Agenda item

Hybrid planning application for the erection of an industrial unit for B2 /B8 use, with ancillary office space and associated access, parking, groundworks and landscaping in conjunction with an outline application for mixed use development use class E(b),B2 and B8, with ancillary office space and associated works Land off Lindley Moor Road, Lindley, Huddersfield.

Ward affected: Lindley

Contact: Nick Hirst, Planning Services

Approval delegated.

The Committee considered a hybrid planning application (2022/91477) for the erection of an industrial unit for B2 /B8 use, with ancillary office space and associated access, parking, groundworks and landscaping in conjunction with an outline application for mixed use development use class E(b),B2 and B8, with ancillary office space and associated works Land off Lindley Moor Road, Lindley, Huddersfield

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee received a representation from David Storrie (on behalf of the applicant).

Resolved –

(1)      That approval of the application and the issuing 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, as set out below:

Full Permission

1.       3 years to commence development

2.       Development to be done in accordance with plans

3.       Technical details of road and access (including footpaths)

4.       Solar panels to be provided

5.       Material samples to be provided and approved.

6.       Remove Permitted Development rights for alterations (i.e., new windows) on south elevation

7.       Internal, external, and plant noise mitigation to be implemented (subject to update).

8.       Submitted finished floor levels to be adhered to.

9.       External lighting to be as per submitted plans

10.      Crime mitigation measures to be submitted and approved.

11.      Drainage strategy to be done in accordance with Flood Risk Assessment.

12.      Footpath on frontage to Lindley Moor Road to be provided.

13.      Site southern boundary wall to be set back 1.5m to widen Public Right of Way (PROW), with technical details to be provided.

14.      Landscaping strategy, including management and maintenance arrangements, to be submitted and approved.

15.      Cycle facilities as proposed to be provided

Outline Permission

1.       3 years for Reserved Matters to be submitted, 2 years for reserved matters development to be commenced

2.       Development to be done in accordance with plans

3.       Restaurant to be E(b) use only.

4.       Limit on retail floor space of unit D, Da and E’s trade counter.

5.       Each Reserved Matters phase to include a Climate Change Statement

6.       Floor space not to exceed Area Schedule

7.       Each phase to have its own Heritage Impact Assessment

8.       Crime mitigation measures per phase

9.       Lighting strategy to be submitted per phase.

10.      Restaurant Reserved Matters to include an odour assessment.

11.      Lighting strategy per Reserved Matters phase

12.      Noise Impact Assessment, to include hours of operation, per reserved matters phase

13.      Noise limitation of external plant per unit.

14.      Details of Layout, per phase, to include updated drainage strategy complying with indicative strategy and flood routing from outline

15.      Details of layout to include cycle facilities.

Shared

1.       Air quality mitigation measures including Electric Vehicle Charging Points, prorated based on floor space to the identified value, to be detailed and implemented.

2.       Construction Environmental Management Plan per phase

3.       Construction Ecological Management Plan per phase

4.       Biodiversity Management Enhancement Plan per phase

5.       Temporary surface water during construction per phase

6.       Development to done in accordance with remediation

7.       Validation report to be submitted per phase.

8.       Waste storage and collection details to be provided per phase

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

(i)      Ecological net gain off-site contribution: £9,200.

(ii)     Travel plan monitoring:  £15,000

(iii)    Sustainable travel contribution: £10,000 towards bus stop improvement

(iv)   Signal Timing Monitoring at Ainley Top: £24,000 (£12k x 2, at 50% and 100% occupation)

(v)     Skills and education plan: Detailed strategy to be provided and implemented

(vi)   Management and maintenance arrangements: Drainage (unless adopted), on-site habitat (min 30 year).

(2)  That, in the circumstances where the Section 106 agreement has not been completed within 3 months of the date of the Committee’s resolution, 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 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 set out below:

For: Councillors Anwar, Armer, Homewood, Pinnock, Sokhal and Thompson (6 votes)