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Demolition of existing buildings and erection of a 51 no. apartment retirement living development (Use Class C3), landscaping, car parking and associated works.

Carole Ball, a local resident, spoke against the application.

Matthew Serginson, Development Director of McCarthy & Stone Retirement Lifestyle Ltd (The Applicant), spoke in support of the application.

The Development Manager introduced the report.

RESOLVED to:

Grant Planning Permission:  Subject to the owner(s) entering into a planning obligation secured through a Section 106 legal agreement with the Borough Council as the Local Planning Authority and the County Council to secure an affordable housing contribution, a contribution towards bus stop infrastructure and travel plan monitoring, a healthcare contribution and a Local Labour Agreement; and the conditions listed for the reasons set out within the report.

Conditions

1.          The development must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

2.          The development authorised by this permission shall be carried out in complete accordance with the approved drawings and report specification listed below:

0100 P03 – Site Location Plan
0101 P02 – Existing Site Plan
0102 P08 – Proposed Site Plan
0104 P03 – Ground Floor Plan
0105 P02 – Upper Floors Plan
0106 P02 – Roof Plan
0107 P05 – Boundary Treatment Plan
0108 P02 – Buggy and Bin Store
0120 P06 – North and West Elevations
0121 P04 – South and East Elevations
0122 P06 – Streetscenes
0130 P04 – Site Sections
0140 P03 - Design and Access Statement

Existing Drainage Plan P01
Existing Impermeable Area Plan P01
Proposed Foul Water Drainage Plan P02
Proposed Surface Water Drainage Plan P02
Proposed Impermeable Area Plan P02
Proposed Cut and Fill Layout P01
Proposed Levels Layout P04
R/2778/1B – Landscape Masterplan
Site Access Plan P05
Swept Path Plan P04

Travel Plan (pb associates, 2024)
Air Quality Assessment (NoiseAir, 2024)
Arboricultural Impact Assessment Middlemarch, 2024)
Arboricultural Method Statement (Middlemarch, 2024)
Biodiversity Statement and Metric assessment (Middlemarch, 2024)
Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (Middlemarch, 2024)
Energy Statement (Focus, 2024)
Flood Risk and Drainage Impact Assessment (GGP Consult, 2024)
Phase I Site Appraisal (Patrick Parsons, 2024)
Phase II Site Appraisal (Patrick Parsons, 2024)
Preliminary Arboricultural Assessment (Middlemarch, 2024)
Preliminary Bat Roost Assessment (Middlemarch, 2024)
Transport Statement (pb associates, 2024)
Planning Statement (Planning Potential 2024)
Preliminary Bat Roost Assessment, Ground Level Tree Assessment and Aerial Inspection Survey (Rev A) (Middlemarch, 2024)

3.          Occupation of the proposed development shall not take place until the parking layout as shown for indicative purposes on drawing EVS2964-BSA-ARC-00-DR-A-0102 has been provided. The parking layout shall be maintained in accordance with the approved details for the lifetime of the development.

4.          Occupation of the proposed development shall not take place until the existing site access has been permanently closed and the crossing has been reinstated to footway with full height kerbs.

5.          Occupation of the proposed development shall not take place until the site access is fronted by a dropped kerb vehicular crossing.

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