Agenda item

Report of the Head of Transport and planning recommending that the Panel delegate approval in respect of an application for a proposed development at the above address.

The Panel considered the report of the Head of Transport and Planning in respect of an application for planning permission for the proposed development at the above address recommending that authority be delegated to the Head of Transport and Planning to grant planning permission subject to criteria listed in the report.

Redevelopment of the site. Erection of a 2-storey building containing 3 x 1-bed self-contained supported living flats at ground floor, mixed use (Class C2/C3) with communal staff facilities at first floor and car parking (amended description).

Mr Chamberlain (local resident/ objecting), Mr Dudley (agent), and Councillor Fuller (ward councillor/objecting) were present and with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.

The presenting officer reported that Condition number 27 needed to deleted and that Condition 3 required to be amended as set out below.

Upon being put to the vote the Panel confirmed the Habitats Regulation Assessment.

The Panel then considered the recommendation to delegate authority to the Head of Transport and Planning to grant planning permission. The Panel then considered recommendation (2) that authority be delegated to the Head of Transport and Planning to grant planning permission subject to criteria listed in the report (as amended) and recommendation (3).  Upon being put to the vote the recommendations were carried unanimously.

RESOLVED:

1. To confirm the Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) set out in Appendix 1 of the report.
2. To delegate authority to the Head of Transport and Planning to grant planning permission subject to the planning conditions set out in the report (as amended)  and a habitat’s mitigation contribution linked to the impacts identified in the Habitats Regulation Assessment.
3. That the Head of Transport and Planning be granted authority to add, vary and/or delete relevant parts of the Section 106 agreement and/or conditions as necessary. In the event that the legal agreement is not completed within a reasonable period following the Panel meeting, the Head of Transport and Planning be authorised to refuse permission on the ground of failure to secure the provisions of the Section 106 Legal Agreement.

AMENDED CONDITION

3. Accommodation Management Plan [Pre-Occupation Condition]

Prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved a Residential Accommodation Management Plan, to include details of safety and security measures, practices and procedures that serve the hereby approved residential accommodation in specialist use [class C2/C3] and which includes details of the following shall be submitted to and approved in writing. Once approved the development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details throughout the lifetime of the development:

·  Security measures preventing residents from leaving the building without supervision (if their care packages/risk assessments deem it unsafe to do so) including at night;

·  Confirmation of on-site staffing by registered care providers on a 24 hour/7 days a week basis;

·  Emergency procedures; and

·  Measures to ensure that residents will not have access to a private vehicle.

Reason: To safeguard the residential amenities of neighbouring properties, in the interests of highways safety and in the interest of the safety and security of all residents within the development hereby approved.