Agenda item

(Councillors Armiger, Bean, Chris Burke, Longbottom, Tweddle and Watt left the room during the discussion of this item having declared a personal and prejudicial interest in respect of the planning application. They took no part in the discussion or vote on the matter to be determined.)

It was proposed, seconded, and:

RESOLVED that Councillor Alan Briggs be appointed as replacement Chair for this final item.

The Assistant Director of Planning:

a)    advised that outline planning permission was sought for the principle of residential development for up to 2 dwellings on a parcel of land on Nightingale Crescent, the site currently occupied by a large detached double garage within the ownership of 40 Nightingale Crescent

b)    reported on the location of the application property Number 40 on the south side of the highway between its junctions with Kingfisher Close and Redwing Close

c)    described Nightingale Crescent as a long looping residential road with a number of cul-de-sacs off it

d)    confirmed that the application was brought before Planning Committee, the applicant being a City Councillor.

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 LP26   Design and Amenity

·         National Planning Policy Framework

f)     advised Planning Committee of the main issues to be considered as part of the application to assess the proposal with regards to:

·         Planning policy

·         Principle of the development

·         Visual amenity and design

·         Residential amenity and Impact on neighbours

·         Technical matters

g)    outlined the responses made to the consultation exercise

h)    concluded that:

·         The principle of developing this site for residential development would be acceptable.

·         The detailed design and technical matters would be considered at Reserved Matters stage, however sufficient information had been submitted at Outline to demonstrate that the site was capable of being developed.

·         The proposal would therefore be in accordance with the requirements of Central Lincolnshire Local Plan Policies LP1, LP2 and LP26 as well as guidance within the National Planning Policy Framework.

Members discussed the content of the report in further detail.

Clarification was sought as to whether :

·         Both the proposed dwellings included provision of a car parking space

·         Provision of drainage for the proposed dwellings would not impact on existing properties.

The Assistant Director of Planning confirmed that:

·         Both dwellings included provision of a car parking space, although the application was indicative at this stage with reserved matters still to be determined at a later stage.

·         The new dwellings would not impact on adjacent properties in terms of drainage. The main sewer system to which they would be connected had no drainage issues. 

RESOLVED that planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

• Development carried out within 3 years or within 2 years of approval of last reserved matter
• Reserved matters to be submitted within 3 years
• Reserved matters to be submitted; layout, scale, external appearance, landscaping
• Details of drainage
• Hours of construction 8 am to 6pm Monday to Friday 08:00 to 13:00 on Saturdays
• Reporting of unexpected contamination
• One off road parking space per dwelling