Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 2 December 2020 be confirmed.

No declarations of interest were received.

The Assistant Director for Planning:

a.    described the location of the application as being to the west of Tritton Road, accessed via Moorland Way with the ‘entry only’ access off Moorland Way also serving the Elite Fish and Chip Shop restaurant, located to the south east of the application site, as well as the Marks and Spencers Foodhall and Co-operative Travel, located to the south west. The exit from the main car park, which could also be used as an access, was located to the west of the site, adjacent to the Marks and Spencers Foodhall. The exit returned customers onto Moorland Way, which looped around the rear, north west and side, north east and of the application site.

b.    advised that planning permission was sought for the demolition of the existing Moorland Centre to provide a foodstore (Use Class E), two retail units (Use Class E) and a drive-thru restaurant (Use Class E)/ The application also proposed alterations to the existing car park, the creation of a new car park and associated external works, including landscaping.

c.    reported that the existing Moorland Centre building was vacant, formerly occupied by Downtown, and sat at the north corner of the application site with the existing car park to the south. The proposed foodstore, to be occupied by Aldi, and adjoining retail units would also sit towards the north corner of the site but would have a significantly smaller footprint than the existing building. This would allow a new car park to be provided to the front, south east of the building and an additional access point from Moorland Way. The proposed drive-thru restaurant would be located beyond the car park, adjacent to the existing access. It was proposed that the works would be constructed in two phases, with phase one comprising the Aldi foodstore, drive-thru restaurant and associated car park and landscaping works. Phase two, the two retail units, would be constructed at a later date once interest had been confirmed.

d.    reported that along Moorland Way were a number of mixed use industrial and commercial units. To the north east, off Moorland Close, was Lindis Retail Park, which accommodated Sainsburys, Matalan, The Food Warehouse (Iceland) and Bargain Buys, along with McDonalds and Dominos Pizza. To the south of the site were properties on Parksgate Avenue with further residential properties on Middlebrook Road, on the opposite side of Tritton Road.

e.    provided details of the policies pertaining to the application, as follows:

·         Policy LP1 – A Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development;

·         Policy LP2 – The Spatial Strategy and Settlement Hierarchy;

·         Policy LP6 – Retail and Town Centres in Central Lincolnshire;

·         Policy LP13 – Accessibility and Transport;

·         Policy LP16 – Development on Land Affected by Contamination;

·         Policy LP26 – Design and Amenity;

·         National Planning Policy Framework.

f.     advised members of the main issues to be considered as part of the application to assess the proposal with regard to:

·         policy context, principle and sequential test;

·         visual amenity;

·         impact  ...  view the full minutes text for item 113a

RESOLVED that consideration of this application be deferred.