Issue - meetings

Outline application for the erection of up to 130 dwellings and associated infrastructure with access, road realignment / widening to part of Slyne Road and associated engineering work.

A site visit was held in respect of this application on 21^st July 2025 by Councillors Louise Belcher, Martin Bottoms, Dave Brookes, Alan Greenwell, John Livermore, Paul Newton, Catherine Potter, Robert Redfern, Sandra Thornberry, Sue Tyldesley and Paul Tynan. In attendance were Principal Planning Officers Jennifer Rehman and Eleanor Fawcett.

It was proposed by Councillor John Hanson and seconded by Councillor Alan Greenwell:

“That the application be approved subject to the conditions in the Committee Report as clarified in the meeting (and below) in relation to the s106 obligation.”

Upon being put to the vote, 9 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 approved subject to the following obligations as clarified in the meeting (and below) in relation to the s106 obligation and:

subject to the satisfactory completion of a Legal Agreement within 3 months of the date of this Committee meeting, and the conditions listed below, and in the event that a satisfactory Section 106 Agreement is not concluded within the timescale above, or other agreed extension of time, delegate authority to the Chief Officer – Planning and Climate Change to refuse planning permission on the grounds that the obligations which make the development acceptable have not been legally secured;

and subject to a legal agreement which shall secure:

·         Provision of a policy-compliant (DM3 of the DM DPD) Affordable Housing (to be provided on site) in accordance with an Affordable Housing Scheme to be submitted with Reserved Matters and approved by the Council before the commencement of development. This shall account for the different affordable housing requirements (15% and 30%) across the site based on the different ward areas.

·         Provision of on-site Amenity Greenspace, Equipped Play Area and Young People’s Provision based on the Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy and DAS.

·         Off-site Public Open Space Contribution to be calculated at Reserved Matters Stage (in accordance the Sport England Calculators or any successor document by Sport England or the Council) towards athletics facilities, playing pitch improvements and associated facilities at Salt Ayre.

·         Setting up of a Management Company.

·         Management and Maintenance of all landscaping, unadopted roads, lighting and drainage infrastructure and on-site open space.

·         Provision of on-site Biodiversity Net Gain (providing no less than 10%) in accordance with an approved BNG Plan and Landscape and Ecological Creation and Management Plan.

·         Highways Contributionto be calculated at reserved matters stage based on the County Council’s Gravity model methodology or successor document, which shall not exceed £4,386.66 per dwelling. The contribution shall be provided across 5 initiatives, namely:

1.    City Centre Gyratory

2.    A6 Slvne Road (feeder roads)

3.    Local highway network around the M6 J34

4.    Lancaster Area Wide Road/Management changes and

5.    Morecambe  ...  view the full minutes text for item 40