Decision details

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

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

a.     reiterating the provisions in the original Agreement, where still applicable, and including the amended wording described below.

b.    delivering covenants that would bind the land and building comprising the supermarket and make sure that no more than 596 square metres (6415.3 square feet) of the net sales area of the supermarket building could be used for the sale to members of the public of comparison goods.

c.     retaining an overall sales area but with the following higher limits for chemists goods and recreational and other miscellaneous goods,

                                                 i.     Chemists goods: 152 square metres

                                               ii.     Recreational and other miscellaneous goods: 180 square metres

                                              iii.     All other categories: 92 square metres

as indicated on the submitted floor layout plan.

2.              The Conditions set out in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.

The Committee welcomed the applicant’s commitment to licensing four Farmers’ Market events on the Market Square at the junction of Broad Street and High Street in Cambourne, but instructed officers to investigate with the applicant the possibility of extending this trial period to 12 months in order better to assess practicality and viability and success of the markets, and provide potential stallholders with a greater guarantee.