Agenda item

Planning Application 2023/91212 - Erection of 21 dwellings, with access from Laithe Avenue, at land off Bankfield Drive, Holmbridge, Holmfirth.

Ward affected: Holme Valley South

Contact: Ellie Thornhill, Planning Services

Approval delegated.

The Committee considered Planning Application 2023/91212 in relation to the erection of 21 dwellings, with access from Laithe Avenue, at land off Bankfield Drive, Holmbridge, Holmfirth.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee received representations from Ian Hodgkinson, Steve Elvidge, Rick Cocker, Angela Mitchell and Sally Emmett (in objection) and Candy Day (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:

1.       Three years to commence development.

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

3.       Samples of walling and roofing materials.

4.       Details of windows and doors.

5.       All windows to be set back into the reveal by 100mm.

6.       Details of secure cycle storage.

7.       Submission of a highway condition survey and remediation measures.

8.       Details regarding the management of waste.

9.       Details of vehicle and pedestrian spaces.

10.      Means of access to and from the site shall be in accordance with the preliminary access arrangements shown on the approved plans.

11.      Details of the preliminary street and footpath design.

12.      Off-site highway works to be provided as shown on 22027/GA/01 Rev. D.

13.      Submission of a full structural dilapidation survey of the existing dry stone highway retaining wall adjacent to Dobb Top Road.

14.      Details for new retaining walls / building retaining walls/ attenuation tanks adjacent to the proposed adoptable / existing highway including any proposed modifications to the existing highway retaining wall adjacent to Dobb Top Road.

15.      Details of the design and construction details for all new surface water attenuation tanks / pipes/manholes located within the proposed highway footprint or influence zone of highway loading.

16.      Reporting of unexpected land contamination.

17.      Submission of a verification report.

18.      Submission of a strategy for imported materials.

19.      A scheme detailing the Electric Vehicle Charging Points (EVCPs).

20.      Submission of a Construction Environmental Management Plan.

21.      Details of measures to deter crime and anti-social behaviour.

22.      Management and maintenance of landscaped areas.

23.      Submission of a Biodiversity Enhancement and Management Plan.

24.      Submission of a CEMP:Biodiversity.

25.      Full details of boundary treatment (including the increased size of the hedge to the eastern boundary).

26.      Submission of an informed by up-to-date ECIA to include additional surveys of invasive species during optimal growing season.

27.      Submission of a revised Method Statement for the Retaining Wall (given the location of the attenuation tank).

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

(i)             Affordable Housing: Three affordable housing units (all First Homes, comprising 2x 2-bed and 1x 3-bed) to be provided in perpetuity.

(ii)       Biodiversity: Contribution of £104,880 towards off-site measures to achieve biodiversity net gain, with authority being delegated to the Head of Planning and Development to amend the contribution amount, as necessary, further to the receipt of an amended bio-diversity metric calculation.

(iii)      Public Open Space: An off-site contribution of £55,932.16.

(iv)      Public Right of Way: A contribution of £10,000 for the connection onto the Public Right of Way (HOL/91/20).

(v)      Management and maintenance: The establishment of a management company for the management and maintenance of any land not within private curtilages or adopted by other parties, and of infrastructure (including surface water drainage until formally adopted by the statutory undertaker).        

(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 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 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 Homewood, Lawson, Pinnock and Sokhal (4 votes)

Against: Councillor Armer (1 vote)