S/1963/15/CONDG - Linton (Land North and South of Bartlow Road)
Decision:
By seven votes to two, with one abstention, 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 the absence of any evidence that a satisfactory method of surface water drainage could be provided, contrary to policies CC/7 (Water Quality), CC/8 (Sustainable Drainage Systems) and CC/9 (Managing flood risk) of the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan 2018.
Minutes:
The case officer confirmed that development on site had commenced. The Committee was informed that, as a result, the pre-commencement Condition in question could no longer be discharged but only accepted. He also refer to his recent correspondence with Linton Parish Council, and to a letter received from Lucy Frazer, M.P. for South East Cambridgeshire.
Councillor Enid Bald (Linton Parish Council) and Councillor John Batchelor (a local Member) addressed the meeting.
Hilary Ellis (Lead Local Flood Authority) was in attendance. She confirmed that the map relied upon in commenting upon the application was the best information available. The Environment Agency had no objection to the application. Some Committee members expressed surprise at this in the light of recent surface water flooding in the area.
The Senior Planning Lawyer told the Committee that discharge of the Condition might be challenged by Linton Parish Council. The time frame for considering this Reserved Matters application had lapsed although approval of the access would remain intact because that had been granted at the outline stage.
By seven votes to two, with one abstention, 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 the absence of any evidence that a satisfactory method of surface water drainage could be provided, contrary to policies CC/7 (Water Quality), CC/8 (Sustainable Drainage Systems) and CC/9 (Managing flood risk) of the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan 2018.