Decision details

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The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application, in accordance with the Building Height Parameter Plan (SZ258000027-202 Rev B) subject to

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

a.     £92,310 towards Early Years Education

b.     £128,459 towards Primary School Education

c.      £297.84 towards libraries and lifelong learning

d.     £5249.00 towards strategic waste

e.     £18,009 towards GP Surgery

f.       £35,000 towards Old Methodist Church

g.     £30,000 towards relocation of tennis courts and bowling green

h.     £35,000 towards The Butts Playground

i.       £10,000 towards a cycle link feasibility study

j.       Scheme of 40% affordable housing provision to be agreed

k.      Scheme of on-site public open space and management to be agreed

l.       Scheme of ecological enhancement, management and monitoring

as detailed in the Heads of Terms attached as Appendix 1 to the report from the Head of Development Management, subject to

(i)               an amendment to the trigger for Reference CCC4 (Libraries and lifelong learning) to 50% prior to occupation and 50% prior to occupation of the 14^th dwelling

(ii)              an additional clause securing maintenance and management of the hedge along the application site boundary with Mill Street;

2.     The Conditions and Informatives set out in the said report, amended in Condition (b) by replacing ’18 months’ with ’12 months’, and in Condition (c) also by replacing ’18 months’ with ’12 months’; and

3.     An additional Condition requiring that no built development take place within a distance of ten metres from the western edge of the existing footway along the application site adjacent to Mill Street (Reason: to secure an acceptable relationship with the setting of the Grade II listed buildings and Conservation Area, in accordance with policies CH/4 and CH/5 of the adopted Local Development Framework 2007); and

4.     Another Condition stating that,notwithstanding the approved plans identified in condition (d) no more than two houses shall be permitted along the eastern edge of the site fronting Mill Street.

(Reason: To ensure there is not significant harm to the setting of the Grade II listed building and Conservation Area in accordance with policies CH/4 and CH/5 of the adopted Local Development Framework 2007.)