Agenda item

191924/FUL - 26-30 Swansea Road and 28-32 Northfield Road

Proposal

Full planning application for the demolition of the existing 2-bedroom dwelling and garages, and erection of nine dwellings, including eight three-bedroom houses and one three-bedroom coach house, with access and parking from Swansea Road, and associated landscaping. 

Recommendation

Permitted subject to Legal Agreement

 

Minutes:

Full planning application for the demolition of the existing 2-bedroom dwelling and garages, and erection of nine dwellings, including eight three-bedroom houses and one three-bedroom coach house, with access and parking from Swansea Road, and associated landscaping. 

Further to Minute 114 of the meeting held on 5 February 2020, when the Committee had granted permission for the above application subject to a Section 106 legal agreement, the Executive Director for Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report clarifying what could be secured by the Section 106 agreement and how the applicant intended to develop the site with affordable housing, and recommending amending the decision in relation to the Section 106 obligation on affordable housing. 

The report explained that, on 5 February 2020, the Committee had resolved to grant permission subject to a Section 106 agreement to secure 100% affordable housing on-site with the tenure to be all shared ownership, as set out in the original report.  As this had not been as advised in the update report or at the meeting, officers had been asked to provide a fuller explanation for the recommendations in the update report.  The report gave further details of the regulations regarding Section 106 planning obligations and how the applicant intended to provide all nine dwellings as affordable housing, but the proposed obligation could help the applicant to secure grant funding from Homes England.  The original and update reports submitted to the 5 February 2020 meeting were appended to the report.

A further update report was tabled at the meeting which explained that further changes had been agreed to the Section 106 agreement to ensure that those on Reading’s waiting list for affordable accommodation would be given priority to be allocated the two affordable rent houses.  The recommendation had been amended accordingly.

Daniel Bradbury and Jenny Grote, representing the applicant, attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this application. 

Resolved –

That, further to Minute 114 of the meeting of Planning Applications Committee held on 5 February 2020, the decision of the Committee on 5 February 2020 be amended to the following:

(1)      That the Deputy Director of Planning, Transport and Regulatory Services be authorised to grant full planning permission for application 191924/FUL subject to completion of a S106 legal agreement by 20 March 2020 (unless a later date be agreed by the Deputy Director of Planning, Transport and Regulatory Services) to secure the Heads of Terms set out in the 4 March 2020 update report;

(2)      That, in the event of the requirements set out not being met, the Deputy Director of Planning, Transport and Regulatory Services be authorised to refuse permission;

(3)      That planning permission be subject to the conditions and informatives in the 4 March 2020 update report, with the additional transport conditions in the 5 February 2020 update report and an additional informative regarding facilitation of access for building recording as agreed on 5 February 2020.

(At the beginning of the item, the Committee resolved to waive Standing Order 36A (3) c), to allow the representatives of the applicant to speak on the application without another person having given notice to speak in accordance with Standing Order 36A (2)).

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