Land East of Church Road and North and South of Bridge Road, Item 95

PETITION

COMMITTEE DATE: 26/10/2016

APPLICATION No. 16/02224/MJR APPLICATION DATE: 19/09/2016

APP: TYPE: Discharge of Conditions

APPLICANT: Persimmon Homes East Wales LOCATION: LAND EAST OF CHURCH ROAD AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF, BRIDGE ROAD, OLD ST MELLONS PROPOSAL: DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 33 (CONSTRUCTION METHOD STATEMENT) OF 13/00578/DCO ______

RECOMMENDATION 1: That the discharge of condition 33 be GRANTED subject to compliance with the Construction Management Scheme submitted with this application and that no deliveries are made from Bridge Road, Old St Mellons after the 16 December 2016 or the cessation of road works on Church Road between the A4232 and the application site, whichever is the sooner.

1. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

1.1 The proposal seeks to discharge condition 33 of planning application 13/578. This condition requires that: “ Prior to commencement of each phase of development a scheme of construction management shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority to include details of construction traffic routes, times of deliveries, loading/unloading and storage of plant and materials, construction compounds, any temporary facilities for construction / sales staff, site hoardings (including the erection, maintenance and security), site access, wheel washing facilities, and details of a carpark for contractors vehicles. The development construction of the relevant phase shall be managed strictly in accordance with the scheme so approved. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and public amenity”

1.2 The developer has submitted a comprehensive Construction Management Scheme (CMS) addressing the above matters. However, one element has changed from an earlier application to address this condition which is in respect of the duration of the period for allowing delivery vehicles to access the site via Bridge Road.

1.3 An earlier scheme to allow for construction and delivery vehicles along Bridge Road was specified by the applicant as to be for a period of 10 months from the approval date in 2015. The applicant did not commence construction on site until this April. The applicant is now seeking consent to use Bridge Road for deliveries until 16 December 2016 and then all deliveries will access the site from the A4232. This arrangement is required to ensure appropriate and safe traffic management during the construction of the S278 highway work along Church Road.

1.4 The CMS also specifies the size of rigid curtain sided vehicles as 11m long, 2.55m width and 4m height and articulated vehicles as 16.5m long, 2.55m wide and 4.2m high. A maximum of 15 vehicles each working day is expected.

1.5 The applicant in a supporting letter states:- The approved construction method statement indicated that construction and delivery traffic would utilise Bridge Road for a period of up to 10 months. This period was triggered on approval of the construction method statement, which occurred on 22nd October 2015, and was intended to provide an alternative access for construction and delivery traffic during the construction of the s278 works along Church Road - which include the construction of a dedicated bus and cycle lane.

1.6 Notwithstanding the above, works did not commence on site until the 1st April 2016 owing to delays associated with the purchase of the land. The effect of which was to cut-short the extent of the arrangement by almost 6 months leaving a wholly insufficient window of 4 months for the operation of the alternative arrangement / completion of the s278 works.

1.7 The revised submission seeks a continuation of the approved arrangement until the 16th December 2016, which amounts to a total period of 8 months and 15 days far less than was originally approved (10 months). The proposed arrangement will provide the authority, local members and the public with the comfort of knowing that every effort is being expended to minimise disruption during the construction (as evidenced by the reduction in the total duration of works from the approved 10 months to 8 months and 15 days) whilst also providing Persimmon Homes with an appropriate timeframe for the construction of works critical to the delivery of Cardiff’s first strategic development.

1.8 The revised arrangements is necessary in order to ensure the safety of construction workers undertaking the s278 works along Church Road, and ensure the timely progression of Cardiff’s first strategic development.

1.9 Failure to agree to the proposed revision will have a significant cost implication; will compound the housing land supply shortfall that exists by reducing the number of completions that occur this year by 50 units; and compromise the safety of construction workers.

2. DESCRIPTION OF SITE

2.1 The application site extends from the M4 in the north to the A48 in the south, the A4232 in the west and Rhymney river in the east.

2.2 A drawing submitted with an earlier application for a scheme to block off Bridge Road in the near future shows the highway where it fronts dwellings varying in width from 7.7m to 7.1m and reducing to 6.1m towards its western edge. The road is nearer 5m in width at its eastern end close to Ty Winch Road when measured from an OS Map. There is no pavement along Bridge Road but there are regular refuges at the access points to private driveways.

3. SITE HISTORY

3.1 13/00578 Outline consent for up to 1020 dwellings, village centre and associated matters. Approved 5/4/13

3.2 14/2556 Reserved matters for 452 dwellings and village centre. Approved 4/11/14

3.3 14/2503 Discharge of condition 33 of 13/00578. Approved 4/11/14

3.4 15/2173 Discharge of condition 33 of 13/00578. Approved 22/10/15

4. POLICY FRAMEWORK

4.1 It is considered that the following LDP policies are relevant to this application:-

KP2(G) Strategic Sites KP4 Masterplanning Approach T6 Impact on Transport Networks and Services.

