Issue - meetings

Outline application for the development of 129 residential dwellings and creation of new access.

A site visit was held in respect of this application on Monday 17^th April 2023 by Councillors Dave Brookes, Roger Cleet, Keith Budden, Roger Dennison, Mel Guilding, and Peter Yates. In attendance was Principal Planning Officer Jennifer Rehman.

Under the scheme of public participation, William Cornthwaite and Andrew Good spoke against the application. Graham Love (Smith & Love Planning Consultants) responded in favour.

It was proposed by Councillor Sandra Thornberry and seconded by Councillor Louise Belcher, contrary to the officer’s recommendation in the report:

“That the application be refused for the following reasons:

·         The site is located within an area designated as Key Urban Landscape and the proposed residential development would fail to preserve the open nature of the area as it will result in an amount of built development and associated infrastructure on an area of land which is currently open fields and the benefits of the scheme would not outweigh this harm. The proposal is therefore contrary to the aims and objectives of the NPPF, in particular paragraph 174, policy EN5 of the Strategic Policies and Land Allocations Development Plan Document and Policy DM46 of the Review of the Development Management Development Plan Document.

·         The proposed development would result in harm to the significance of Torrisholme Barrow Scheduled Monument as a result of development within its setting which would not be outweighed by the benefits of the scheme. It is therefore contrary to the aims and objectives of the NPPF, in particular section 16, policy SP7 of the Strategic Policies and Land Allocations Development Plan Document and Policies DM39 and DM42 of the Review of the Development Management Development Plan Document.”

Upon being put to the vote, 8 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with 6 against and no abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be refused.