manager
to approve the application subject to the completion of a 106 Agreement to
ensure that two of the nine houses that are the subject of this application are
affordable, and to relevant conditions relating to:-
1. Time
2. Reserved
Matters
3. Finished land
and floor level details
4. Materials
including use of natural slate
5. Landscaping.
6.
Highways.
7.
Withdrawal of permitted development rights on the two affordable houses.
8.
Welsh Water condition regarding the drainage plan.
9.
Biodiversity
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