Issue - meetings

Hybrid application.                              

‘Late items:’

Site:- Land East Of, Hinckley Island Hotel, Watling Street, Burbage

Proposal:- Full planning application for the erection of a 29,563 sqm storage and distribution facility (Use Class B8), including ancillary offices, salt barn, tyre and vehicle storage unit, vehicle maintenance unit, canteen and security office, service yard and HGV parking, car parking, landscaping, and other associated development, a 49,470 sqm industrial/ storage and distribution unit (Use Class B1c/B2/B8) including ancillary offices, service yard and HGV parking, car parking, landscaping, and other associated development, creation of a new access from the A5, internal spine road and associated infrastructure, including earthworks, a new substation access from the A5, and temporary construction access from the A5; and

Outline application with all matters reserved except for access, for up to 42,000 sqm of Use Class B1c, B2 and B8 floorspace, including ancillary offices, service yards and HGV parking, car parking, landscaping, and other associated development, located at land east of Hinckley Island Hotel, Watling Street, Burbage, Hinckley

Consultation:-

Additional comments have been received following the submission of revised plans; these are summarised below.

Two further objections have been received from members of the public:

1)Revised plans do not address the problems

2)Drawing referred to is an existing layout

Jury’s Inn Hotel re-iterate their concerns to the proposal:

1)Noise and disturbance will increase particularly in the critical early morning hours when traffic is at the moment light

2)Hotel rooms are not used ‘sporadically’ they run at 85% occupancy throughout the year

3)Note that HBBC Environmental Health has concerns re noise conditions

4)More consideration should be given to the ways in which noise can be mitigated and detailed conditions imposed to ensure continued commercial viability of the hotel

5)The Hotel employs 180 people who make a significant contribution to the economy of the Borough; insufficient weight has been given to the determination of the application.

Burbage Parish Council make the following comments:

1)Discussion ensued on the pedestrian/cycle route as set out within the plans and it was ascertained that this will form part of the plans for the site

2)No other objections raised as amendments are changes to be made to the access and egress of the site for both transport and public travelling to and from the site

HBBC Environmental Health has no further comments

HBBC Waste reiterates a previously recommended condition

Historic England has no further comments

Natural England has no further comments

S106 Monitoring Officer has no further comments

LCC Ecology note that they are pleased to see the revised parameters plan clearly shows the area where landscaping will be agreed at a later stage, in association with the reserved matters application.

Updated consultation responses have been received from LCC Archaeology and the Lead Local Flood Authority; these are summarised below.

LCC Archaeology do not object subject to provision for a programme of archaeological mitigation (targeted investigation and recording), to take place in advance of development and to be secured by condition on any planning approval

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Hybrid application for storage facility, industrial storage and distribution unit, access, landscaping and other associated development.

Notwithstanding the officer recommendation that the application be approved, some members felt that the application would be detrimental to visual amenity and would cause traffic issues.

It was moved by Councillor Hall and seconded by Councillor Roberts that the committee be minded to refuse the application for reasons of loss of visual amenity from zones 2 and 3, impact on the highway due to additional vehicle movements by employees of the site and development in the open countryside.

Upon being put to the vote, the motion was LOST.

It was moved by Councillor Sutton, seconded by Councillor Ladkin and

RESOLVED –

(i)            Permission be granted subject to:

·         The prior completion of a S106 agreement to secure the following obligations:

Highways:

o   A contribution towards improvements to the wider highway network within Hinckley as detailed in the late items

o   Provision of bus services and contribution towards future service. New bus stop infrastructure must include but not be limited to: bus stops, bus shelters, facilitation of real time information, raised kerbs, lighting and timetable information as detailed in the late items

o   One travel pack per employee of £52.85 from first occupation

o   One six month bus pass per employee at an average of £360 per pass to be offered on commencement of bus service provision on site

o   Framework travel plan monitoring fee of £11,337.50

o   Site wide travel plan co-ordinator to be funded and employed by the applicant from the commencement of development until five years following full occupation.

·         Provision of opportunities for apprenticeships and work experience and employment and skills related training during the construction of the development as detailed in the late items;

·         The conditions outlined in the officer’s report and late items.

(ii)           The Planning Manager (Development Management) be granted delegated powers to determine the final details of planning conditions;

(iii)          The Planning Manager (Development Management) be granted delegated powers to determine the terms of the S106 agreement including trigger points and claw back periods.