Agenda item

Application for reserved matters and information on drainage and phased development in connection with outline planning permission C16/1363/41/AM to erect nine houses to include three affordable dwellings and access road.

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Aled Evans

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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

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, and the application in question was for assessing those matters along with drainage matters and phased development which were subject to 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.

It was reported that the plans submitted as part of the application in question confirmed the access in accordance with the outline permission that had been granted. The layout of the site indicated a proposal to provide an estate road off the forked access; together with erecting six detached dwellings on the left-hand side of the estate road and a terrace of three affordable dwellings on the right-hand side. This part of the development contained 6 four-bedroom open market dwellings, and 3 three-bedroom affordable dwellings. It was noted that the outline application had been subject to a 106 agreement which secured the affordable element, and payments for open spaces and education. The outline permission specified a particular housing mix (6 four-bedroom open market houses, and 3 three-bedroom affordable dwellings), and these elements had already received permission through the outline application.

Consequently, the only matters to be assessed in this application were design, layout, scale and landscaping. It was reported that the layout of the proposal before the Committee was in keeping with what had been proposed at the time of the outline application, and the proposed site plan confirmed that the development was acceptable in terms of the impact on the rest of the development's housing.

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.

Observations have been received from local residents, the Local Member as well as the Community Council regarding current drainage matters on the site that affected nearby housing.   Officers from the Drainage Unit were aware of the situation and had visited the site. In addition, the surface water disposal system will need to be designed to conform to Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) requirements.

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