Agenda item

Erection of two new private rented residential blocks comprising a total of 93 apartments

By ten votes to nil, with Councillor Sue Ellington abstaining, the Planning Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development. Members agreed the reason for refusal as being:

·         Conflict with South Cambridgeshire District Council Local Plan Policy HQ/1 (Design Principles)

·         Conflict with the Orchard Park Design Guidance SPD (2011)

·         Conflict with Local Plan Policy NH/14 (Biodiversity)

Members visited the site on 9 July 2019.

Councillor Pippa Heylings declared a non-pecuniary interest because, as one of the local Members, she had met with the developers but was considering the matter afresh.

Jan Chadwick (objector) and Mike Galloway (Orchard Park Community Council) addressed the meeting.

By ten votes to nil, with Councillor Sue Ellington abstaining, the Planning Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development. Members agreed the reason for refusal as being a balanced assessment of the proposal being inconsistent with Policy HQ/1 (Design Principles) of the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan 2018.