Agenda and minutes

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The minutes of the meeting held on 26^th November 2013 were agreed and signed by the Chair.

RESOLVED: That the under the following items the members of the public

 listed be granted leave to address the committee.

·      N/2013/0214 82 Tresham Green – Mr R Kilsby, Agent

·         N/2013/0912 Nunn Mills Road,

Professor Nick Petford, Vice Chancellor, University of Northampton

Neil Rowley, Agent

·         N/2013/1047 Building plot adjacent to 15 Whitehill Crescent

Cllr John Yates, Mr S Rockall and Mr R Cole.

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The Head of Planning, Transportation and Regeneration submitted a List of Current Appeals and Inquiries.

The Development Management Team Leader explained the issues around the appeal for application N/2013/0479, it was noted this had since been dismissed by the Inspector.

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The Head of Planning submitted a report and noted that although the application site fell within NBC ownership, it was not an NBC application. The addendum that had been circulated contained information relating to corrected measurements.

Mr Kilsby withdrew his request to address the Committee.

The Committee discussed the application.

RESOLVED:

That the application be APPROVED subject to the conditions set out in the report.

The Principal Planning Officer presented the report of the Head of Planning, as set out in the agenda, with a recommendation for approval in principle subject to the prior finalisation of a legal agreement with provisions for contributions to sustainable transport improvements, the details of which being delegated to the Head of Planning and conditions in the report and the addendum. The circulated addendum contained new information relating to the application. The Principal Planning Officer submitted a presentation on behalf of the University of Northampton.

The Principal Planning Officer also pointed out that there was a minor wording change to additional Condition 37 as contained in the addendum.

Professor Petford (Vice Chancellor, University of Northampton) addressed the Committee and spoke in favour of the application.

Mr Rowley (applicant’s Agent) addressed the Committee and spoke in favour of the application.

The committee discussed the report.

The Committee thanked all the organisations involved and congratulated the Planning Officers on their work.

RESOLVED:

That the application be APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE subject to the following:

  (1) Completion of a suitable legal agreement to secure:                             

·             A financial contribution towards  sustainable transport improvements to the value of £175,000, the details of which to be delegated to the Head of Planning;

·             A financial contribution towards Monitoring – this is used to pay the costs of the monitoring compliance of the legal agreement.

(2)   Subject to conditions as set out in the report  and the following amended and additional conditions, and the issue being raised by the Highway Agency being addressed and for the following reason: 

              The proposal demonstrates that the scheme could be designed to respect the character of its locality and would not adversely impact upon residential amenity, visual amenity, heritage, transportation, biodiversity and flood risk and drainage related matters and is considered to be acceptable on its planning merits. For these reasons, the proposal would comply with Policies 1, 4, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 25, 28, 29, 30 and 36 of the Central Area Action Plan 2013, the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy Submission and the National Planning Policy Framework.

It was also recommended that in the event that an appropriate legal agreement is not signed and completed within six calendar months of the date of this Committee meeting, delegated authority be given to the Head of Planning to refuse or dispose of the application at her discretion on account of the necessary financial contribution not being secured in order to make the proposed development acceptable in line with the Policies in the Central Area Action Plan and National Planning Policy Framework.

Amended Condition 1:

Approval of the details of the appearance, layout, scale and landscaping of the site (hereinafter called the reserved matters) shall be obtained from the Local Planning Authority before any development begins (other than site preparation, clearance or remediation) and the development shall be carried as approved.

Reason: This permission is in outline form only granted under Article 4 (1) of the Town and Country Planning Development  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10a

The Development Management Team Leader presented the report of the Head of Planning, as set out in the agenda, with a recommendation for refusal. Further information relating to the application was contained within the circulated addendum. It was explained that Planning Permission for a previous proposal had been approved in 2009 but since construction had been undertaken it had become apparent that the building works had not been completed in accordance with the approved details.

Mr Rockall addressed the Committee and spoke against the application.

Mr Cole addressed the Committee and spoke in favour of the application.

The Committee discussed the application.

RESOLVED:

That the application be REFUSED for the reasons set out in the report.

The Senior Planning Officer presented the report of the Head of Planning, as set out in the agenda, with a recommendation for approval, subject to the conditions set out in the report. Further information was contained within the addendum that had been circulated at the meeting. It was noted that the Central Area Action Plan encouraged mixed use developments.

The Committee discussed the reports.

RESOLVED:

That the application be APPROVED subject to the conditions set out in the report.

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