Agenda item

Full Application - Construction of 9 residential units (use class C3), comprising 2 no. 1-bedroom flats; 2 no. 2-bedroom dwellings and 2 no. 3-bedroom dwellings for affordable rent and 3 no. 3-bedroom dwellings for shared ownership, associated car parking, creation of new access, landscaping and associated works at land off Church Lane, Rainow

Minutes:

The Planning Officer introduced the report.  A similar application was considered by Planning Committee in March 2019.  The applicant had appealed the decision of the committee in March 2019.

 

The Planning Officer confirmed that a Tree Report had been received the day before, too late to obtain an update from the Peak District National Park Authority’s Tree Officer.

 

The Officer recommendation to refuse the application was moved and seconded. 

 

The objection from the Highways Authority had not been received in time to be included in the committee report but was added to the reasons for refusal. 

 

A motion to refuse the application was put to the vote and carried.

 

RESOLVED:

 

To REFUSE the application for the following reasons:

 

  1. The submitted application does not demonstrate that the development would meet eligible local needs for affordable housing and therefore fails to demonstrate exceptional circumstances to allow new build housing within the National Park contrary to Core Strategy policy HC1, Development Management Policy DMH1 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

  1. By virtue of its scale, density, layout, materials and detailed design the proposed development would fail to reflect or respect the character of the local area and would harm the character and appearance of the area, the setting of the designated Rainow Conservation Area and the landscape character of the National Park contrary to Core Strategy policies GSP1, GSP3, L1 and L3, Development Management Policies DMC1, DMC3, DMC5, DMC8 and DMC13 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

  1. Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the development can be carried in a manner which avoids or mitigates the impact upon trees on site and local biodiversity. The proposal development is therefore contrary to Core Strategy policy GSP1 and L2, development management policies DMC11 and DMC13 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

  1. Insufficient information has been submitted with the application to demonstrate that the development would achieve the highest possible standards of carbon reductions and water efficiency in order to mitigate the causes of climate change contrary to Core Strategy Policy CC1 the Authority’s adopted Supplementary Planning Document ‘Climate Change and Sustainable Building’ and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

  1. The location of the access road results in an unsafe access from the site on to the public highway.

 

 

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