Deferred to allow officers an opportunity to seek Counsel’s Advice about their final report to Committee.
The ctee approved the application, subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development.
The Planning Committee resolved to give officers delegated powers to approve the application subject to;
1 The prior completion of a planning obligation (detailed wording being delegated to officers)
i) securing
a. the houses as affordable subject to exemptions in favour of secured lenders
b. the sum of £10.17 per square metre of adoptable on-site public open space
c. £69.50 per dwelling for waste receptacles
d. £1,500 monitoring fee
ii) incorporating the Mortgagee-in-Possession exemptions, it being stated clearly that, in the event of mortgage default, and so long as no other Registered Provider (RP) acquires them from the defaulting RP, South Cambridgeshire District Council will be offered first option to purchase the properties on no less favourable terms and at no less favourable valuation than is sufficient to defray the funder’s exposure;
2. the Condition requiring low level lighting agreed by Members at the Planning Committee meeting on 4 March 2015; and
3. other safeguarding Conditions.
The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application, contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director, subject to safeguarding Conditions, including a Condition requiring low level lighting. Members agreed the reasons for approval were that the public benefits of providing affordable housing to meet a defined local need were sufficient to outweigh any harm to the permanent loss of open countryside and Green Belt, the landscape setting of the village, and the setting of surrounding listed buildings.
The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application, subject to no material objections being raised, and to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.
The Committee approved application S/1463/12/FL contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director. Members considered the site to be sustainable and a visual improvement to the area. The Committee approved application S/1631/12/LB in line with the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.
The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities), subject to clarification of financial contributions and highways issues. Members agreed the reason for approval as being that need for the development outweighs any harm to the surrounding heritage assets.
Delegated approval / refusal subject to the outcome of negotiations between the Local Planning Authority and applicant on the reduction in the number of flues from two to one, and to a Condition withdrawing Permitted Development Rights.
Refused as report.
Delegated approval as report.