Agenda and minutes

Members are invited to declare any personal or disclosable pecuniary interests, including the nature and extent of such interests they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting;

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Members and officers were invited to declare any interests in the items of business to be considered and the following were made:

Cllr Pearce declared a disclosable pecuniary interest in application 55/2213/15/VAR:  Variation of conditions 3 (approved plans), 9 (landscaping) and 11 (boundary enclosure) of planning consent 55/2134/12/RM to allow resiting and screening of air source heat pump and revisions to boundary treatment – 8 Whimbrels Edge, Thurlestone, by virtue of having already made representations on this application and she left the meeting for the duration of the debate and vote on this item;

Cllr Hodgson declared a personal interest in application 2621/2015/FUL:    Erection of 1no. dwelling on land adjacent to Weir Nook – Weir Nook, Weirfields, Totnes, by virtue of knowing the landowner in a personal capacity and she remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote thereon;

Cllr Brazil declared a disclosable pecuniary interest in application 27/1859/15/F:  Erection of 77 dwellings, including all associated public space, landscaping and all other associated external works – Proposed development site at SX 6203 5630, Woodland Road, Ivybridge, by virtue of comments he made at the site inspection for this application.  He apologised to his fellow Committee Members and to officers for the comments that he had made and then left the room for the duration of the debate and discussion on this item.

to approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meetings of the Committee held on 16 December 2015

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The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 16 December 2015 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

The Chairman to advise the Committee on any requests received from members of the public to address the meeting

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The Chairman announced that a list of members of the public who had registered their wish to speak at the meeting had been circulated.

27/1859/15/F

Erection of 77 dwellings, including all associated public space, landscaping and all other associated external works. Proposed Development site at sx 6203 5630, Woodland Road, Ivybridge

For Letters of Representation and further supplementary information select the following link:

http://www.southhams.gov.uk/planningdetails?RefType=APPPlanCase&KeyText=152311

(Upon the conclusion of the above agenda item, the meeting will be adjourned and re-convened at 2.00pm)

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The Committee considered the details of the planning applications prepared by the Planning Case officers as presented in the agenda papers, and considered also the comments of Town and Parish Councils together with other representations received, which were listed within the presented agenda reports, and RESOLVED that:

                                27/1859/15/F             SX 6203 5630, Woodland Road, Ivybridge

                                    Parish:  Ivybridge

Erection of 77 dwellings including all associated public space, landscaping and all other associated external works

Speakers included:  Objector – Mr Steve Pitcher; Supporter – Mr Andrew West; Town Council Representative – Cllr Ann Laity; Ward Member Cllr Saltern

Officer’s Update:

·         An email had been circulated to all Councillors regarding the viability assessment;

·         Confirmation had been received from the Lead Local Flood Authority that the proposed drainage management scheme would be effective and represented betterment;

·         The recommendation was therefore revised to remove the reference to requiring the above confirmation;

·         A correction was noted to the last sentence of the third paragraph of the section titled ‘Conclusions’.  This should have read:  ‘Of particular importance are measures to secure a landscape plan and surface water management plan’;

·         The proposed Affordable Housing (AH) split is 50% Affordable Rent and 50% Shared ownership;

·         The increase to 30% AH had necessitated minor layout amendments at the northern end of the site;

·         A Highway Safety Audit had been received and reviewed by Devon County Council Highway Authority on Monday 18 January 2016.  This demonstrated that the access, relocated bus stop and pedestrian / cyclist provision had been designed to meet safety standards;

·         A revised plan had been received indicating that the main road would be adopted, but that the three spurs would be privately owned.  A footpath had been added on the eastern side of the main road and three parking spaces removed;

·         Advised that a Travel Plan would be required and that this would be secured as part of the s106 Agreement;

·         Advised that in addition to s106 money, the applicant was proposing £28,500 towards cycling and road safety measures (other than the direct provision in the application); and

·         Clarified that the Officer recommendation was for conditional approval and that delegated authority be granted to the COP Lead Development Management to finalise the details of the s106 and s278 legal agreements and conditions.

Recommendation: That Conditional Approval of the application be delegated to the COP Lead Development Management subject of conditions, prior satisfactory completion of a Section 106 Agreement, a Section 278 Agreement, and confirmation that the Highways authority have no objections to the proposed access and parking arrangements.

During debate on this item, Members raised concerns regarding specific elements of the design of the proposal, including access to certain properties, access to open space areas, issues of wheelie bin storage and parking arrangements.  The DCC Highways Authority representative responded to concerns relating to highways and confirmed that the Highways Authority were satisfied with the proposal.  The DCC Flood Risk Officer responded to questions and concerns relating to drainage and flooding on site, and concerns about potential flooding  ...  view the full minutes text for item DM.53/15

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Members noted the presented list of appeals.