Agenda item

Planning Application 2023/93667; an outline application, including the consideration of access for vehicles into the site, for the demolition of buildings and erection of residential development (up to 261 dwellings), including redevelopment of Lodge Cottage and Administration Building for residential use, two vehicular access points off Storthes Hall Lane, and associated works at Storthes Hall Student Village, Storthes Hall Lane, Kirkburton, Huddersfield.

Ward affected: Kirkburton

Contact: Nick Hirst, Planning Services

Approval delegated.

The Committee considered Planning Application 2023/93667 in respect of the demolition of buildings and an outline application, including the consideration of access for vehicles into the site, for the erection of residential development (up to 261 dwellings), including redevelopment of Lodge Cottage and the Administration Building for residential use, two vehicular access points off Storthes Hall Lane, and associated works at Storthes Hall Student Village, Storthes Hall Lane, Kirkburton, Huddersfield.

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

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee received representations from Heather Peacock (objector) and Mark Johnson (on behalf of the applicant).

The Committee was informed the Head of Planning and Development had agreed an amendment to the description of the application (as set out above).

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.    Standard outline condition (submission of Reserved Matters)

2.    Standard outline condition (implementation of Reserved Matters)

3.    Standard outline condition (Reserved Matters submission time limit)

4.    Standard outline condition (Reserved Matters implementation time limit)

5.    Details of phasing to be submitted and approved

6.    Development to be done in accordance with submitted plans

7.    ReservedMatters (all)submission toinclude areport detailing proposal’s impact on the Green Belt’s openness

8.    ReservedMatters (all)submission toinclude areport detailingclimate change considerations within the design

9.    ReservedMatters (layout,scale, appearance)submission toinclude details of housing mixture and sizes

10.Reserved Matters (all) submission to adhere to the stipulations of the parameters plan, unless explicitly justified (to allow reasonable flexibility).

11.ReservedMatters (all)submission toinclude crimemitigation strategy

12.ReservedMatters (all)submission toinclude updatedArboricultural Survey and Impact Assessment

13.Arboricultural Method Statement to be submitted and approved.

14.Limitationson developmentsubject topublic sewer easement, unless sewer diverted

15.Construction Environmental Management Plan

16.Construction Environmental Management Plan: Ecology

17.Contaminatedland investigationand asappropriate remediation/validation works

18.Reservedmatters (layoutand landscaping)submission tobe supported by up-to-date Ecological Impact Assessment.

19.ReservedMatters (layoutand landscape)to includeup-to-date net gain assessment

20.EcologicalDesignStrategy toprovide detailsof hownet gainto be delivered

21.Lighting design strategy to be submitted and approved

22.Invasive species removal protocol to be submitted and approved

23.Site accesses to be implemented

24.Surfaces to be sealed and drained

25.Off-site Highway Works Implementation

26.InternalEstate Streetsand ActiveTravel linksto beagreed at Reserved matters stage

27.Footpathandactive travellinks intoand withthe siteto beagreed at Reserved Matters stage

28.Highway Structures Conditions

29.Details of secure cycling to be provided

30.Electric Vehicle Charging Points to be provided

31.Fully detailed Travel Plan to be provided

32.Temporaryand permanentwaste collectionarrangements tobe agreed and implemented

33.HighwayCondition Surveys andRemediation tobe agreedand implemented

34.Technicaldrainage details,with managementand maintenance arrangements, to be submitted and approved.

35.Soakaway testing to be submitted and approved.

36.Flood routing details to be submitted and approved

37.Temporarysurface watermanagement detailsto besubmitted and approved

38.Submitted Air Quality Mitigation Measures to be implemented

Additional conditions relating to:

-       Clear identification of which buildings may be demolished.

-       Dedicated Demolition Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)

-       Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) (Biodiversity)

-       Arboricultural Impact and Method Statement

and a note confirming felling of Tree Preservation Order (TPO) trees not permitted until after Reserved Matters are approved.

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

1.    Affordable housing: 10% provision, by virtue of Vacant Building Credit, with a tenure split of 55% social or affordable rent and 45% intermediate housing (including 25% first homes), unless otherwise agreed at Reserved Matters stage;

2.    Open space: Contribution to address any on-site shortfalls in specific open space typologies (to be calculated at Reserved Matters stage in light of on-site provision)

3.    Education: Contribution towards education provision (to be determined at Reserved Matters stage, based on formular to be set within the Section 106 agreement).

4.    Sustainable transport: £1,000,000 contribution towards the delivery of a bus service (£200,000 x 5 years), £64,000 towards 2x bus shelters with real time displays, £15,000 for Travel Plan monitoring, and a (£511.50 x final number of units) Sustainable Travel Fund contribution.

5.    Biodiversity Net Gain: Contribution (amount to be confirmed) towards off-site measures to achieve biodiversity net gain in the event that it cannot be delivered onsite.

6.    Management: 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 estate roads, open space, landscaped areas and 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, 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, Homewood, Pinnock, Sokhal and Thompson

(5 votes)