Committee and date Item/Paper South Planning Committee 26 February 2013 9 Development Management Report Responsible Officer: Stuart Thomas email:
[email protected] Tel: 01743 252665 Fax: 01743 252619 Summary of Application Application Number: 12/04646/OUT Parish: Shifnal Proposal: Outline application (access) for residential development; erection of a community swimming pool, a medical centre and community allotments, with associated parking, public open space, including balancing pond, and associated earthworks and other ancillary works Site Address: Proposed Residential Development Land North Of Haughton Road Shifnal Shropshire Applicant: Lioncourt Homes Case Officer: Richard Fortune email:
[email protected] Grid Ref: 374773 - 308704 © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Shropshire Council 100049049. 2011 For reference purposes only. No further copies may be made. Contact: Stuart Thomas (01743) 252665 South Planning Committee: 26 February 2013 Recommendation:- Subject to withdrawal of the Direction by the Highways Agency and satisfactory agreement on the extent and form of off-site traffic calming works, Grant Permission subject to a Section 106 Agreement relating to affordable housing provision and the financial contribution towards the swimming pool and the conditions set out in Appendix 1, together with any other appropriate conditions/matters to be included within the legal agreement requested by the Highways Agency. Recommended Reason for Approval The proposed development on this safeguarded land would be contrary to current Development Plan policies relating to residential development and the restrictions placed on the land by saved Bridgnorth District Local Plan policy S4. However the Council has accepted with the publication on 1st February 2013 that the Shropshire administrative area does not have the minimum 5 year land supply and buffer percentage required by the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).