PRESENT:   Councillor M A Hollins (Chair);

Councillors M Campbell, R E Dodd, T R Dunlop, B H Dykes, M A Martin, A Moran,

C G Thorley, C Waling and M J Weatherill

 

 

Councillors R A Bailey, G Griffiths, J Hammond and W S McGinnis

 

 

1          Councillor A Moran declared a personal interest in agenda item No. 10 (Street Naming Development off Gresty Road, Crewe - P-Way Site) on the basis that Mr and Mrs Goode, whose family name was being suggested for inclusion in the Land and Property Gazeteer, were his former employees.

 

No other Member made any declaration of interest in any item of business on the agenda.

 

 

2          RESOLVED:   That the Minutes of the meeting held on 2^nd May 2006 be approved as a correct record, subject to the inclusion of Councillor M A Hollins' name in the list of those present.

 

 

3          The Borough Planning Officer submitted the following applications for determination.

 

1.            P05/1021       Outline Application for Mixed Use Development comprising Retail (A1), Financial/Professional Services (A2), Cafes, Restaurants, Bars and Hot Food Development (A3, A4, A5), Office Development (B1), Residential (C3) & Multi-Storey Car Park. Relocation of Bus Station, Creation of New Public Open Spaces, Highway Works, Ancillary Servicing Areas and Other Works including Demolition to enable Comprehensive Regeneration, Land contained by Victoria Street to the North, Queensway to the East, Market Square and Phoenix Leisure to the South and Flag Lane to the West for Modus Corovest Ltd

           

RESOLVED:  (a) That the application be referred to Full Council for approval as a departure from the Adopted Replacement Local Plan 2011;

(b) That, subject to Full Council's approval, the Secretary of State be informed that the Borough Council was minded to approve the application subject to the conditions listed below and the completion of a Legal Agreement which secured:

 

(i)         Financial contribution up to a maximum of £800,000 towards public realm improvements within the town centre;

 

(ii)        Financial contribution up to a maximum of £500,000 towards the Flag Lane link road;

 

(iii)       Provision of replacement bus station;

 

(iv)       Financial contribution of £50,000 towards traffic/transportation study for Crewe;

 

(v)        Financial contribution up to a maximum of £350,000 towards the following measures:

 

-                      A town centre car parking/signage strategy;

-                     Improvement of the pedestrian link to the Liberty leisure scheme on Dunwoody Way;

-                      Landscaping of buffer between Tollitt Street houses and bus-station

-                     CCTV study and to link new CCTV facilities within the development site with the existing town centre network

-                      Future maintenance of landscaped areas within the site;

 

(vi)       Provision of satisfactory replacement accommodation for shop mobility within multi-storey car park.

 

 

1 3   Standard Outline

4.         Amended plans. Other than  approved site plans all other drawings illustrative only.   

5.         Detailed design and elevations of built form proposed within all reserved matters applications to reflect the principles and    concepts of the Design Statement

6.         Reserved matters applications for Phase 2 to include the provision of a landmark architectural feature to replace clock tower  adjacent to Market Square   

7.         Reserved matters application to include the provision and detailed specification of covered roofed areas and canopies along pedestrianised shopping streets.

8.         Detailed design to include the provision of footbridge(s) linking retail units of Area 3 to upper levels of car park

9.         Comprehensive hard and soft landscaping scheme for the whole site including a phased timetable for implementation, as part of the first reserved matters application  

10.       Comprehensive scheme for the implementation of tree   protection measures to be submitted as part of the first reserved matters application  

11.       Comprehensive scheme of noise mitigation measures to safeguard amenities of residential properties from the operation of service yards, the use of the multi-storey car park including shielding/wall at rear of Gaffers Row and Gatefield Street and controls on hours of operation    

12.       Submission of a scheme of surface and undercroft car parking for apartments/dwellings off Chester Square

13.       Structural and stability report to include measures to avoid damage to nearby properties during demolition and construction work 

14.       Full details of site levels to be submitted as part of each reserved matters application  

15.       Location and extent of uses within A3, A4 and A5 use classes to be formally defined by reserved matters applications 

16.       No development shall take place until a detailed site investigation to identify any contaminated land and necessary mitigation measures has been submitted and approved by the LPA

