Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Allan and Grahame Pope. 

Councillors Rachael Ellis and Paling attended as substitutes.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the above meeting, having been circulated, be approved as a correct record.

Councillor Najuk declared a non-pecuniary interest in item 4 on the agenda, and confirmed they would leave the meeting during consideration of the item and would not participate in the discussion or vote.

Councillor Rachael Ellis declared a non-pecuniary interest in item 9 on the agenda, and confirmed they would leave the meeting during consideration of the item and would not participate in the discussion or vote.

The Chair declared a collective non-pecuniary interest on behalf of all members of the committee in items 5, 7 and 8 on the agenda, as the Council owned either part of or all the land on these applications.

                                                                        Councillor Najuk left the meeting.

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.

6.          Occupation  ...  view the full minutes text for item 49.

                                                                        Councillor Najuk re-joined the meeting.

Full planning application to demolish existing buildings and develop a new private residential therapy and treatment centre, together with associated infrastructure and landscaping.

Martin Preston - CEO of Delamere Health (The Applicant), spoke in support of the application.

The Principal Planning Officer provided an update in respect of the wording of conditions 5, 15, 20, 27, 30 and 32 the wording of which should be altered from ‘ no development should be commenced until certain further details are submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority’, to ‘no development other than demolition and remediation shall be commenced until certain further details are submitted’.

They added that an additional condition was recommended to secure a construction ecological management plan at the request of the Council’s Ecological Officer.

They concluded that there had been a late consultation response by The Environment Agency, who had requested that conditions be attached to the grant of any planning permission, not regarding flooding but regarding land contamination, and recommended that these conditions be attached should planning permission be granted.

They then went on to introduce the report.

RESOLVED:

To GRANT PLANNING PERMISSION subject to the signing of a Legal Agreement with the Borough Council as the Local Planning Authority and the County Council to secure Travel Plan monitoring and a local labour agreement, and the following updated conditions:

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

2      The development hereby permitted shall be completed in accordance with the submitted documents;-

Existing Plans, received 18^th November 2024

          Proposed Elevation Plans, 23^rd October 2024

          Proposed Floor Plans, received 3^rd October 2024

Proposed Site Plan, received 3^rd October 2024

Site Location Plan, received 3^rd October 2024

Application Form, received 3^rd October 2024

Drawing no. PBLS-BSP-ZZ-ZZ-DR-D-0001 Rev P02, received  23rd January 2025

3        No above ground construction works shall commence until samples of the proposed external facing materials to be used in the construction of the           development have been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority and the development shall only be undertaken in accordance with the materials so approved and shall be retained as such thereafter.

4        The development shall not be occupied until a detailed scheme for the boundary treatment of the site, including position, design and materials, and to include all boundaries, cycle storage area and bin storage area, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be completed before the development is first brought into use.

5        No development (other than demolition and remediation) shall be commenced until full details of hard landscape works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme as approved shall be carried prior to the first occupation of the development.

6        No part of the development hereby approved shall commence until a detailed surface water drainage scheme  ...  view the full minutes text for item 50.

Demolition of existing care home and construction of a 3-storey building to incorporate 22 flats providing supported accommodation, staff office, and communal hub, and the erection of 8 semi-detached dwellings including access, parking and turning.

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, parks and public open space enhancements, bus stop infrastructure, 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:

Design and Access Statement

Phase 1 Geo-Environmental Desk Study (GI Associates)

Existing Tree Survey Report (Paul Hicking Associates)

Drainage Strategy (BSP Consulting)

Flood Risk Statement (BSP Consulting)

Levels Strategy (BSP Consulting)

Swept Path Analysis (BSP Consulting)

Protected Species Survey (Paul Hicking Associates)

Emergence Survey (Thompson Ecology)

Technical Note (Thompson Ecology)