5. INTERNAL CONSULTATIONS

5.1 The Transportation Officer has advised that there is no objection to this application.

6. EXTERNAL CONSULTATIONS

6.1 None

7. REPRESENTATIONS

7.1 Local Members have been consulted. Councillor Rees says that there is unanimous objection from local residents and she expresses her Councillor objection.

7.2 Old St Mellons Community Council says that delivery vehicles are causing damage to properties and they are a potential hazard to regular road users in breach of the earlier planning consent.

7.3 Three residents of Bridge Road sent emails that Bridge Road is unsafe for use by delivery vehicles, and in particular are a danger to pedestrians as there are no pavements. In addition they have experienced being stuck behind delivery lorries resulting in inconvenience.

7.4 A petition signed by 53 local residents has been received. The petition says that it is dangerous to increase traffic on this narrow road which has no footways and asks Committee to refuse this application on grounds that this traffic would create noise, disruption, and danger to people living in Bridge Road. (The majority of signatures are from Bridge Road, 2 residents of Mill Lane, 8 residents of Ruperra Close and 4 residents of Ty’r Winch Road).

8. ANALYSIS

8.1 The applicant intended to commence work on site when 15/2173 was granted. This would have allowed for construction and delivery vehicles along Bridge Road for 10 months from the approval date of that application. Construction work did not start until April of this year. Initially construction deliveries could be made from the A4232 and in the main that appears to have been the case. Towards the beginning of September regular deliveries were being made along Bridge Road as roadworks along Church Road between the A4232 and the Persimmon site commenced.

8.2 The current submission seeks consent for deliveries for a period of a shorter period than the 10 months originally specified in 15/2173. Should approval be granted by Committee then deliveries would end in 7 weeks.

8.3 The Transportation Officer has made no highway objections to this temporary arrangement.

8.4 Lorries do generate a certain level of noise and often travel a little slower than cars which causes some disturbance and inconvenience but this is not considered to give rise to significant detriment/inconvenience for the temporary period required. To facilitate new residential development many deliveries are made along residential streets for the lifetime of those developments. In this case there is likely to be a maximum of one lorry movement along Bridge Road every 20 minutes during working hours but only until 16 December 2016.

8.5 The December 2011 traffic figures recorded 345 vehicle movements between 8.00-9.00 hours and 174 vehicle movements between 17.00-18.00 hours. When 50 dwellings have been occupied Bridge Road will be permanently closed to all through vehicular traffic. Bridge Road will then become a 20mph shared surface/home zone. Emergency vehicles and potentially buses will be able to use Bridge Road. This will be a significant benefit for the residents of Bridge Road.

8.6 In conclusion it is not considered that the amendment to an element of the construction management condition would cause significant detriment to highway safety, noise or inconvenience for a temporary period until 16 December 2016.

Began Farm Farm House CG

Pond

Mwlan Issues

Path

Nant

(um)

Maes-y-Bryn Cottage M 4 Issues

ETL FB

SM SM M4 , Junction 30 M 4 CR

Und SM SM

Mast

Issues Weir

Track Llyn

Track Woodlands Cottage Pontprennau Paul PLACE

Nant El Sub Sta DAMSON

Ordnance Survey, (c) Crown Copyright 2012. All rights reserved. Licence number 100020449 Ordnance Survey, (c) Crown Copyright 2012. All rights reserved. Licence number 100020449 Ordnance Survey, (c) Crown Copyright 2012. All rights reserved. Licence number 100020449 El Sub Sta

53.3m Granary Pond The

Golf Driving Range Barn St Julian's Manor White El Sub Sta Pond

Hotel

Stables The

Regus House

Track GVC

A4232

BRIDGE Mwlan Pentwyn

ROAD Nant

Thorens House Posts

St Julians House

BECK COURT

CLOSE Ysgendy ETL Link Pond St Julians Forge Pwll

GREENWOOD

Atlantic House

RdCR 52.4m ST MELLONS ROAD

St Julian's Cottage 17.7m 47

5l 50 Tank

35 Superstore 3l

B 4562 Pistyll-yr-achddu

7 Kubair

PENTWYN

24 LINK The Forge

DRIVE

ROAD

6 GREENACRE

Rhymney

Began House BEGAN The Lodge l Cardiff Gate Retail Park HIGH 5 River ROAD BANK Issues

6 44.2m

(Afon

Collects

Rhymni)

