Agenda item

Erection of 10 affordable dwellings, with access from Chapelgate and associated works, including resident play zone on land adjacent to 67 Chapelgate, Scholes, Holmfirth.

Contact: Nick Hirst, Planning Services

Ward(s) affected: Holme Valley South

Approval delegated to the Head of Planning and Development.

The Committee considered Application 2022/92406 in relation to the erection of 10 affordable dwellings, with access from Chapelgate and associated works, including resident play zone on land adjacent to 67 Chapelgate, Scholes, Holmfirth.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 36(3) the Committee received representations from Councillors Moses Crook, Paul Davies and Donald Firth.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee received representations from Rob Heels, Dean Killock and Carol Killock (in objection) and Tony Hood, Martyn Broadest and David Storrie (on behalf of the applicant).

Resolved -

1)       That, approval of the application and issue of the decision notice be delegated to the Head of Planning and Development in order to:

a)    complete the list of conditions, including those contained within the report and the update, as set out below:

1.    Three years to commence development.

2.    Development to be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and specifications.

3.    Details of boundary treatments to be submitted and approved, and thereafter installed and retained.

4.    Materials samples, to include natural stone and slate, to be provided.

5.    Remove Permitted Development rights for extensions, outbuildings, and dormers.

6.    Retaining walls erected as per approved plans.

7.    Landscaping to be done in accordance with plan.

8.    Landscaping management and maintenance plan to be provided.

9.    Details of new village sign, to be provided and retained.

10. Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP).

11. Road to adoptable standard.

12. Access, Sightlines, Footpath to acceptable standards.

13. Cycle stores to be provided.

14. Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP).

15. Road Condition Survey.

16. Drainage strategy.

17. Flood routing strategy.

18. Temporary drainage strategy for construction.

19. Car parking crime mitigation measures.

20. One Electric Vehicle Charging Point per dwelling.

21. Contaminated land investigations.

22. Invasive species management plan.

23. An Ecological Design Strategy (including management and maintenance details) to demonstrate how the 0.68 habitat units will be delivered on site, to include; five bat boxes, five bird boxes, five log piles, provision of hedgehog holes in garden boundaries.

24. A lighting designs strategy (ecology).

25. Restrict site clearance to outside of bird breeding season (unless appropriate surveys are undertaken).

26. Construction Environmental Management Plan: Biodiversity (CEMP: Biodiversity)

b)    secure a Section 106 agreement to cover the following matters:

(i)             Limit occupation of the dwellings to those with a local connection and in need of affordable housing.

(ii)            The provision of 0.8 habitat units within the area, an off-site contribution (£18,538), or a mixture of the two. On-site habitat to be manged for 30 years.

(iii)          Management and maintenance of drainage infrastructure (prior to adoption) and ecological features.

2)       In the circumstances where the Section 106 agreement has not been completed within three months of the date of the Committee’s resolution then the Head of Planning and Development shall consider whether permission should be refused on the grounds that the proposals are unacceptable in the absence of the mitigation and benefits that would have been secured and, if so, the Head of Planning and Development be authorised to determine the application and impose appropriate reasons for refusal under delegated powers.

A recorded vote was taken, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 42 (5), as follows;

For: Councillors Hall, Hawkins, Pattison, Pinnock and Sokhal (5 votes)

Against: Councillors Armer and Thompson (2 votes)