Application for reserved matters and information on drainage and phased
development in connection with outline planning permission C16/1603/41/AM to
erect nine houses to include three affordable dwellings and access road
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Aled Evans
Decision:
To
delegate powers to approve the application to agree on the final details of the
culvert and to receiving favourable comments from the Land Drainage Unit.
Highway conditions
A note that conditions 7 and 10 of the outline permission relating to
drainage matters and phased development have been discharged as part of this
permission.
SUDS note
Minutes:
Attention was drawn to the
late observations form.
a) The Development Control Officer explained that the
outline application had been approved with layout,
scale, appearance and landscaping matters reserved, therefore the application
before the Committee was for assessing these matters together with drainage and
phased development matters that were the subject of conditions 7 and 10 on the
outline permission. It was reiterated that the
principle of the proposal and the matters relating to the access had already
been permitted under the outline application.
Attention was drawn to the
fact that planning application C20/0674/41/MG had also been submitted for the
other half of the site in relation to outline permission C16/1363/41/AM for
nine additional houses (three of them affordable) which would use the same
access. When finished, both developments would appear as a single, larger
development.
The existing site was described as being part of a
field that elevated gradually from the highway, and was located behind existing
houses and near the Tŷ'n
Rhos estate. This application related to the half
that was nearest to the existing houses of Tŷ'n Rhos and which
included an access road. It was highlighted that most of the site was, by now,
located outside the Chwilog development boundary,
although the access remained within the development boundary. It was reiterated that the plans submitted as part of this
current application confirmed the access in accordance with what had been
approved under the outline permission. The
layout of the site indicated a proposal to provide a forked estate road off the
access; and erect four detached dwellings and three terraced dwellings on the
left-hand side of the estate road that forked to the left. It was noted that
the outline application had been the subject of a 106 agreement
which secured the affordable element along with payments for open spaces
and education.
Consequently, the only matters to be
assessed in this application were design, layout, scale and landscaping.
It was reported that the area comprised of varying design features and the
proposed design, finish and landscaping was simple, and in keeping with area,
and was acceptable in terms of its visual impact. It was
noted that the Transportation Unit's observations regarding parking
arrangements and the footpath had been presented for the agent to solve - the
footpath matter entailed ensuring that the submitted plans matched each other.
Subject to receiving the revised plans for the footpath and conditions to
ensure the finish of the estate road, phased development and parking, it was considered that the proposal was acceptable and complied
with the requirements of Policies TRA 2 and 4 of the LDP.
Reference was made to observations that had been
received from local residents, the Local Member as well as the Community
Council regarding current drainage matters on the site that impacted
nearby housing. It was
noted that officers from the Drainage Unit were aware of the situation
and had visited the site. In addition, the surface water
disposal system would need to be designed to conform to Sustainable
Drainage System (SuDS) requirements. To ensure the
efficiency of the new drainage system, maintenance measures would be included
within the sustainable water system plan (SuDS) that would be approved by the Council's Water and Environment
Unit in its role as a Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS)
Approval Body.
It was highlighted that
unlike what had been noted in the report, the recommendation would be to
delegate the right to approve the application in order to agree on final
details for the culvert and to receiving favourable comments from the Land
Drainage Unit.
b)
Taking
advantage of the right to speak, the Local Member made the following points:
·
There was a need to continue with the discussions
relating to the culvert
·
Needed
to avoid flooding for a nearby row of housing
c) It
was proposed and seconded to approve the application.
RESOLVED:
To delegate powers to approve the application to agree on the final details for
the culvert and to receiving favourable comments from the Land Drainage Unit.
·
Highway conditions
·
A note that conditions 7 and 10 of
the outline permission relating to drainage matters and phased
development have been discharged as part of this permission.
·
SUDS note
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