Agenda item

Planning Application 2021/92527 for the erection of 29 dwellings, formation of access, public space, attenuation and associated infrastructure on land off, Cockley Hill Lane, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield.

Ward affected: Dalton

Contact: William Simcock, Planning Services

Approval delegated.

The Committee considered Planning Application 2021/92527 for the erection of 29 dwellings, formation of access, public space, attenuation and associated infrastructure on land off Cockley Hill Lane, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee received a representation from Laura Mepham (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 and including an additional condition (29), 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)  Materials.

4)  Phase 1 contamination report.

5)  Phase 2 contamination report if required.

6)  Remediation strategy to be submitted if required.

7)  Remediation to be carried out.

8)  Contaminated land verification report (if applicable)

9)  Detailed drainage design.

10)Flow routing plans with assessment of the effects of 1 in 100 year storm events.

11)Temporary drainage plan during construction.

12)Detailed landscaping scheme.

13)Landscaping management plan.

14)Biodiversity enhancement and management plan.

15)Visibility splays to be provided.

16)Details of junction of new estate road with Cockley Hill Lane.

17)Full travel plan to be submitted.

18)Scheme of internal adoptable estate roads.

19)Details of temporary waste collection arrangements.

20)Cross-sectional information, design and construction details for new retaining walls.

21)Cross-sectional information, design and construction details for surface water attenuation infrastructure within the proposed highway footprint.

22)Defects survey pre-and post-development, with a scheme to remedy any subsequent defects.

23) Electric Vehicle Charge Points scheme.

24)Details of other climate change mitigation measures.

25)Details of cycle storage.

26)Details of design of bin enclosures.

27)Construction Environmental Management Plan (biodiversity).

28)Implementation in full accordance with the approved Arboricultural Method Statement.

29)Full details finished floor and ground levels within the site relative to Ordnance Datum or an identifiable temporary datum.

(b) secure a Section 106 agreement to cover the following matters, with all contributions being index-linked:

i)      Affordable Housing: On-site provision consisting of six units.

ii)     Sustainable Transport: Provision of sustainable transport contributions to the total sum of £15,071.30 and Travel Plan monitoring contributions of £10,000.

iii)   Public Open Space: Off-site contribution of £23,352.64 to address shortfall.

iv)   Management and maintenance of drainage infrastructure: The establishment of a management company for the management and maintenance of any land not within private curtilages or adopted by other parties, of infrastructure (including surface water drainage until formally adopted by the statutory undertaker, and of the site’s existing watercourse) and of street trees (if planted on land not adopted).

(2)      That, 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; 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 and Sokhal (5 votes)