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Committee and Date Item Central Planning Committee 12th September 2013 5 Public Development Management Report Responsible Officer: Tim Rogers email: [email protected] Tel: 01743 258773 Fax: 01743 252619 Summary of Application Application Number: 13/00893/FUL Parish: Shrewsbury Town Council Proposal: Mixed residential development (291 dwellings) with associated drainage and road infrastructure including areas of public open space and play area and demolition of existing farm buildings Site Address: Sutton Grange Oteley Road Shrewsbury SY2 6QL Applicant: Taylor Wimpey (North Midlands) Ltd Case Officer: Richard Fortune email: [email protected] Grid Ref: 349935 - 310655 © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Shropshire Council 100049049. 2011 For reference purposes only. No further copies may be made. Central Planning Committee – 12th September 2013 Item 5 Sutton Grange Recommendation: Grant Permission subject to a Section 106 Agreement relating to financial contributions towards infrastructure-transport-community facilities associated with the whole of the Shrewsbury South SUE, securing the provision of affordable housing and Shrewsbury Town Council (or other appropriate arrangements) control of the Rea Brook Valley nature conservation, wildlife corridor and public amenity open space areas within the development; and subject to confirmation of satisfactory bat loft mitigation details, and to the conditions set out in Appendix 1. REPORT 1.0 THE PROPOSAL 1.1 The proposed development relates to some 16.12 Hectares of land bounded by Oteley Road to the south, existing predominantly residential development to the east and south east, the Rea Brook to the north, beyond which is further residential development, and the Meole Brace golf Course to the west. As submitted the application was for 292 dwellings, but following amendments to address concerns raised by English Heritage about the proposed site layout in the vicinity of the church adjacent to the south east corner of the development, this resulted in the number of units being reduced to 291. The properties would be a mix of one and two bedroomed apartments; two and three bedroomed semi-detached and terraced housing; three and four bedroomed semi-detached and detached dwellings and five bedroomed detached dwellings. Within the total number of houses there would be 38 affordable dwellings, split 71% rented and 29% low cost ownership, providing a mix of one and two bedroomed apartments and two and three bedroomed dwellings. The existing Sutton Grange Farm House would be retained in the proposed development, with the farm buildings and barn conversions immediately adjacent to it and other horticultural related structures on the land removed. 1.2 The net developable area of the 16.12 Hectare site is some 8.57 Hectares, which equates to a density of some 34 dwellings per Hectare and just over half the total site area. The bulk of the area to the north of Sutton Grange Farm House, beyond an existing watercourse feeding into the Rea Brook, is within the flood plain and would form part of the public open space and would be managed as a wet meadow area. A small pond of some 160sqm is proposed in this area, along with wetland scrapes. The public open space would continue eastwards adjacent to the Rea Brook, providing a wildflower meadow and amenity open space. This part of the site would accommodate also a children’s play area (NEAP) and two attenuation pools associated with the site’s proposed surface water drainage arrangements. The public open space would then continue around the eastern end of the proposed housing, forming a buffer on sloping land with existing residential development adjacent to the south eastern site boundary. This area of amenity open space would then continue south westwards in the development as a wedge between proposed dwellings, taking in a sloping area containing two trees and terminating at the established hedgerow running approximately north-south across the site and which would have a public footpath along its western side. The open space area would also include a spur leading to the Greek Orthodox Church which is immediately adjacent to the elevated south east corner of the site. Contact Tim Rogers on 01743 258773 Central Planning Committee – 12th September 2013 Item 5 Sutton Grange 1.3 Vehicular access into the site would be via a new, signalled junction which would form a cross roads with the entrance to the approved Waitrose/ Percy Throwers development on the on the southern side of Oteley Road. This junction would have a centre island to separate traffic entering and leaving the site and to allow for pedestrians crossing. On either side of the junction new tree planting is proposed to maintain the tree-lined character of this section of the road. The five detached two storey dwellings in the vicinity of the junction, comprising three on the western side and two on the eastern side, would be accessed by short shared private drives. One of the dwellings in the three dwelling group would feature a chimney. This entrance area would then lead to the first junction within the development, at which the road would reduce to an approximate 5 metre carriageway width. The main road heading north into the development would take the form of a tree-lined boulevard, with the trees being situated within the front gardens of two storey detached dwellings on either side, each with their own vehicular accesses, and with grass verges separating the footpaths from the highway carriageway. Hedging would be used to enclose the front garden areas. Four of the 14 dwellings in this area would feature chimneys. A shared space access off the western side of the boulevard would lead to a 16 space parking court, with two terraces of four two storey dwellings on each side. The western boundary to the parking court would be a hedgerow along the eastern edge of Sutton Farm Drive. There would be no vehicular access from the proposed development onto this drive, which is a restricted by way and has to remain available for use by Oteley Bungalow. 1.4 The boulevard would terminate in a T-junction which would be designed as a formal arrival space by the use of block paving and hedging, and its enclosure by a symmetrical layout of two and three storey properties. To the south, on each side of the junction, there would be a semi-detached pair of three storey dwellings. On the northern side there would be two, three storey apartment buildings linked by a two storey building containing an apartment and garages, along with an entrance through to a parking court for 21 vehicles at the rear of the apartments. The apartment blocks would each be of a symmetrical appearance, featuring a central gable detail to the stairway/landing/lobby element and reduced depth side wings to break up the expanses of the roofs and to give vertical proportions in sympathy with the scale of the proposed surrounding properties. 1.5 The cul-de-sac road extending westwards from the above ‘arrival space’ would be bordered by a mix of 2 and 2.5 storey semi- detached and detached properties, (one with a chimney feature) with their front elevations staggered in terms of their distances from the back edge of the footpath and giving some enclosure to the public street at the point where it would cross the Sutton Grange restricted by-way at 90°. On the western side of the byway the road then become a shared surface with turning head, and beyond that a private drive. Eleven properties (three with feature chimneys), comprising of three and four bed detached two storey properties would have access onto this section of road, with their layout providing a relatively tight enclosure of this more informal, shared space. 1.6 The site layout proposes that seven properties would have direct access onto the restricted by way leading to Sutton Grange Farmhouse, but vehicles from these properties would have to use the new roads within the development to reach Oteley Road. These properties are a mix of detached and semi-detached properties and there would be sections of new hedge and tree planting along this route to assist its function as one of the two wildlife corridors through the site. Contact Tim Rogers on 01743 258773 Central Planning Committee – 12th September 2013 Item 5 Sutton Grange 1.7 The road extending eastwards from the ‘arrival space’ would serve the northern half of the area proposed for residential development and would take the form of a loop road, off of which there would be cul-de-sacs with and without separate footways and narrower shared space areas. The junctions would feature raised table details, demarcation through the use of block work areas and strips to calm traffic flows. Within the area enclosed by the loop road there would be two areas divided by the eastern wildlife corridor hedgerow feature and footpath link. That to the west of this corridor would include six 2 storey dwellings, in the form of a terrace of four with a set-back to the front elevation of the middle units and a semi –detached pair with a dual fronted design, to the sharing a parking court at the southern end. At the northern end, also adjacent to the wildlife corridor and footpath link, a short shared surface road would serve four properties, comprising of two detached 2 storey dwellings and a semi-detached pair of 2.5 storey dwellings. The other 10 properties in the area, consisting of one 2.5 storey semi-detached pair and the remainder detached properties, would front onto the western element of the loop road, with some shrub, tree and hedge planting indicated to their front garden areas.