Agenda item

Planning Application 2023/92966 for the demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 97 dwellings including formation of a new access from Cliffe Lane, landscaping, public open space and all associated infrastructure and engineering works on land to the rear of 271 Cliffe Lane, Gomersal, Cleckheaton.

Ward affected: Liversedge and Gomersal

Contact: Nick Hirst, Planning Services

Approval delegated.

The Committee considered Planning Application 2023/92966 for the demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 97 dwellings including formation of a new access from Cliffe Lane, landscaping, public open space and all associated infrastructure and engineering works on land to the rear of 271 Cliffe Lane, Gomersal, Cleckheaton.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 36(3), the Committee received a representation from Councillor David Hall.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee received a representation from Emma Winter (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 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. Sample facing materials to be provided (dwellings and retaining walls).
4. Local Area of Equipped Play details to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
5. Updated boundary treatment plan, to include consideration of boundary to numbers 287 – 313 Cliffe Lane, to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
6. Detailed landscaping with management and maintenance arrangements, to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
7. Arboricultural Method Statement to be submitted and approved. Works to be done in accordance with Arboricultural Impact Assessment, with no unidentified tree-works to take place unless further Arboricultural Impact /Method Statement approved.
8. Technical details of retaining walls to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
9. Mitigation to be done in accordance with Acoustic Report.
10. Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP), including dust mitigation measures, to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
11. Access to be constructed in accordance with approved plan.
12. Road condition survey to be submitted and approved.
13. Cycle store details to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
14. Waste storage facilities and shared collection points to be provided.
15. Temp waste collection strategy to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
16. Parking to be provided prior to occupation.
17. Updated Travel plan to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
18. Footpath connection details to SPE/56/10 to be to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
19. Drainage strategy details to be submitted and approved.
20. Flood routing details to be submitted and approved.
21. Temporary drainage arrangements during construction.
22. Construction Environmental Management Plan: Ecology (CEMP:Ecology) to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
23. Ecological Design Strategy to secure net gain and other ecological enhancements to be to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
24. Ecological lighting strategy to be to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
25. No site clearance within the bird breeding season (unless appropriate survey undertaken).
26. Electric Vehicle Charging Point (EVCP) charging strategy to be submitted, approved, and implemented.
27. Contaminated land investigation and remediation to be submitted, approved, and implemented (as required).
28. Coal legacy investigation and remediation to be submitted, approved, and implemented (as required)

29. Plots 63 – 66 to be located as per plan ref. 1694- 101 rev. P.

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

a)  Affordable Housing: 16 units, comprising 7 Affordable Rent, 5 First Homes and 4 Intermediate (16.5% of total units).

b)  Open space off-site contribution: £112,855

c)  Education: £150,705

d)  Sustainable Travel: £44,500 towards Metro Cards (or similar), £26,000 towards bus stop improvements, and £10,000 towards travel plan monitoring.

e)  Ecological net gain: £13,110 towards off-site measures to achieve biodiversity net gain, with alternative option to provide on-site or nearby provision if suitable scheme identified.

f)   Management and maintenance: on-site Public Open Space, on-site drainage infrastructure, and ecological features (30 year minimum).

(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 Armer, Firth, Homewood, Lawson, and Pinnock (5 votes)

Against: Councillor Thompson (1 vote)