Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 24 February 2021 be confirmed.

It was noted that Councillor Bill Mara had attempted to join the virtual meeting but incurred some technical difficulties so was unable to do so before the start of the item to be debated. Therefore he was not permitted to take part in the deliberations or vote on the matter to be determined.

No declarations of interest were received.

Dave Walker, Arboricultural Officer:

a.    advised members of the reasons for proposed works to trees in City Council ownership and sought consent to progress the works identified, as detailed at Appendix A of his report

b.    highlighted that the list did not represent all the work undertaken to Council trees, it represented all the instances where a tree was either identified for removal, or where a tree enjoyed some element of protection under planning legislation, and thus formal consent was required

c.    explained that Ward Councillors had been notified of the proposed works.

RESOLVED that tree works set out in the schedules appended to the report be approved.

The Planning Team Leader:

a.    described the application site, a 1.3ha area of land located on the western side of Rookery Lane bounded on three sides by housing, with the western boundary of the site being defined by dense woodland, an area defined as Important Open Space within the Local Plan

b.    further added that the site was to be accessed via a new access road following the demolition of No 89 and 93 Rookery Lane

c.    reported that the site was identified in the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan 2017 for housing (CL4394-Land North of Hainton Road, Lincoln), currently consisting mostly of undulating grassland and overgrown vegetation

d.    advised that the site was owned by the City of Lincoln Council who was also the applicant on the application

e.    reported that the site would be developed for 100% Affordable Housing consisting of 20 two bedroom houses, 10 three bedroom houses, 2 four bedroom houses, 4 two bedroom bungalows and 6 apartments; all for affordable rent

f.     confirmed that the application had been due to be considered by Planning Committee in January, although the application was removed from the agenda to allow ongoing conversations with the applicants regarding the detailed drainage arrangements for the site, which had now been submitted and were considered appropriate by the Lead Flood Authority, as detailed further within the officer’s report

g.    highlighted that the Education Authority had confirmed that no contribution was required towards education in the local area due to there being sufficient current capacity in primary school places in the area of the proposed development, and NHS Lincolnshire had confirmed also that no contribution would be required towards health care in this instance

h.    explained that contributions would be required for Strategic Playing Field and Local Green Infrastructure (children’s play space) which were to be collected upon issue of a decision notice, normally payable via an S106 legal agreement, however this was not possible due to the applicant being the City of Lincoln Council

i.      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 LP3: Level and Distribution of Growth

·         Policy LP12: Infrastructure to Support Growth

·         Policy LP13: Accessibility and Transport

·         Policy LP14: Managing Water Resources and Flood Risk

·         Policy LP16: Development on Land affected by Contamination

·         Policy LP23: Local Green Space and other Important Open Space

·         Policy LP24: Creation of New Open Space, Sports and Recreation Facilities

·         Policy LP26: Design and Amenity

·         Policy LP36: Access and Movement within the Lincoln Area

·         Policy LP49: Residential Allocations- Lincoln

·         National Planning Policy Framework

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

·         The Principle of the Development

·         Visual Amenity

·         Residential Amenity

·         Ecology

·         Access and Highways

·         Flood Risk and Drainage

·         Other Matters- Contaminated Land, Air Quality and Sustainable Transport, Archaeology

k.    outlined the responses made to the consultation exercise

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