Agenda item

To consider applications for planning permission.

(Report attached)

The Committee considered two applications for Planning Permission. 

Officers tabled an update report detailing any late responses to consultation, changed recommendations, further conditions and any additional Officer comments.  This report was further updated orally at the meeting as appropriate to each application.

Public Speaking was permitted, in accordance with the Council’s agreed procedures, in relation to one of the applications being considered, as detailed below.

RESOLVED that

the following applications for Planning Consent be determined as detailed below:

08/225/FUL   Erection of fourteen dwellings

                        The Hills, Tanhouse Lane, Church Hill North

                        J Varney Builders

This matter was WITHDRAWN from the Agenda at the request of the Applicant and was not discussed.

08/254/FUL   Erection of a Class A1 store extension,

                        addition of mezzanine floor at first floor,

                        new entrance, single storey decked car park,

                        replacement petrol filling station kiosk,

                        removal of car wash, alterations to car park and

                        internal layout (relocation of bus pick-up / drop-off

                        point), replacement ATMs and other associated works

                        J Sainsbury’s Supermarket, Alvechurch Highway

                        Sainsbury’s Ltd

(Miss A Walton, Agent for the Applicant, addressed the Committee under the Council’s public speaking rules.)

1)         Having regard to the Development Plan and to all other material considerations, authority be delegated to the Acting Head of Planning and Building Control, to GRANT planning permission, subject to:

            a)         a planning obligation ensuring that contributions are received towards subway improvements, roundabout surfacing and highways improvements;

            b)        the conditions and informatives stated in the report but with Condition 3 (Open Hours restrictions) being replaced by the following condition (Deliveries restrictions) and a further additional condition also as detailed below:

            “3.       No deliveries shall be made to the store between 2300 hours and 0700 hours and no external activity shall occur within the rear service / delivery yard between these times.

                        Reason:        In the interests of the residential amenities of the nearby properties and in accordance with Policy B(BE)13 of the Borough of Redditch Local Plan No.3.

             23.      Prior to commencement of the development, a site layout plan showing 26 disabled parking spaces on the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plan and the spaces retained for the lifetime of the development.

                        Reason:        In the interests of accessibility and in accordance with Policies C(T)1 and C(T)12 of the Borough of Redditch Local Plan No.3”;

2)         In the event that the planning obligation cannot be completed by 27 October 2008, authority be delegated to the Acting Head of Planning and Building Control, to REFUSE the application on the basis that without the planning obligation, the proposed development would be contrary to policy and therefore unacceptable due to the resultant detrimental impacts it could cause to community infrastructure by a lack of provision for their improvements; and

3)         In the event of a refusal on ground (2) above and the Applicant re-submitting the same or a very similar planning application, with an acceptable completed legal agreement  attached, authority be delegated to the Acting Head of Planning and Building Control to GRANT Planning Permission, subject to the conditions stated in the original report and any additional amendments / conditions agreed at the meeting of the Planning Committee held on the

            9 September 2008.

(At the conclusion of considering this application, Officers were requested to provide Members, when available, with final details on finishes, lighting etc., and specifically on arrangements for the provision of an emergency access point in light of the closure of the current emergency access in Fishing Line Road.)

(In view of his late arrival and not being present at the commencement of the Officers report on this application, Councillor Farooqui participated in but did not vote on this matter. 

During consideration of this item, and in accordance with the requirements of Section 81 of the Local Government Act 2000, Councillor Farooqui also declared a personal but not prejudicial interest, in view of the fact that a friend worked for Turley Associates, the Agents for the Applicant.) 

08/255            Reserved Matters Application

                        Demolition of existing vicarage and erection of

                        Residential development of 6 houses

                        The Vicarage, Church Road, Webheath

                        Chancery Two Ltd 

Having regard to the Development Plan and to all other material considerations, Planning Permission be GRANTED, subject to the condition and informative in the main report and the following additional conditions:

“2.       Amended plans specified.

  3.       The “Newt corridor” to be transferred to Redditch Borough Council for maintenance / upkeep.

  4.       Prior to commencement of development, details of signage to be provided on site regarding the protection of the Newt Corridor shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The signage agreed shall be implemented on site prior to the occupation of the dwellings hereby approved and thereafter retained for the lifetime of the development in a good state of repair.

            Reason:        In the interests of species protection and biodiversity and in accordance with Policies B(NE)1a and B(NE)11 of the Borough of Redditch Local Plan.”