Agenda item

Report of the Assistant Director Planning – Community Development Services

Considered :-

The Assistant Director Planning – Community Development Services sought determination of a planning application for a revised application for the construction of 38no. residential dwellings with associated access, parking, landscaping and infrastructure at OS Field 6504, Thurston Road, Northallerton for Taylor Wimpey.

The applicant’s agent, Richard Holland, spoke in support of the application.

During consideration of the above application, the Committee discussed the following:-

·        The collaboration of all parties involved to enable everyone’s needs to be met, in particular the acoustic remedial works resulting in objections being withdrawn. Confirmation was sought that the reduced bund size was appropriate with the Committee advised that Environmental Health assessments were based on the reduced size.

·        The need to protect the existing operations around the site and the requirement for monitoring to ensure the development delivers what is expected.

·        The Committee sought clarification on the lack of affordable housing provision on the site and were informed that following a viability assessment the affordable housing provision would be not be delivered but that a number of other public benefits had been delivered.

The Decision :-

That the Committee were MINDED TO GRANT planning permission, subject to the conditions set out in section 12 of the report, as amended and the additional conditions shown below, with delegation to the Chief Planning Officer in relation to any conditions recommended by the LLFA and Environmental Health (Ground Contamination) in any subsequent responses.

Voting Record

A vote was taken and the motion was declared carried with 5 for and 1 abstention.

Amended Condition

Condition 11

Prior to occupation of any part of the development a scheme shall be submitted to, and approved in writing, by the Local Planning Authority detailing how Designing Out Crime principles will be implemented. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved scheme.

Additional Conditions

Condition 19

Prior to the first occupation of any of the residential dwellings hereby approved, the bunding and acoustic fencing shall be completed in accordance with approved plans NTH-PH-006 Rev.B (Bund Sections Plan) and 154200/8001 Rev.A (Landscape Proposals Plan). Once completed, the bund and acoustic fencing shall be retained and maintained throughout the lifetime of the development as approved, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. All seeding, tree and hedgerow planting on the bund structure shall be undertaken in accordance with the requirements, including timescales, as required by condition 14.

Reason: To ensure that suitable noise mitigation is implemented prior to the occupation of residential dwellings and maintained for the lifetime of the residential development, in accordance with Policy E2 of the Local Plan.

Condition 20

Prior to the commencement of the development, a noise mitigation and attenuation scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include the details of all noise mitigation and attenuation measures to be implemented within the development to ensure that none of the following noise criteria area exceeded for each approved residential property:

(a)    Bedrooms – 30dB LAeq, 8hr / 35dB LAeq, 16hr

(b)    Living Rooms – 35dB LAeq, 16hr

(c)     Dining Rooms – 40dB LAeq, 16hr

(d)    Individual Noise Events (no more than 10 times a night – 45dB LAmax

(e)    External Amenity Areas – 50dB LAeq, 16hr

The noise mitigation and attenuation measures within the approved noise mitigation and attenuation scheme shall be implemented prior to occupation of any of the dwellings hereby approved and shall be maintained as approved thereafter.

Reason: To ensure that the development hereby permitted is not detrimental to the amenity of the future residents by reason of undue external noise, in accordance with Policy E2 of the Local Plan.

Condition 21

Within two months of the first occupation of the 38^th dwelling, a validation test shall be carried out in relation to a representative sample approved properties during daytime and night-time hours and the results of the testing and the details of any additional noise mitigation and attenuation measures required to meet the specified noise criteria within condition 20 above submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approve in writing. Any additional noise mitigation and attenuation measures approved in writing shall be fully implemented in accordance with the approved details within two months of the written approval being issued by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure that the development hereby permitted is not detrimental to the amenity of the future residents by reason of undue external noise, in accordance with Policy E2 of the Local Plan.