Agenda item

The Chairman moved on to the last application of the meeting, item 6(e), planning application number 145353, for the erection of 8 affordable homes, on land at Deepdale Lane, Nettleham. The application had been called in for Committee consideration due to objections received from Nettleham Parish Council and in order for it to be considered alongside application number 146082.

The Planning Officer introduced the item indicating that an additional letter of objection had been received from 7 Parkway Nettleham.

It had been stated in the letter of objection that the new location of a farm track ran down Kevin Road in the middle of a 30 home housing estate. The road was narrow and could not provide access for farm vehicles. It could easily cause damage to vehicles. Silage for fields could drop from farm vehicles, causing serious health hazards to all concerned, especially children. The farm track had been ill-thought-out by the applicant.  Having 8 affordable houses which were in fact homes up for rent in the middle of a private housing estate was considered inappropriate.  The objector would much prefer to see homes for first-time buyers.

Members sought clarification around the access width, but otherwise supported this application.

Accordingly, it was proposed, seconded and unanimously agreed that planning permission should be GRANTED subject to the signing of a Unilateral Undertaking to secure the dwellings as affordable and to the following conditions:-

Conditions stating the time by which the development must be commenced:

1.The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: To conform with Section 91 (1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

Conditions which apply or require matters to be agreed before the development commenced:

2. No development shall take place until a Construction Management Plan and Method Statement has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority which shall indicate measures to mitigate against traffic generation and drainage of the site during the construction stage of the proposed development. The Construction Management Plan and Method Statement shall include;

• phasing of the development to include access construction;

• the parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors;

• loading and unloading of plant and materials;

• storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development;

• wheel washing facilities;

• the routes of construction traffic to and from the site including any off site routes for the disposal of excavated material and;

• strategy stating how surface water run off on and from the development will be managed during construction and protection measures for any sustainable drainage features. This should include drawing(s) showing how the drainage systems (permanent or temporary) connect to an outfall (temporary or permanent) during construction. The Construction Management Plan and Method Statement shall be strictly adhered to throughout the construction period.

Reason: To ensure that the permitted development is adequately drained without creating or increasing flood risk to land or property adjacent to, or downstream of, the permitted development during construction and to ensure that suitable traffic routes are agreed.

Conditions which apply or are to be observed during the course of the development:

3. With the exception of the detailed matters referred to by the conditions of this consent, the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the approved plans:

Site Location Plan- L162/NET2/LOCATION/01 REV C

Site Layout Plan- L162-NET-SL-02 REV C

C305 Floor Plans and Elevations OP L000-C305-DS-01

C305 Floor Plans and Elevations AS L000-C305-DS-01

B204 End Floor Plans and Elevations OP L000-B204-E-DS-01

B204 End Floor Plans and Elevations AS L000-B204-E-DS-01

Reason:  To ensure the development proceeds in accordance with the approved plans.

4. No development other than to foundation level shall take place until full details of foul and surface water drainage has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained thereafter.

Reason:To ensure adequate drainage facilities are provided to serve the development and to prevent pollution of the water environment in accordance with policy S21 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

5.No development other than foundation level shall take place until details of external finishing materials have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure the use of appropriate materials to safeguard the character and appearance of the street scene in accordance with the NPPF and policy S53 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan and D-6 of the Nettleham Neighbourhood Plan.

6.Prior to occupation, a scheme of landscaping including details of the size, species and position or density of all trees to be planted, fencing and walling shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.

Reason: To ensure that a landscaping scheme to enhance the development is provided in accordance with policy S53 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

7.The development shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted flood risk assessment dated March 2020 by Millward Consulting Engineers. Any mitigation measures shall be fully implemented prior to occupation and shall be retained and maintained thereafter throughout the lifetime of the development.

Reason: To reduce the risk of flooding to people and property in accordance with policy S21 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan and policy D-4 of the Nettleham Neighbourhood Plan.

8.All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping, as required by condition 6 of this permission, shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the first operation of the lagoon or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner; and any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation. The landscaping should be retained thereafter.

Reason: To ensure that appropriate landscaping is implement and that initial plant losses are overcome in the interests of visual amenity to accord with the National Planning Policy Framework and policy S53 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

Conditions which apply or relate to matters which are to be observed following completion of the development:

None.

Note:               Councillor A. White returned to the Chamber at 8.09 pm.