17.       No development shall take place within Area 3 of the Chester Square residential scheme until satisfactory replacement parking provision has been approved for users of St Mary's RC Church

18.       Comprehensive Green Travel Plan            

19.        Provision of secure cycle storage facilities within each phase of the development 

20.       Comprehensive phasing plan for development

21.       No development until a satisfactory scheme and programme of works to secure the provision of a new priority junction at Flag Lane and Chester Square has been agreed and provided

22.       Servicing hours in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to and agreed by the LPA and the Highway Authority from Cheshire County Council

23.       Conservation habitat plan

24.       Code of Construction practice to be prepared covering noise levels, times of operation, etc.

 

(Note: In accordance with Procedure Rule No. 26(2), Councillors B Evans and G Griffiths spoke on the application having given the required notice.  Councillor W S McGinnis also spoke on the application.)

 

2.            P06/0179       Residential Development for 79 Dwellings Consisting of 7 Houses and 72 Apartments, Land off Dunwoody Way, Crewe for Haigh & Haigh Property Partners Ltd

 

 

1.                  Standard

2.                  Materials

3.                  Amended plans

4.                  contaminated land report/remediation

5.                  Landscaping scheme

6.                  Implementation and maintenance of landscaping

7.                  Management scheme for landscaping areas and gated access to car parking

8.                  Boundary treatment

9.                  Access

10.                Parking

11.                 Bin stores

12.                Covered cycle parking

13.                Drainage

14.                Removal of permitted development rights for extensions and out-buildings in gardens of dwellings

15.                Removal of existing buildings

16.                Cycle crossing

 

(Note:  In accordance with Procedure Rule No. 26(2) Councillor B Evans spoke on the application having given the required notice.)

 

3.            P06/0208       Renewal of Existing Planning Permission P00/0511 (Alterations and Extensions to Nursing Home), Minshull Court Nursing Home, Minshull New Road, Crewe for Keenrick Nursing Homes Ltd

 

 

(Note: In accordance with Procedure Rule No. 26(2) Councillor B Evans spoke on the application having given the required notice.)

           

4.            P06/0222       Single-Storey Side Extension and Two-Storey Rear Extension, 37 Crewe Road, Haslington for Mr & Mrs S Campbell

 

 

5.            P06/0223       Demolition of Existing Dwellings and Construction of  21 Apartments, Land at 2 & 4 Rope Lane, Wistaston for Persimmon Homes (Mercia)

 

 

1.                  Standard

2.                  Materials

3.                  Surfacing materials

4.                  Landscaping

5.                  Landscape implementation

6.                  Replacement tree planting

7.                  Boundary treatment

8.                  Amended plans

9.                  Parking provision

10.                Bin storage details (Positioning, Design and Screening)

11.                Construction access not from Springfield Drive

12.                Drainage details

13.                Construction times:

                     08.00 19.00 hours Monday to Friday

                      08.30 13.00 hours  Saturdays

                     No construction on Sundays or Bank Holidays

14.                Wheel washing facility

 

6.            P06/0321       Residential Development for Ten Dwellings, Land to the rear of 215-223 Middlewich Street, Crewe for Ainsworth Homes (Northern) Ltd

 

 

1.                  The proposed development is unacceptable by reason that it is considered an overdevelopment of the site and a sub-standard form of development which fails to respect the existing pattern, character and form of the surroundings.  The design of the development is uniform, inappropriate in its context and fails to take the opportunities for improving the character and quality of the area.  As such, the proposal compromises the quality of the local environment.  All contrary to Adopted Replacement Local Plan Policies BE.2 (Design Standards), RES.2 (Unallocated Housing Sites) and RES.3 (Housing Densities).

2.                  The layout of the development is dominated by the car and associated parking provision, all to the detriment of the street-scene and character and appearance of the development.  The proposal is therefore contrary to the requirements of Policies BE.2 (Design Standards) and BE.3 (Access and Parking) of the Adopted Replacement Local Plan.

