Demolition and redevelopment of the Site at Amethyst Lane to deliver a new respite care facility alongside 17 new houses, soft and hard landscaping, parking and ancillary works.

The Committee considered a report on the above application. An update report was tabled at the meeting which provided additional information on SUDS and ecology, additional consultation responses and corrections to the original report on objections received, additional conditions and additional plans submitted. The recommendations had been amended accordingly.

It was recommended at the meeting that an additional condition be added to remove Permitted Development Rights for the 17 houses in terms of porches, extensions, outbuildings and extensions to the roof.

Comments and objections were received and considered.

Resolved –

(1)             That, subject to the confirmation of satisfactory on-site, off-site or a combination arrangement in terms of Bio-diversity Net Gain (BNG), the Assistant Director of Planning, Transport and Public Protection Services be authorised to grant planning permission for application 230613/REG3, subject to the completion of a Section 106 legal agreement (unilateral undertaking) by 1 February 2024 (unless a later date be agreed by the Assistant Director of Planning, Transport and Public Protection Services) to secure the Heads of Terms set out in the original report;

(2)             That the Assistant Director of Planning, Transport and Public Protection Services be authorised to make such minor changes to the conditions, Heads of Terms and details of the legal agreement as may reasonably be required to issue the permission;

(3)             That, in the event of the requirements set out not being met, the Assistant Director of Planning, Transport and Public Protection Services be authorised to refuse permission;

(4)             That planning permission be subject to the conditions and informatives as recommended in the original report, with the additional conditions as recommended in the update report and the extra additional condition recommended at the meeting.

(Councillor Moore declared a pecuniary interest in this item as his partner had carried out the ecological survey on the site.  He left the meeting and took no part in the debate or decision).