47492_T – Topographical Survey

2339-01 – Tree Survey and Root Protection Areas

2759/P 100 – Site Location Plan

2759/P 102D – Proposed Site Plan

2759/P 103 – Proposed Site Section

2759/P 200A – Plots 1-4

2759/P 201A – Plots 5-6

2759/P 202A – Plots 7-8

2759/P 203C GF Plans – Flats

2759/P 204C FF Plans – Flats

2759/P 205C SF Plans – Flats

2759/P 206B Elevations – Flats

3.    Prior to occupation, details of the proposed arrangements and plan for future management and maintenance of the private road including associated drainage should be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The private road and drainage shall thereafter be maintained in accordance with the approved management and maintenance details, until such time that a private Management and Maintenance Company has been established.

4.    The access into the site shall remain hard surfaced in a bound material. The surfaced drive shall then be maintained in such hard-bound material for the life of the development.

5.    No part of the development hereby approved shall commence until a detailed surface water drainage scheme based on the principles set forward by the approved Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) and Drainage Strategy LCDD-BSP-XX-XX-T-W-0001-P01_Drainage_Strategy, 25th October 2023, BSP Consulting., has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with the Lead Local Flood Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details prior to completion of the development. The scheme to be submitted shall:

·     Demonstrate that the development will use SuDS throughout the site as a primary means of surface water management and that design is in accordance with CIRIA C753 and NPPF Paragraph 169.

·     Limit the discharge generated by all rainfall events up to the 100 year plus 40% (climate  ...  view the full minutes text for item 51.

Solar Farm – Variation of condition 16 of planning permission 2014/0633 to allow retention of solar farm for 40 rather than 25 years.

The Principal Planning Officer introduced the report.

RESOLVED:

To GRANT PLANNING PERMISSION subject to the signing of a Legal Agreement and the following conditions:

1      The development hereby permitted shall be read in accordance with the following approved plans and documents submitted as part of planning application 2014/0633:

Extended Phase I Habitat Survey, including Desk Study, (SLR Ref: 424-04114-00003), June 2013 Rev 01, received on 28th June 2013; Technical Details 1 (4020 1069-69.2), received on 23rd July 2013; PV Array Elevation and Section (000903_09 Rev A), Technical Details 2 (4020 1069-69.2), DNO Substation and Customer Switchgear Enclosure (000903_10 Rev A), LV Station Arrangement (3 no.) (000903_08 Rev A), deposited on 19th May 2014; Site Location Plan (000903_04 Rev D) received on 29th May 2014; and the revised Site Layout - Planning (000903_01_ PL Rev B), received on 18th August 2014.

2      The surface water drainage scheme approved on 4th September 2014, under application no: 2014/0619DOC shall be retained for the lifetime of the development.

3      The CCTV cameras shown on the details approved on 4th September 2014, under application no: 2014/0619DOC shall be retained for the lifetime of the development.

4      The sub-station adjacent to the western boundary shall remain a dark green finish for the lifetime of the development.

5      The proposed Solar Farm and associated works hereby permitted shall be dismantled and removed from the site within 6 months at the end of 40 years from it first being brought into use or in the event of it becoming non-operational, whichever is the sooner, and the site re-instated and returned to its original condition.

6      The measures contained within the Habitat Management Plan reference 424.05075.00002, version No. 1, October 2016, submitted as part of planning application 2014/0633 shall be maintained and retained for the lifetime of the development.

Within three months of the development hereby permitted first being brought into use, there shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Borough Council a Habitat Management Plan, detailing works to enhance the retained grassland beneath the solar arrays, including a sensitive mowing regime, the re-seeding of disturbed areas, and the over-seeding of the whole compound site with a wildflower seed mix to raise its botanical diversity (further details of which, including species mixes, should be submitted within the Habitat Management Plan).  The Habitat Management Plan shall be complied with and implemented as approved and shall thereafter be maintained or retained for the lifetime of the development, unless otherwise prior agreed in writing by the Borough Council.

