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East Northamptonshire Council Cedar Drive THRAPSTON Northamptonshire NN14 4LZ APPLICATIONS FOR DETERMINATION DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE - 9 February 2011 INDEX OF APPLICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION Application Location Recom. Page No. 6 o’clock Meeting EN/10/02068/FUL Land To The Rear Of 10 And 12 To 14 Park Grant 2 Road Raunds Northamptonshire EN/10/02130/FUL Open Space Adjacent To 5 Walmer Close Grant 14 Rushden Northamptonshire NN10 0TE EN/10/01376/FUL Riding Stables Manor Yard Main Street Grant 23 Sudborough Kettering Northamptonshire NN14 3BX EN/10/01378/LBC Riding Stables Manor Yard Main Street Grant 36 Sudborough Kettering Northamptonshire NN14 3BX EN/10/01950/CND South Reach High Street Denford Kettering Grant 44 Northamptonshire NN14 4EQ 7:30.o’clock Meeting EN/10/01277/REM Land Between Willow Lane And Fineshade Grant 47 Close Wood Road Kings Cliffe Northamptonshire EN/10/01500/FUL 63 Benefield Road Oundle Peterborough Grant 75 Northamptonshire PE8 4EU EN/10/01501/LBC 63 Benefield Road Oundle Peterborough Grant 90 Northamptonshire PE8 4EU EN/10/01551/FUL The Talbot Hotel 7 New Street Oundle Grant 96 Peterborough Northamptonshire PE8 4EA EN/10/01552/LBC The Talbot Hotel 7 New Street Oundle Grant 105 Peterborough Northamptonshire PE8 4EA EN/08/01931/REM Riverside Hotel Station Road Oundle Grant 116 Peterborough Northamptonshire PE8 5LA EN/10/02012/FUL Kenmore Grange Cranford Road Great Grant 128 Addington Kettering Northamptonshire NN14 4BH Development Control Committee 1 of 132 Date printed 9 February 2011 6 o’clock Meeting Committee Report Committee Date : 9 February 2011 Printed: 28 January 2011 Case Officer Samantha Hammonds EN/10/02068/FUL Date received Date valid Overall Expiry Ward Parish 12 November 2010 24 November 2010 19 January 2011 Raunds Saxon Raunds Applicant Spire Homes Agent MsQuare Architects Ltd - Mr T Millican Location Land To The Rear Of 10 And 12 To 14 Park Road Raunds Northamptonshire Proposal Erection of ten new dwellings (six 2-bedroom and four 3-bedroom affordable homes) along with ten sheds, new associated access road and parking court 1 Summary of Recommendation 1.1 The application be GRANTED subject to conditions and the prior finalisation of a section 106 agreement to secure developer contributions and affordable housing. 2. The Proposal 2.1 The application proposes residential development of ten affordable dwellings (six 2-bed and four 3-bed) on land to the rear of 10, 12 and 14 Park Road and between 5 and 6 Ponds Close, Raunds. 2.2 The development would be entirely two storey, with one pair of semi-detached dwellings set at right angles to a terrace of three and a terrace of five. 2.3 Twelve parking spaces would be provided within a block paved central parking court and private gardens would be provided to the rear of each dwelling. 2.4 Heads of terms for a proposed section 106 agreement were also submitted by the applicant and these comprise: • 100% affordable housing (10 units), broken down to 8 rented and 2 shared ownership • £1846.00 financial contribution towards libraries (NCC) • £920.00 financial contribution towards fire and rescue services (NCC) 3. The Site and Surroundings 3.1 There are no buildings on the site currently and the land appears to function as garden land. The site is concealed from Ponds Close by a 1.8m wire mesh fence with substantial mixed planting behind. The site can currently be accessed, by arrangement, up a private driveway to the side of 12 Park Road, but this is a private access and is not the proposed access for the new dwellings. 3.2 The site is almost entirely surrounded by residential uses, with the exception of a factory building to the east of the site that is occupied by Phoenix Resource Centre, a company that specialises in the production and supply of children’s learning and play resources. There is also a run-down looking residential garaging court to the north east of the site on Ponds Close. Development Control Committee 2 of 132 Date printed 9 February 2011 4 Policy Considerations 4.1 National Planning Policy Guidance PPS1– Sustainable Development PPS3 – Housing PPG13 – Transport PPS23 – Planning and Pollution Control PPG24 – Planning and Noise 4.2 East Midlands Regional Plan 4.2.1 On 10th November 2010 the High Court ruled that the Secretary of State's decision to revoke Regional Spatial Strategies was unlawful as it had been taken without primary legislation. A statement was then issued by the Government reiterating their intention to remove RSSs and that this should be treated as a material consideration. However following further legal action the Secretary of State has now agreed that until the further court case in mid January it is for a Local Planning Authority to decide how much weight to attach to the letters that the Government have issued about Regional Spatial Strategies. 