Issue - decisions

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions and Informatives set out in the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development.

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application subject to

1. The prior completion of a Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 securing matters such as

In addition, it will be the responsibility of the developer to ensure that a management company is in place to deliver management and maintenance of the common areas, including the lighting, refuse collection area, footpaths and roads. Financial responsibility will  rest with the occupiers of the dwellings

2. the Conditions and Informatives set out in the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development with modification to condition (b) to now be "Application for the approval of reserved matters shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of 1 year from the date of this permission."

The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director. Members agreed the reasons for refusal as being encroachment into the countryside, contrary to Policy DP/7 (Development Frameworks) of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework 2007, and the need to guard against incremental growth.

Members resolved to take enforcement proceedings as might be indicated, including the issue of Enforcement Notices and a notice under Section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as officers consider appropriate, with three-months allowed for compliance, in respect of the unauthorised change of use from agricultural land outside the development framework to use as garden land, and the unauthorised use of part of the site as a builder’s yard, which was considered detrimental to visual amenity.

The Committee approved the application, contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director, subject to the imposition of safeguarding Conditions relating to, among other things, materials and landscaping. Members agreed the reasons for approval as being that

1.    The proposed replacement dwelling, despite the scale of the two storey rear element and its impact on the design of the dwelling, would not have an unacceptable impact on the visual amenity of the area and would not materially increase the impact of the site on its surrounding to the detriment of the openness and the character of the countryside; and

2.    The proposal was compliant therefore with Policies DP/2, DP/3 and HG/7 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework 2007.

The Committee deferred the application for a site visit.