 

7.            P06/0323       Erection of 'T' Shaped Building and Additional Car Parking attached to Nursing Home, Rosedale Manor, Sherborne Road, Crewe for Four Seasons Health Care

 

 

1.                 Standard

2.                 Materials

3.                 Amended plans

4.                 Landscaping scheme

5.                 Completion of landscaping scheme

6.                 Obscure glazing to windows

7.                 Fume extraction details

8.                 Noise insulation scheme

9.                 Vehicular access only from Sherborne Road

10.               Car parking provision

11.                Access to CCC specification

 

8.            P06/0330       Change of Use from General Industry (Class B2) to General Industry and Storage and Distribution (Class B2 and B8), Weston Road/Gateway, Crewe for Rowlinson Group Ltd

 

 

1.                  Standard

2.                  Restriction to classes B2 and B8

3.                  Provide car parking scheme

4.                  No goods stored outside buildings without permission of the Local Planning Authority

5.                  Provide bicycle parking scheme

                    

9.            P06/0357       Canopy Extension, Unit 1, Weston Road, Crewe for Bargain Booze Limited

 

 

1.      Plan reference

2.      Timescale

3.      Materials

4.      Powder coating

 

10.       P06/0362       18m Telecommunications Mast, Carls Yard, Stewart Street, Crewe for Vodafone Limited

 

 

1                   The proposed development is unacceptable by reason of its height, design and lack of adequate screening. 

2                   The proposed installation would appear unduly prominent, particularly from Victoria Avenue.

3                   The mast would be taller and more bulky than existing street lighting columns and telegraph poles in the vicinity of the site and would fail to assimilate with these structures. This would adversely affect the visual amenity of the area and would, therefore, conflict with Policy NE.18 (Telecommunications Development) of the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich Replacement Local Plan 2011.

 

11.       P06/0365       Extension to Existing Warehouse, Rear of The Brocklebank Public House, Weston Centre, Weston Road, Crewe for Polemarch Industrial Limited

 

 

1.                  Standard

2.                  Materials

3.                  Landscapig

4.                  Travel Plan

 

12.       P06/0386       Barn Conversion to 8 Dwellings, Curtilage Extension and New Access, Snape Farm, Snape Lane, Weston for Co-Operative Group

 

DEFERRED:            Pending resolution of outstanding issues in respect of access, mitigation for protected species and viability of agricultural use

 

13.       P06/0388       Change of Use from Agricultural Storage Building to General Storage Building, Seven Oaks, French Lane, Broomhall for D A & C A Tomlinson

 

 

1.                  Standard

2.                  Restriction to caravan/classic car storage

3.                  No outdoor storage

 

14.       P06/0419       Extension to Industrial Building and Additional Car Parking, Westfield, Wybunbury Road, Walgherton for GB Engineering Ltd

 

 

1.                  Standard

2.                  Plans

3.                  Materials

4.                  Floodlighting

5.                  Landscaping scheme to be submitted

6.                  Landscaping scheme to be implemented

7.                  Parking provision

8.                  Use of site

 

15.       P06/0423       8 Two Storey Apartments, 1 Underwood Lane, Crewe for Crewe Glass and Window Company Ltd

 

 

16.       P06/0428       5 Dwellings, Former Coal Wharf, off Pillory Street, Nantwich for Messrs Martin Amenities

 

 

1.                  Standard

2.                  Materials

3.                  Access to CCC specification

4.                  Plans

5.                  Boundary treatment

6.                  Landscaping

7.                  Landscaping completed

8.                  Remove permitted development rights

9.                  Noise protection scheme

10.                Receipt of amended parking layout

 

 

4          The Committee considered the report of the Development Control Manager which proposed a series of modernisation measures to improve the consistency and transparency of the development control process in accordance with a Code of Good Practice. 

 

The issues raised in the report had been discussed at the Modernising Agenda Working Group and in periodic reports to the Development Control Committee.  The report brought together those issues and provided details of best practice and guidance based on the provisions of the Code of Conduct, the Royal Town Planning Institute's Code of Professional Conduct and advice and guidance on planning procedures and protocols issued by the Audit Commission, the Local Government Ombudsman, the National Planning Forum, the Local Government Information Unit and the Local Government Association.

 

RESOLVED: (a) That the Site Inspection Protocol be adopted and implemented as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report;

 

(b) That the Call-in Procedure be adopted and implemented as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report;

 

(c) That the Action Plan, as detailed in the report, be accepted;

 

(d) That the Action Plan be adopted and implemented in accordance with the suggested timescales, including recommendations to Full Council, where necessary, on matters of the Council's Constitution; and

 

(e) That a review be undertaken in 6-months' time.