4.2.2 Relevant Policies from the East Midlands Regional Plan Policy 1 - Regional Core Objectives Policy 2 - Promoting Better Design Policy 3 - Distribution of New Development Policy 13b - Housing Provision (Northamptonshire) Policy 14 - Regional Priorities for Affordable Housing Policy 15 - Regional Priorities for Affordable Housing in Rural Areas 4.3 North Northamptonshire Core Spatial Strategy 2008 Policy 1 – Strengthening the Network of Settlements Policy 6 - Infrastructure Delivery and Developer Contributions Policy 7 – Delivering Housing Policy 9 - Distribution and Location of Development Policy 10 – Distribution of Housing Policy 13 – General Sustainable Development Principles Policy 14 – Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Construction Policy 15 – Sustainable Housing Provision 4.4 Northamptonshire Minerals and Waste Development Framework (MWDF) Core Strategy (adopted May 2010) Policy CS7 4.5 Raunds Area Plan Preferred Options (January 2007) 4.6 Raunds Masterplan Consultation Draft (6 December 2010) 4.7 Supplementary Planning Guidance: Planning Out Crime; Parking 5 Relevant Planning History 5.1 03/00818/OUT – Residential development – refused under delegated powers on 10 November 2003 for the following reasons: • Contrary to the interim housing policy “Managing the Release of Housing Land” which sought to prioritise development on brownfield land at a time when housing land supply and development rates were exceeding expectations. • Lack of noise assessment to ensure compatibility with nearby commercial/industrial uses. 6 Consultations and Representations 6.1 Neighbours: 6.1.1 Seven letters of objection from 3, 5, 7, 22, 31 Ponds Close and 12A, 16 Spencer Street, raising the following issues: • An earlier application has already been rejected. • The whole close is opposed to this development. Development Control Committee 3 of 132 Date printed 9 February 2011 • Object to the principle of access from Ponds Close. Should go from Park Road. • Adverse impact from volume of traffic on Ponds Close, a relatively small close. Residents are already unhappy about vehicle movement on Ponds Close. There would be a 33% increase in traffic flow compared to the existing 31 houses on the close, not including visitors. • Not enough parking is allocated to the new houses (12 bays for 10 houses is not enough as many households have more than one car and there will be visitors). • There are already parking issues due to lack of driveways and off-road parking for existing residents. Cars often park on pavements. • There is already parking pressure on Ponds Close from the conservative club after 7pm on Tuesdays. • Tenants of flats use the parking allocated for household residents. • 4.5m of on-street parking will be lost where the access road is proposed. • Concerned for the safety of the occupiers of 31 Ponds Close. • Concerned about noise disturbance from the extra traffic and during construction. • Access is in an unsafe place on the bend in the road. • Unless the narrow access between the factory and 12 Park Road is closed, the works will add considerably to the hazards already caused by residents parked vehicles and customers cars waiting at the garage opposite (Tue-Sat). Park Road is a busy through route for pedestrians, cars and buses accessing housing and schools. Park Road becomes single lane for much of its length with very restricted views of approaching vehicles. • Balance between private owner occupied property and social housing on the rental and open market. • The existing social housing on the close has caused noise nuisance and anti-social behaviour issues (alcohol and drug related). These plans could bring the same issues. Concerned for the general respect and care of the close. • The proposal will remove our view of the church from our bedroom window and will infringe on the privacy of our bedroom windows (16 Spencer Street) • Would rather Raunds expanded outwards than squeeze new dwellings into an already cramped environment. This site is not within the development plan for Raunds, so development effort should be focussed elsewhere. • The developer contributions that are offered should not sway the council’s decision. • This is not a brownfield site, it is garden land, and before that it was a quarry. • Some of the trees have been there for many years and may be protected. • The green appearance of the site would be lost. • Using existing utilities on Ponds Close (electric) as we already have numerous power cuts 6.1.2 A letter was received from the adjacent factory unit making the following observations: • there is a section of our wall exposed to the garden and not the gable end of plot 3 (so this may be susceptible to ball kicking). • if the gap between plot 3 and our wall is only 1.6m and in that space there is a wall of 600mm it will be impossible to erect a ladder to reach our wall if it becomes necessary. This problem would obviously be the same if Spire Homes needed to work on the gable end of plot 3.