Issue - meetings

Ward

Halliford and Sunbury West

Proposal

Outline application with all matters reserved other than ‘access’ for the retention of existing dwelling and demolition of all other existing buildings and structures, and the redevelopment of the site for up to 31 dwellings along with the provision of public open space and other associated words for landscaping, parking areas, pedestrian, cycle and vehicular routes.

Officer Recommendation

This application is recommended for refusal.

Description:

Outline application with all matters reserved other than 'access' for the retention of existing dwelling and demolition of all other existing buildings and structures and the redevelopment of the site for up to 31 dwellings along with the provision of public open space and other associated works for landscaping, parking areas, pedestrian, cycle and vehicular routes.

Additional Information:

The Senior Planning Officer advised the Committee that:

The applicant had provided the Council with 17 Cards with no names or addresses, in support of the application.  All the responders had ticked the box in support of the application and 14 had written additional comments but there were no new issues to report.

The updates below were reported previously when the application was heard at Committee in September 2020 and were still relevant to note:-

In the report in reference to the planning history for application reference 19/01022/OUT needs to be updated to refer to an appeal having been lodged and we are awaiting a start letter’.

Paragraph 7.1 to be amended to read as follows:

In 2017, the applicant made a formal request to the Council’s Strategic Planning section for the entire Bugle Nurseries site to be allocated for housing in the proposed new Local Plan (in response to the Council’s “Call for Sites” exercise). The applicant submitted two separate plans to illustrate the development potential of the site. The first plan showed a scheme similar to the 2018 refused application (18/00591/OUT) with the new housing and care home located towards the eastern side of the site. The second plan showed a larger scheme covering the whole of the Bugle Nurseries site comprising 116 dwellings and a care home. The area is classified as ‘strongly performing’ in the Council’s Borough-wide Green Belt Assessment 2017 Stage 1 and therefore the site was considered unsuitable for development. As such the site has been was classified within the Council’s updated 2018 Strategic Land Available Assessment (SLAA) as ‘not developable’ (see Need for Housing below). It is relevant to note that the site has also been considered unsuitable for development in the Green Belt Assessment Stage 2 published in December 2018. The Assessment states that the Sub-Area 396 (which covers the site) plays a fundamental role with respect to the wider Green Belt Local Area, and its release would harm the performance and integrity of the wider strategic Green Belt.

Paragraph 7.5 to be amended to refer to the latest Housing Delivery Test Action Plan approved September 2020 and the amended figure of 60%.

In addition, a letter received in response to the planning committee report from Montagu Evans noting the following:-

1 Sustainabilty

-The site is sustainable as it is urban in character and is well related to established urban area, infrastructure and public transport.

- The previously developed part of the site should be prioritised for release ahead of any undeveloped Green Belt land.

-The site is clearly defined in 2 parts with the east as previously developed commercial site and the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 266

Ward

Halliford and Sunbury West

Proposal

Outline application with all matters reserved other than ‘access’ for the retention of existing dwelling and demolition of all other existing buildings and structures, and the redevelopment of the site for up to 31 dwellings along with the provision of public open space and other associated words for landscaping, parking areas, pedestrian, cycle and vehicular routes.

Officer Recommendation

This application is recommended for refusal.

Description:

This was an outline application with all matters reserved other than 'access' for the retention of existing dwelling and demolition of all other existing buildings and structures and the redevelopment of the site for up to 31 dwellings along with the provision of public open space and other associated works for landscaping, parking areas, pedestrian, cycle and vehicular routes.

The recommendation by Planning Officers was for refusal of the application.

Additional Information:

Kelly Walker, Senior Planning Officer, advised the Committee of the following information:

In the report, reference to the planning history for application reference 19/01022/OUT needed to be updated to refer to ‘an appeal having been lodged and we are awaiting a start letter’.

-Paragraph 7.1 to be amended to read as follows:

‘In 2017, the applicant made a formal request to the Council’s Strategic Planning section for the entire Bugle Nurseries site to be allocated for housing in the proposed new Local Plan (in response to the Council’s “Call for Sites” exercise). The applicant submitted two separate plans to illustrate the development potential of the site. The first plan showed a scheme similar to the 2018 refused application (18/00591/OUT) with the new housing and care home located towards the eastern side of the site. The second plan showed a larger scheme covering the whole of the Bugle Nurseries site comprising 116 dwellings and a care home. The area is classified as ‘strongly performing’ in the Council’s Borough-wide Green Belt Assessment 2017 Stage 1 and therefore the site was considered unsuitable for development. As such the site has been was classified within the Council’s updated  2018 Strategic Land Available Assessment (SLAA) as ‘not developable’ (see Need for Housing below). It is relevant to note that the site has also been considered unsuitable for development in the Green Belt Assessment Stage 2 published in December 2018. The Assessment states that the Sub-Area 396 (which covers the site) plays a fundamental role with respect to the wider Green Belt Local Area, and its release would harm the performance and integrity of the wider strategic Green Belt.’

Paragraph 7.5 to be amended to refer to the latest Housing Delivery Test Action Plan approved September 2020 and the amended figure of 60%

In addition a letter had been received in response to the Planning Committee report from Montagu Evans which noted the following:-

1 Sustainabilty

-The site is sustainable as it is urban in character and is well related to established urban area, infrastructure and public transport.

- The previously developed part of the site should be prioritised for release ahead of any undeveloped Green Belt land.

-The site is clearly defined in 2 parts with the east as previously developed commercial site and the west undeveloped and forms part of wider area of strongly performing Green Belt. This is as set out in the background analysis of the site in the Stage 2 Green Belt Review and also the Local Plan Preferred Options Rejected Site Analysis

-The proposal relates to the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 195