Reasons

1               Reason: For the avoidance of doubt.

2               Reason: To prevent the increased risk of flooding; to improve and protect water quality; to improve habitat and amenity; and to ensure the future maintenance of the sustainable drainage structures

3               Reason: In the interests of amenity

4               Reason: In the interests of visual amenity

5               Reason: In the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 52.

Use of land for siting 12 market stalls.

The Development Manager introduced the report.

RESOLVED:

To Grant full Planning Permission subject to the conditions listed for the reasons set out in the report.

Conditions

 1       The development hereby permitted shall be completed in accordance with the following plans, received by the Local Planning Authority on 31 January 2024:

2020_1042-BLOCK_PLAN-916940; and

Layout Plan – Bin Storage.

Reasons

 1       For the avoidance of doubt.

Notes to Applicant

The Borough Council has worked positively and proactively with the applicant in accordance with paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework. During the processing of the application there was no problems for which the Local Planning Authority had to seek a solution in relation to this application.

Additionally, your attention is drawn to the following:-Sufficient electric supply should be provided for the stalls. The trees in the area and the in situ seating area should be protected when installing the market stalls to prevent damage. Access must be allowed from High Street into the precinct for shop deliveries, emergency vehicles and disable blue badge holders. As a public right of way it should not be blocked - unless an alternative route is arranged with Nottinghamshire County Council highways. The flood relief water storage tank under the Eagles Square shall remain accessible at all times.  The applicant is advised that all planning permissions granted on or 16th October 2015 may be subject to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). Full details of CIL are available on the Council's website. The proposed development has been assessed and it is the Council's view that CIL is not payable on the development given that there is no net additional increase of floorspace as a result of the development.

                                                            Councillor Rachael Ellis left the meeting.

Removal of 14 Sycamore trees (G1)- Remove trees due to poor structural condition and damage caused by squirrels.

The Development Manager introduced the report.

RESOLVED:

To Grant permission subject to the following conditions:

Conditions

1         The works must be carried out within 2 years beginning of the date of this permission.

2         The works are to be carried out in accordance with the submitted Site Plan and Application Form received: 18/10/2024

3         All works are carried out in accordance with BS 3998 2010 and by good arboriculture practice.

Reasons

1         In order to comply with Section 17 2(d) of Part 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation) (England) Regulations 2012.

 2         For the avoidance of doubt and to define the terms of this permission.

 3         In the interests of safety and good tree husbandry.

Notes to Applicant

When considering carrying out any work to trees it is important to consider the provisions made in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Conservation (natural habitats) Regulations 1994 and the Countryside Rights of Way Act 2000, which mean it is an offence to intentionally or recklessly kill, injure or take a bat, Intentionally or recklessly damage, destroy or obstruct access to any structure or place used for shelter or protection by a bat, Intentionally or recklessly disturb a bat while it is occupying a structure or place that it uses for shelter or protection, damage, destroy or block access to the resting place of any bat, Intentionally or recklessly kill, injure or take a wild bird, Intentionally or recklessly take, damage or destroy the nest of any wild bird when it is in use or being built, Intentionally or recklessly take, damage or destroy the egg of any wild bird. These points outline the main parts of the above legislation. If you are unsure about these issues, it would be advisable to contact an ecological consultant before undertaking any tree work operations.

Planning Statement - The Borough Council has worked positively and proactively with the applicant in accordance with paragraph 38 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2019).

Councillor Rachael Ellis re-joined the meeting.

The Assistant Director of Place introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, asking Members to note the Gedling Borough Council Authority Monitoring Report April 2023 – March 2024.

RESOLVED:

To note the Gedling Borough Council Authority Monitoring Report April 2023 - March 2024 attached as Appendix A.

The Assistant Director of Place introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, asking Members to note the latest year housing land supply assessment.

RESOLVED:

To note the Gedling Borough Five Year Housing Land Supply Assessment 2024 published in December 2024, attached as Appendix 1. 

RESOLVED:

To note the information.

RESOLVED:

To note the information.

None.