Issue - meetings

Outline application for development of a knowledge and research Innovation Campus comprising Use Class E(g) with associated car parking and primary access with all other matters reserved.

A site visit was held in respect of this application on 17^th November 2025 by Councillors Martin Bottoms, Dave Brookes, Keith Budden, Alan Greenwell, Sandra Thornberry and Sue Tyldesley. In attendance was Planning Applications Manager Jennifer Rehman.

Under the scheme of public participation, Paul Holland (Chair of Scotforth Parish Council) spoke against the application. Agent Hannah Blunstone (CBRE Ltd) responded in favour.

It was proposed by Councillor Roger Dennison and seconded by Councillor Sandra Thornberry:

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

Upon being put to the vote, 15 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with none against and no 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, to cater for the provisions below. In the event that a satisfactory Section 106 Agreement is not concluded within the timescale above, or other agreed extension of time, to 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 the following obligations are required:

·       £13.86/sq.m of GIA floorspace to active travel projects detailed in section 5.4.4 of this report;

·       £20.99/sq.m of GIA floorspace to Lancaster Travel and Transport Infrastructure Strategy (LTTIS) projects details in section 5.4.7 of this report;

·       Biodiversity Net Gain Plan and Phasing Plan;

·       Biodiversity Net Gain monitoring report assessment fee of £6,078;

·       Landscape and Ecological Management Plan;

and subject to the following conditions:

1.     5yr timescale and phasing.

2.     Phasing plan.

3.     Tree protection plan and arboricultural method statement.

4.     Protection scheme for existing infrastructure.

5.     Ecological protection/enhance scheme.

6.     Compensatory flood water storage scheme.

7.     Flood mitigation and floor levels.

8.     Sustainable surface water drainage scheme (SuDS).

9.     Full Sustainable Design Statement based on Energy & Sustainability Statement principals.

10.  Scheme for walking/cycle provision within the site.

11.  Scheme for parking quantum proportion and limit, disabled and EV spaces for each phase.

12.  Contamination investigation and gas assessment.

13.  Employment Skills Plan (ESP).

14.  Construction surface water drainage scheme.

15.  Construction Management Plan, including no external illumination, dust management plan and air quality mitigation measures and delivery/working hours.

16.  Highway conditions and defects surveys.

17.  External artificial lighting.

18.  Cycle storage, changing and showering provision for each phase.

19.  Use Eg(ii), or broader E(g) subject to agreement of use criteria.

20.  Scheme for refuse/waste/bins provision for each phase.

21.  Operation and maintenance of SuDS for each phase.

22.  Verification of implemented SuDS for each phase.

23.  Car Park Management Strategy (CPMS).

24.  Travel Plan for site and each phase, including monitoring.

25.  Travel plan reporting  ...  view the full minutes text for item 76