Issue - meetings

Erection of self-storage units with associated security building, boundary fencing and creation of access roads / parking.

Under the scheme of public participation, Ward Councillor Mandy Bannon, and resident and Trustee of LightAware charity Eleanor Levin spoke against the application, whilst agent Hayley Knight (HK Planning Ltd) responded in favour.

It was proposed by Councillor Robert Redfern and seconded by Councillor Paul Newton:

“That the application be approved subject to an amendment to condition 15 to secure details of a scheme to control a dimming profile for the submitted and approved external lighting, and subject to the conditions in the Committee Report.”

Upon being put to the vote, 10 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with one against and three abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

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 a legal agreement which shall secure:

·         £15,000 contribution to off-site highway projects and improvements.

·         Agreement to pay costs of monitoring BNG.

and subject to an amendment to condition 15 to secure details of a scheme to control a dimming profile for the submitted and approved external lighting;

and subject to the following conditions:

1.    Timescales.

2.    Accord with amended approved plans.

3.    Contaminated land surveys and materials management plan.

4.    Employment skills plan.

5.    Archaeological written scheme of investigation.

6.    Construction management plan.

7.    Construction environmental management plan.

8.    Construction drainage scheme.

9.    Full sustainable drainage scheme.

10.  Landscaping plan and maintenance.

11.  Cycle storage.

12.  Electric vehicle charging.

13.  Drainage operation and maintenance.

14.  Drainage verification.

15.  External lighting mitigation.

16.  Employee ecological information pack.

17.  Ecology mitigation.

18.  Flood risk mitigation measures.

19.  Implement energy measures.

20.  Foul drainage separate system.

21.  No storage development or use within greenfield area.