Issue - meetings

Application for erection of one dwelling (outline – access only).

‘Late items:’

Appraisal:-

Since the publishing of the Committee Extract, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (2018) has been published.

Paragraph 12 of the NPPF states that applications for planning permission must be determined in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise, with a presumption in favour of sustainable development set out in Paragraph 11. Paragraph 12 of the NPPF states that the development plan is the starting point for decision making with the NPPF also a material consideration in determining applications.

Paragraph 32 has been replaced by Paragraphs 108 and 109 of the NPPF, which state that a safe and suitable access to sites should be achieved and that development should only be refused on transport grounds where the residual cumulative impacts of development are severe.

The proposed development of one dwelling would still be in accordance with Policy DM1 of the SADMP and the overarching principles of the NPPF (2018) subject to all other planning matters being satisfactorily addressed. The assessment of all other material planning considerations is contained within the committee extract and no new material planning considerations have arisen.

It is therefore recommended that outline planning permission be granted, subject to conditions.

Erection of one dwelling (outline – access only).

Notwithstanding the officer recommendation that permission be granted, Councillor Cook proposed that permission be refused on highway safety grounds. In the absence of a seconder, the motion was not put.

Councillor Bray proposed that the decision be deferred for further enquiries with the highways authority. In the absence of a seconder, the motion was not put.

Councillor Ladkin, seconded by Councillor Roberts, proposed that permission be granted subject to the conditions contained in the officer’s report.

Councillor Ward proposed an additional condition requiring a site management plan to assist in managing site traffic. The amendment was supported.

RESOLVED – Permission be granted subject to the conditions contained in the officer’s report and an additional condition requiring a site management plan.