 

(Note: In accordance with Procedure Rule No. 26(2) Councillor B Evans spoke on the report having given the required notice.)

 

 

5          The report of the Borough Solicitor invited the Committee to confirm the provisional Tree Preservation Order made on 5^th January 2006, without modification.

 

RESOLVED:  That the "Park Road and Ashley Meadow, Haslington, Crewe (193) TPO 2006" made provisionally on 5^th January 2006, be confirmed without modification.

 

 

6          The report of the Borough Solicitor invited the Committee to confirm the provisional Tree Preservation Order made on 1^st March 2006, without modification.

 

RESOLVED:  That the "Stapeley Manor, Nantwich (200) TPO 2006"  made provisionally on 1^st March 2006, be confirmed without modification.

 

 

7          The report of the Borough Solicitor invited the Committee to confirm the provisional Tree Preservation Order made on 3^rd April 2006, without modification.

 

RESOLVED:  That the "41 Rope Lane, Wistaston, Crewe (201) TPO 2006", made provisionally on 3^rd April 2006, be confirmed without modification.

 

 

8          The report of the Borough Solicitor invited the Committee to confirm the provisional Tree Preservation Order made on 1^st February 2006, without modification.

 

RESOLVED:  That the "Land off Heathfield Close, Nantwich (199) TPO 2006" made provisionally on 1^st February 2006, be confirmed without modification.

 

 

9          The report of the Borough Solicitor invited the Committee to confirm the provisional Tree Preservation Order made on 12^th September 2005, with a minor modification relating to the correct species of tree T1 and location of the trees.

 

RESOLVED:  That the "16 Crewe Road, Shavington, Crewe (195) TPO 2005" made provisionally on 12^th September 2005, be confirmed with modification.

 

STREET NAMING DEVELOPMENT ON GRESTY ROAD, CREWE (P-WAY SITE)

 

10        The report of the Borough Planning Officer invited the Committee to agree four names for the development on Gresty Road, Crewe (P-Way Site).  Five names had been suggested by Bellway Homes (West Lancs) four of which had been offered as a tribute to local people who had been connected with the Railway Works in Crewe -

 

Goode Way	Train driver who was killed in the Colwich train crash
Ivatt Drive/Close	Henry George Ivatt, former Chief Mechanical Engineer
Fowler Drive/Close	Sir Henry Fowler, former Chief Mechanical Engineer
Worsdell Drive/Close	Thomas William Worsdell, former Crewe Works Manager
Stanier Drive	Sir William Stanier

 

Royal Mail had been consulted and had only objected to the name "Stanier" on the basis that there was a "Stanier Close" in Crewe.

 

RESOLVED: (a) That the names "Goode Way", "Ivatt", "Fowler", and "Worsdell" be accepted for inclusion in the Local Land and Property Gazetteer; and

 

(b) That the suffix "Drive" or "Close" be placed after the names "Ivatt, "Fowler" and "Worsdell" as appropriate.

 

 

11        The information report of the Borough Planning Officer was received in respect of the following

 

(a)               Actual performance (April 2006) against determination of planning applications measured by Best Value Performance Indicators 109a, 109b, 109c and 188;

(b)               Planning decisions delegated to the Borough Planning Officer (13^th April to 17^th May 2006)

(c)               Planning Appeals Monitoring Report; and

(d)               Building Control Delegated Decisions (13^th April to 17^th May 2006)

 

 

12        RESOLVED:  That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following matter pursuant to Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) of the Act.

 

 

13        An application for a certificate of lawfulness had been refused by the Committee and an appeal determined by the written representations procedure.  The appeal had been upheld and a certificate issued by the Planning Inspectorate to Sedgemoor Limited in respect of the premises at Briar Cottage, Bickerton. 

 

The report of the Borough Planning Officer was now submitted.  The Assistant Solicitor to the Council addressed the Committee on the outcome of the appeal. 

 

RESOLVED:  That no further action be taken.

 

(Note: In accordance with Procedure Rule No. 26(2) Councillor B Evans spoke on the report having given the required notice.)

 

.........................................Chair