Agenda item

The Head of Development Management – Community Development Services sought determination of a hybrid planning application comprising:

 

1)    Outline planning application for residential planning permission for up to 110 dwellings with all matters reserved save for means of access

2)    Full planning permission for change of use to public open space of an adjoining parcel of land as shown outlined in green on Plan Ref. DJB4 on land west side of Malton Road, Pickering, North Yorkshire.

 

The application was returned to Committee for determination following the deferral at the meeting held on 19 June 2025 to allow Officers to undertake further consultation with Yorkshire Water (YW) and the Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) in relation to surface water drainage and sewerage capacity.

 

The Senior Planning Officer advised Members of recently received correspondence

 

1)    Late representation from member of the public (circulated to members).

 

2)    The Agent’s response to this late representation which was that YW has a statutory obligation to provide the required sewerage disposal capacity to meet the requirements of the development as that development takes place.

 

3)    A further consultation response from YW (17/09/25) which states:

 

Yorkshire Water Services (YWS) acknowledges that this application relates to a strategically allocated housing site as identified in the Ryedale Plan – Local Plan Sites Document (2019) and is supportive of the proposal. However, we note that the existing network and treatment facilities have limited capacity, and additional flows may adversely affect the normal operation of the receiving network and Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW).

 

To address this, YWS recommended the following condition:

 

No development shall take place until details of the proposed means of foul water disposal for the entire site—including any balancing works, off-site works, and phasing of the required infrastructure—have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. No buildings shall be occupied or brought into use until the approved foul drainage works are completed.

 

(To ensure that no foul water discharges occur until suitable disposal arrangements are in place.)

 

The Council may wish to consider the viability of this condition in light of recommended condition 25 in the committee report and amend accordingly if necessary.

 

In light of the further YWS response, the Principal Planning Officer set out updates to the recommendation as follows:

 

·       Amend condition 25 in the report to delete the words “foul and” from the first sentence and impose an additional condition as worded in the YWS response dated 17/09/25.

 

·       Seek delegated authority from the Committee in inform the applicant of the intention to impose the “pre-commencement” condition recommended by YWS.

 

Mrs Trish Holgate and Mrs Carolyn Flynn spoke to object to the application.

 

Members discussed a number of matters including:

 

·       The proposed access to the site and the potential for an increase in queuing traffic in the vicinity.

·       The capacity for foul water disposal in Pickering and the latest information received from Yorkshire Water.

·       The relationship of any future development with the established bungalow properties on Pool Court.

·       The speed limits on Malton Road.

 

Councillor Joy Andrews proposed and Councillor Michelle Donohue-Moncrieff seconded that planning permission be granted subject to additional and amended conditions in relation to the location of the bungalows along the boundary of Pool Court, foul water disposal and delegation be given to officers to determine the application.

 

Resolved

 

It was unanimously agreed that Members were minded to grant planning permission subject to the completion of a Section 106 legal agreement with terms as detailed in the report and the addition and amendment of conditions in relation to the location of the bungalows along the boundary of Pool Court and for foul water disposal and delegation be granted to the Head of Development Management – Community Services to determine the application.