Agenda item

Report of the Assistant Director – Planning – Community Development Services.

Considered:-

The Assistant Director Planning – Community Development Services sought determination of a Section 73 application for variation of the conditions on the approved reserved matters application to reflect changes to the approved plans for the erection of 50 dwellings on land south of Main Street, Church Fenton.

The Principal Planning Officer advised Members that the Council had received an email earlier in the week from a resident of Church Fenton which had suggested that revised plans had been received by the Council, within 48 hours of the Committee meeting, and requesting that the application be deferred to allow time for the residents to respond.  Members were assured that this was not the case, and it was confirmed that the suite of plans being considered at Committee were those that had been uploaded to public access on the 26 July 2024, to which a full consultation had taken place.

Members attention was drawn to the officer update note which had been published onto the North Yorkshire Council website, and it was highlighted that the Section 73 application before Committee only sought to vary details relating to the house type designs and some part of the road standards.

Sarah Chester spoke objecting to the application.

Councillor Andrew Lee spoke, as Division Member for Appleton Roebuck and Church Fenton, against the application.

The agent, Mark Johnson, spoke in support of the application.

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

• In terms of the plans submitted on the 26 July, it was queried if the revised scheme had come about following discussion and negotiations with the developer and taking into account any objections received from local residents.
• It was queried if the appeal scheme was the same scheme that had been considered and refused by Planning Committee, and if the reserved matter appeals scheme had revised plans submitted between the Planning Committee determination and the Inspectors consideration of the information.
• Members queried if the reclassification of the Flood Zoning at the site had made an impact on the finished floor levels. 
• Members asked for clarification on the affordable housing available on the site in terms of the size of each property and how many of each type there were.
• The reason why agricultural land was included within the red line.
• In relation to the additional condition regarding features such as bay windows and chimneys, to give a variation on each property, it was questioned who would monitor the development to ensure that the works were carried out accordingly.
• It was queried what constituted a chimney.
• Could consideration be given to the installation of solar panels on each property when additional conditions are added.
• Members requested clarification on which vehicles could use the “turning head”.

The decision:-

That planning permission be GRANTED subject to the conditions listed at section 12 of the report, the additional conditions within the officer update note, and prior completion of a Deed of Variation to reflect the changed plans.

Voting record:-

A vote was taken, and the motion was carried unanimously.