Agenda item

                                                            Councillor Ellwood left the meeting at 6.02pm

 

Reserved matters application for the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of 158 dwellings (in relation to Phase 3b of outline permission reference: 2020/0050.

 

Robbie Steel, Planning Manager of Persimmon Homes (The Applicant), spoke in support of the application.

 

The Development Manager introduced the report.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

Reserved matters approval be GRANTED for the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of 158 dwellings (Phase 3B) pursuant to outline permission 2020/0050, subject to the conditions, as set out at section [10] of this report:

 

Conditions

 

1.               The development hereby permitted with shall be carried out in accordance with the application form and following list of approved drawings:

P26-0029_005 Sheet No. 1 Rev 1 Context Plan

PH/TWF/SLP/01 Site Location Plan Planning

AVE_017_C_DR_911 Fire Appliance Vehicle Tracking

PH_TWF_PL_001 Planning Layout

P26-0029_DE_004_1 Phasing Plan Overlay

AVE_017_C_DR_910 Refuse Vehicle Tracking

PH/TWF/MAT/01 Materials and Boundary Treatments Planning

Top Wighay Farm Planning House Type Pack

P26-0029_EN_0001_S2_C Detailed Soft Landscape Proposals – Top Wighay Farm (Phase 3B)

P26-0029_EN_0001_S1_C Detailed Soft Landscape Proposals – Top Wighay Farm (Phase 3B)

P26-0029_EN_0001_S4_C Detailed Soft Landscape Proposals Composite Plan – Top Wighay Farm (Phase 3B)

P26-0029_EN_0001_S3_C Detailed Soft Landscape Proposals – Top Wighay Farm (Phase 3B)

Noise Impact Assessment dated 5 February 2026 (Report Reference J006051-9336-JW-01)

 

2.              No development shall commence, including any works of demolition, until a Construction Method Statement has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved Statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. The Statement shall provide for:

 

                                 I.         the parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors

                                II.         loading and unloading of plant and materials

                              III.         storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development

                              IV.         the erection and maintenance of security hoarding including decorative displays and facilities for public viewing, where appropriate

                               V.         wheel washing facilities

                              VI.         measures to control the emission of dust and dirt during construction

                            VII.         a scheme for recycling/disposing of waste resulting from demolition and construction works

                           VIII.         contact details of the site manager being displayed on-site for members of the public to view.

 

3.              No dwelling served from a shared private drive with 5 or more frontages shall be occupied until details of the proposed arrangements and plan for future management and maintenance of the shared private drives including associated drainage have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The shared private drives 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.              Occupation of the proposed dwellings shall not take place until their respective driveways / shared access point have been surfaced in a bound material (not loose gravel) for a minimum distance of 5.0m behind the highway boundary, and which shall be drained to prevent third party surface water being discharged to the public highway. The bound material and the provision to prevent the discharge of surface water to the public highway shall be retained for the lifetime of the development.

 

5.              No dwelling hereby approved shall be occupied until such time as all noise mitigation measures as detailed in Section 7 of the submitted Noise Impact Assessment dated 5 February 2026 (Report Reference J006051-9336-JW-01). The mitigation measure shall remain in place for the lifetime of the development.

 

6.              The development hereby approved for Phase 3b shall be carried out in accordance with the Tree Survey: Arboricultural Impact Assessment, Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan by Rammsanderson dated February 2026 (Ref: RSE_11068_R2_V1_ARB). For the avoidance of doubt this shall include that:

 

•All tree protection fencing shall be installed prior to any site clearance or construction works, with fencing retained for the full duration of development.

•There shall be no unauthorised access, storage of materials, excavation, or level changes within Root Protection Areas.

•Arboricultural site monitoring shall be undertaken in accordance with chapter 7.5 of the report.

 

7          The approved landscaping shall be completed during the first planting season following the commencement of the development, or such longer period as may be agreed in writing by the local planning authority.  Any trees/shrubs which, within a period of five years of being planted die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the current or next planting season with others of similar size and species unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

 

8          The ecological mitigation measures outlined in the ‘Mitigation statement’ (ref: RSE_11067_R2_V3_MS3 – April 2026) shall be implemented.

 

Reasons:

1. To define the permission

 

2. In the interest of highway safety and to comply with Policy LPD61.

 

3. To ensure the shared private drives are maintained to an appropriate standard and to comply with Policy LPD61.

 

4. In the interest of highway safety and to comply with Policy LPD61.

 

 

5. To ensure that the amenity of proposed occupiers is respected and to comply with Policy LPD32.

 

6. To ensure that all landscape features are specified and in place as part of the development of the site and to comply with policy LPD18.

 

7. To ensure that all landscape features are specified and in place as part of the development of the site and to comply with policy LPD18.

 

 

8. To ensure that protected species are respected and to enhance ecology and comply with LPD18.

 

NOTES TO APPLICANT:

 

A Management and Maintenance Company for the shared private drives must be secured by S.106 Agreement to protect the financial interests of both the future occupiers and County Council. Please contact hdc.south@nottscc.gov.uk for details.

 

The applicant should note that notwithstanding any planning permission that ifany highway forming part of the development is to be adopted by the Highways Authority, the new roads and any highway drainage will be required to comply with Nottinghamshire County Council’s current highway design guidance and specification for roadworks.

 

a)    The Advanced Payments Code in the Highways Act 1980 applies and under section 219 of the Act payment will be required from the owner of the land fronting a private street on which a new building is to be erected. The developer should contact the Highway Authority with regard to compliance with the Code, or alternatively to the issue of a Section 38 Agreement and bond under the Highways Act 1980. A Section 38 Agreement can take some time to complete. Therefore, it is recommended that the developer contact the Highway Authority as early as possible.

 

b)    It is strongly recommended that the developer contact the Highway Authority at an early stage to clarify the codes etc. with which compliance will be required in the particular circumstance, and it is essential that design calculations and detailed construction drawings for the proposed works are submitted to and approved by the County Council (or District Council) in writing before any work commences on site.

 

Correspondence with the Highway Authority should be addressed to: hdc.south@notts..gov.uk

 

The applicant is advised that the playing pitches should comply with the relevant industry Technical Guidance, including guidance published by Sport England and National Governing Bodies for Sport.

 

The applicant is reminded that the conditions associated with the associated outline consent (Ref: 2020/0050) and the provision of the completed S106A still remain applicable as a result of this reserved matters consent.

 

Sharing surveys in respect of protected species e.g. ground nesting birds, with the Local Planning Authority is requested. 

 

 

Councillor Ellwood re-joined the meeting at 6.15pm.