Proposal:                   Demolition of the existing Class E(g)(i) (Office) building and the construction of three buildings for Class E(g)(iii) (Light Industrial)/ Class B2 (General Industrial) / Class B8 (Storage and Distribution) uses, including the provision of a new substation, parking, landscaping, and associated works.

Recommendation:   Grant subject to S106

Demolition of the existing Class E(g)(i) (Office) building and the construction of three buildings for Class E(g)(iii) (Light Industrial) / Class B2 (General Industrial) / Class B8 (Storage and Distribution) uses, including the provision of a new substation, parking, landscaping, and associated works.

The Committee considered a report on the above application.  An update report was tabled at the meeting which explained that the proposed landscaping plan and maintenance details were acceptable and recommended that Condition no. 31 regarding landscaping be amended to a compliance condition, to require all approved landscaping to be provided within the first planting season following occupation of the development.  A verbal update was given at the meeting to state that all Ward Councillors were supportive of the proposed development.

Comments were received and considered.

An additional condition was proposed and agreed at the meeting to require submission of an access strategy for pedestrian access to and from the A33 public transport corridor.

Resolved –

(1)       That the Assistant Director of Planning, Transport and Public Protection Services be authorised to grant planning permission for application 230826/FUL, subject to the completion of a Section 106 legal agreement by 31 October 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 amended condition as recommended in the update report and the additional condition regarding pedestrian access as proposed at the meeting.