Issue - meetings

Application for residential development of up to 135 dwellings (Outline- access only).

Late items received after preparation of main agenda:

Recommendation:-

Condition 10 should be amended to read as follows:

The new vehicular access hereby permitted shall not be used for a period of more than one month from being first brought into use unless any existing vehicular access on B578 Lutterworth Road that become redundant as a result of this proposal have been closed permanently and reinstated in accordance with details first submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Condition 21 should be amended to read as follows:

Any Reserved Matters application considering matters of layout shall be accompanied by an updated Biodiversity Metric Calculation, demonstrating that the layout does not result in a net unit change that results in a loss less than -21.51 habitat units and -1.46 hedgerow units as a result of the development carried out within the site identified on the submitted site location plan.  Reason: To accord with Policy DM6 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Plan Document (2016) and paragraph 175 of the NPP (2019).

Application for residential development of up to 135 dwellings (outline – access only)

Notwithstanding the officer’s recommendation that permission be granted, some members felt that the development was located in open countryside where built development would have an adverse impact on the intrinsic value, beauty and open character contrary to policy DM4 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD. They felt that the harm to the countryside outweighed the benefit that housing would deliver. It was moved by Councillor Walker and seconded by Councillor Flemming that permission be refused for this reason. Councillor Walker, supported by four further councillors, requested that voting on this motion be recorded.

The vote was taken as follows:

Councillors Boothby, Bray, Cartwright, Cook, Findlay, Flemming, Furlong, Glenville, Hollick, Lynch, Mullaney, Roberts, Sheppard-Bools, Walker and Williams voted FOR the motion (15).

There were no votes against the motion and no abstentions.

The motion was therefore declared CARRIED and it was unanimously

RESOLVED – permission be refused due to the proposal having an adverse impact on the intrinsic value, beauty and open character of the countryside contrary to policy DM4 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD.

At this juncture, due to the chairman experiencing connection issues, it was moved by Councillor Cartwright, seconded by Councillor Sheppard-Bools and

RESOLVED – Councillor Bray be appointed Vice-Chairman for this meeting only and be permitted to take the chair should the chairman leave the meeting.