21/00915/RM1 - Application for reserved matters approval relating to access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of 46 no. dwellings and associated works pursuant to planning permission 19/00339/OUT dated 06 Feb 2020 (Outline planning permission for redevelopment of former reservoir site for residential purposes of up to 46 dwellings with all matters reserved apart from access) (amended site plan and additional boundary treatment and hard surfacing details, site sections, landscape management scheme, drainage information and reservoir wall information received 9 December 2021, additional pumping station information received 10 December 2021 and amended landscape management scheme received 21 December 2021).

(In reaching its decision, the Committee took into consideration the Planning Officer’s report (previously circulated), eight letters of objection originally received and a further three letters of objection received in response to re-consultation, the concerns of the Council’s Conservation Officer, the points raised by Sadberge Parish Council, and the views of the Applicant’s Agent, whom the Committee heard).

NOTE: In speaking to the application, the Applicant’s Agent advised Members that the Applicant had agreed to pay £50,000 towards the cost of a play area in lieu of the previously agreed contribution towards bus services, with a new or varied Section 106 Agreement to be drawn up.

RESOLVED – That details be approved subject to the following conditions:

1.                  The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and documents, as detailed below:

(a)         Proposed site plan, drawing number 692-003 Revision C, November 2020

(b)         Proposed boundary treatment and external hard landscaping, drawing number 692-004 Revision A, June 2021

(c)          Site sections, drawing number 692-PL006 Revision A, November 2021

(d)         Coniston GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 CO-01 Revision A, June 2021

(e)         Croft GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 CR-01 Revision A, June 2021

(f)          CT1 GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 CT101 Revision A, June 2021

(g)         CT2 (Brick) GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 CT2B01 Revision A, June 2021

(h)         CT2 (Render) GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 CT2R01 Revision A, June 2021

(i)          CT3 GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 CT301 Revision A, June 2021

(j)          Ergo 1 (Brick) GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 E1B01 Revision A, June 2021

(k)         Ergo 1 (Render) GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 E1R01 Revision A, June 2021

(l)          Ergo 2 GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 E201 Revision A, June 2021

(m)        Epsom GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 EP01 Revision A, June 2021

(n)         Type 1 GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 T101 Revision A, June 2021

(o)         Type 2 GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 T201 Revision A, June 2021

(p)         Type 3 GA Plans & Elevations, Drawing number 692 T301, June 2021

(q)         Amended ‘Landscape Management Specification, Darlington Road, Sadberge for Homes by Carlton’ prepared by Rosetta Landscape Design received 21 December 2021.

REASON – To ensure the development is carried out in accordance with the planning permission.

2.                  Details of a landscaping scheme shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority prior to the dwellings hereby approved being constructed above damp proof course level.  Upon approval of the scheme, it shall be fully implemented concurrently with the carrying out of the development, or within such extended period as may be agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and thereafter any trees or shrubs removed, dying, severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased shall be replaced, and the landscaping scheme maintained for a period of five years to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority. 

REASON – To ensure a satisfactory appearance of the site and in the interests of the visual amenities of the area.