Issue - meetings

Outline planning application for the demolition of Low Hill House and the erection of up to 644 dwellings (Use Class C3), a local centre (Use Class E) of no more than 280sq m internal floorspace, a community hall (Use Class F2) of no more than 150sq m internal floorspace, public open spaces including equipped children's play areas, land re-grading, recreational routes, landscaping and sustainable urban drainage systems and creation of vehicular access from Bailrigg Lane and Hala Hill to the North.

A site visit was held in respect of this application on Monday 10^th July 2023 by Councillors Louise Belcher, Dave Brookes, Keith Budden, Martin Gawith, Alan Greenwell, Sally Maddocks, Joyce Pritchard and Robert Redfern. In attendance was the Service Manager – Development Management Mark Potts.

Under the scheme of public participation, residents Mary Breakell, Belinda Nixie, John Perrott, Mark Salisbury, Barbara Walker and Ward Councillor Sophie Maddocks all spoke against the application. No applicant or agent was present to reply.

It was proposed by Councillor Robert Redfern and seconded by Councillor Sally Maddocks:

“That the application be refused for the following reason:

The site is located within the Broad Area of Growth within the Local Plan in relation to the Garden Village. The proposal would undermine the integrated and co-ordinated approach in providing the infrastructure requirement to support the level of development proposed. Given it is important that necessary infrastructure which is both local and strategic in nature is delivered in the right place, at the right time, there is no certainty that the transport infrastructure would come forward to support the level of housing sought, and currently based on the full quantum of development this would create a safety concern on the Strategic Road Network. The imposition of planning conditions to secure such improvements or establish the level of development that can come forward without infrastructure upgrades are not considered appropriate, and as such the application would fail to comply with the relevant Growth Principles in SG1. The proposal therefore fails to satisfy the criteria which allows for development to be brought forward at this time and thereby would be contrary to the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework, in particular Section 8 and 9, Policies SP9, SP10, SG1 and SG3 of the Strategic Policies and Land Allocations Development Plan Document and Policies, DM57, DM58, DM60, DM61 and DM63 of the Review of the Development Management Development Plan Document.

and for reasons 2, 3, and 4 as set out in the Committee Report.”

Upon being put to the vote, 13 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with none against and 2 abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be refused for the following reason:

The site is located within the Broad Area of Growth within the Local Plan in relation to the Garden Village. The proposal would undermine the integrated and co-ordinated approach in providing the infrastructure requirement  ...  view the full minutes text for item 74