Issue - meetings

Erection of Class E units with associated access, parking and loading bay, landscaping, infrastructure and demolition of existing outbuilding.

Under the scheme of public participation, Councillors Hamish Mills and Sarah Punshon of Bowerham Ward spoke against the application, and agent Chris Betteridge (De Pol Associates) responded in favour.

It was proposed by Councillor Keith Budden and seconded by Councillor Robert Redfern:

“That the application be approved subject to the conditions in the Committee Report.”

Upon being put to the vote, 9 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with 4 against and 2 abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be approved subject to the satisfactory completion of a S.106 Legal Agreement to secure:

·         a contribution of £70,000 (seventy thousand pounds) to be paid to Lancaster City Council and which shall be used by the Council for improvements of the recreational facilities at Highfield Recreation Ground and / or Palatine Recreation Ground in Lancaster;

and subject to the following conditions:

1.    Timescale.

2.    Accord with amended plans.

3.    Demolition and construction management plan, including hours of construction and demolition.

4.    Land contamination survey.

5.    Surface water drainage scheme.

6.    Details and samples of external materials and boundary treatment.

7.    Landscaping scheme and maintenance.

8.    Details of plant/waste compound boundary.

9.    Surface water maintenance and verification.

10.  Foul water drainage scheme.

11.  Off-site highway works (including yellow lines and bus stop improvements).

12.  Mitigation within ecology assessment.

13.  Implement new accesses.

14.  Implement mitigation in energy report.

15.  Implement mitigation within noise assessment.

16.  Implement car and bicycle parking provision, including 4x EV parking spaces.

17.  Hours of site opening, operations and deliveries.

18.  Maximum commercial floorspace restriction and units.

19.  Demolition only prior to imminent commencement.