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20/00846/RES - Land North West of 2 Maldon Road, Burnham-on-Crouch

 

 

Meeting: 08/10/2020 - District Planning Committee (Item 1258)

1258 20/00846/RES - Land North West of 2 Maldon Road, Burnham-on-Crouch pdf icon PDF 749 KB

To consider the report of the Director of Service Delivery (copy enclosed, Members’ Update to be circulated)*.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Application Number

20/00846/res

Location

Land North West of 2 Maldon Road, Burnham-on-Crouch

Proposal

Reserved matters application for the approval of appearance & landscaping on approved planning application 18/00443/OUT (Create retirement community consisting of 103No. one, two and three-bedroom bungalows (class C.3), 70 bedroom two-storey care home building (class C.2) and 55 bedroom two-storey assisted living apartment building (class C.3) including affordable housing.  Erect ancillary community centre, 8No. shops (class A.1) with 8No. key workers apartments over in two-storey building, two-storey medical centre (GP, dental, optician, and dispensing chemist), and construct single-storey office and Maintenance Buildings.  Lay Out Amenity and Sports Facilities Including Outdoor Swimming Pool, tennis courts, allotments and open spaces.  Lay out estate roads, footpaths and surface water drainage infrastructure including swales and detention Basin.  Form vehicular and pedestrian accesses onto B1010 Maldon Road and Tinkers Hole, and create associated hard and soft landscaping)

Applicant

Mr Ian Holloway – Think Green Land Limited

Agent

Mr Stewart Rowe – The Planning & Design Bureau Limited

Target Decision Date

19.11.2020

Case Officer

Kathryn Mathews

Parish

BURNHAM NORTH

Reason for Referral to the Committee / Council

Major Application

This application is presented to Members as it is of strategic and corporate merit and because there is a Planning Performance Agreement in place.

 

It was noted from the Members’ Update that consultation responses had been received from Essex County Council Adult Social Care and the Tree Consultant.  Amendments to proposed conditions 2, 4 and 5 and an additional suggested condition 20 were also detailed.

 

Councillor A L Hull declared a non-pecuniary interest in this application as her partner had worked for the original owner of the land.

 

The Chairman advised Members that under the Council’s public participation scheme one submission had been received from the Agent, Mr Rowe.  In line with the public participation scheme she had reviewed the submission and the Lead Specialist Development Management proceeded to read out the submission received.  The Chairman then moved the Officers’ recommendation of approval subject to the conditions detailed within the report and Members’ Update.  This was duly seconded.

 

Members were reminded that all matters relating to the principle of development, access and location had all been considered and agreed as part of the related outline planning application.  Case law was clear that Members could not go back and revisit those matters.

 

A lengthy debate ensued, during which Officers provided further clarification in respect of the following points:

 

·                 The requirement for bus stops and footpaths formed part of the outline application.

 

·                 The removal of Permitted Development Right through the proposed conditions were to ensure that back to back distances between dwellings and the design and character of the development were maintained.  The Lead Specialist Place provided further clarification on Permitted Development and how this related to the proposed amenity spaces.

 

·                 Solar panels were proposed for the independent living units and care home.  In response to concerns raised the Officer advised that if Members felt it desirable additional solar panels could be secured by condition.

 

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