Erection of 4 storey building to provide 23 private rental homes with associated communal facilities, surface parking, access and landscaping works (amended).

The Committee considered a report on the above application.  An update report was tabled at the meeting that proposed adding an additional header within the Section 106 Heads of Terms and recommended delegation of minor changes to the conditions, the Heads of Terms and the details of the legal agreement to the Assistant Director for Planning, Transport and Public Protection Services if necessary. 

Comments and objections were received and considered.

It was suggested at the meeting that the applicant should be asked to consider installing the infrastructure to allow for potential further electric vehicle charging points to be added in the car parking spaces in the future.

Resolved –

(1)             That the Assistant Director for Planning, Transport and Public Protection Services be authorised to grant planning permission for application 201766/FUL, subject to the completion of a Section 106 legal agreement by 24 May 2024 (unless a later date be agreed by the Assistant Director for Planning, Transport and Public Protection Services) to secure the Heads of Terms set out in the update report, with an additional clause regarding the private waste collection arrangements to allow the Local Authority to request at any time a log of the collections carried out;

(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 recommended in the original report;

(5)          That the applicant be asked to consider installing the infrastructure for potential further electric vehicle charging points to be added in the future.