Drain

Red Roses

Springfield Cardiff Gate Retail Park

Malindi 40.5m

ROAD

DERING

13 27.1m

7 Air Little Began Mountain

26 8 Wendover

8 Oak View

18 3 CLOSE Lyndale 16 Hillside

BURWELL

ROAD Tolcarne Westfiejds 4 29.9m 2 14 Ballin Park

LINK Superstore Rockley House

PENTWYN

6 Hasgosay 45 Bridge Wisborough Farm 2 35 The CRESSFIELD 39 HEOL 4 Moorland 47 31 PONTPRENNAU Hyde

GLASLYN DRIVE 27 Torbay HEOL 53 Tank Tank Westwinds 37 54 25 2 5O 55 Penlan

1 1 21 Cardiff Gate Training 19 & Development Centre 61 63 56

15 LASCELLES Sub Penwray El Llanberis Sta Drain 71 House DRIVE 17 Drain View 73 Graig

79 Orchard

9 Little The Long Mynd

11 7O 25.0m Grainhouse

13 7

74 83 Playground The Jasmin 85 Cottage CR Cottage

78 1 89 22.6m

BRIDGE 91 Southfields Hillcrest 80 ROAD

7 Gomerian ROAD LlanedeyrnBridge 97 40.8m Tanglewood 9

Pond 93 CHURCH 99 1 Tudor Lodge 86 Marleigh Lodge LIDDEL 7 9 CLOSE

4 Lodge Green

101 1

CAMDDWR 18 86A 105 5

HEOL

7 88 107

1 6 Thorns 10 90 Red

3 CLOSE SHIELDS Llyn Shenstone GP El 2 Weir Sub Sta 13

I CLOSE Holly-Croft ll5 y Vermont 8 GRANGEWOOD Glan 2 Bont Alarch Corwydd 4 22.9m BRAMSHILL 92 10 Meadowsweet Tyr Ellacombe Dolbantau Cottage Silver CLOSE Path Tyr Bont Birch DRIVE l7 Tanglemead

l6 Hazelwood Briarwood HAREFIELD Linthorpe Coch l23 6 98 Well 1 Cartref Plas Rosslare Kenid ROAD 22 Gar Well 1 125 Unicorn Tim Newlands Perwick 5 100

4 Lon WINCH Kadina 129 Erandore Holly Erw House Glebe TYR 30.2m (PH) Wayside WAIN Inn Wood Elms DRIVE 104 CLOSE The 3 The Pines Kildare Silver l22 LASCELLES135 Herd 116 Delamare B 4562 1 133 Acre Caldy Ton- Aligarh 33.8m Y-Rian 2 White l69 112 Trefethen l39 2O

167 LB 108 Hollybush Tree Church 4 Tops 110 Farm 3 Belmonte Path House St Edeyrn's Church l9 Croesllechfaen (um) 8

l47 CLOSE RUPERRA Chaldon The GP Grange The Heathers LB SM 161 The Cedars Church Farm Spring DW Park View Melanie DW SM The Oaks Cae Glas

17 26.8m Sherwood

14 White Fairview A48 Bridge AVENUE EASTERN Eastern Underpass TCP Underpass Avenue (RAC) 9

l55 19 Subway SM DW

DW SM Posts (Afon Rhymni) River Drain Rhymney Und 31 TCP Path (um) Drain (RAC) 14.0m EASTERN CR Boro Const, Sinks AVENUE Asly Const Depot & ED Bdy 24.4m Gauge Flood RH

31 35

15 Spring 24 CR 32 36 17 38 37 39 41 43 Shorkot 40 42 28 44 16 32 11 House EDEYRN 23 18 17 45 13 Issues 12 11 19 21 CAPEL 14 23 13 5 DELL 20 22 23 15 24 27 17 15 10 11 Tyrato THE EASTERN 25 14 19 23 CLOSE 21 27 25 29 33 Oaklands (um) 20 31 33 24 37 35 34 47 8 Def 37 6 Oakdene Path 9

39 15 7 10 3 8 CLOSE Oakdale CLOS 1 4 Balmaha ROAD 22.9m 33 41 2 The 7 DRIVE 19 5 Old 17 CHURCH Pwllchwecherw Manse NANTEOS MILL LANE 14 BLACKBIRDS 23 31 18.3m Blythward

1 BLUEBELL 16 SILVERSTONE 67 MILL WAY 69 65 1 LANE 17 25 CLOSE 22 71 14 The Laurels New Mill 73 1 39.3m

20 7 Glen View

DW Farm 15

15 29

2 12 16 DRAWLINGS Glenmoor 55 WAY 1 16 9 17 Glen-Side 10

52 2 26 45 40 9

7 35 37 BLACKBIRDS (um) 87 33 5 7 1, 85 Path CRESCENT 2,4-14, 39 20, 25.6m 41 1 16-18 CLOSE BRONTE 30 3 22-27 CLOSE 11 24 16 CLOSE Arcon

9 2 LB 1 House 1 33 LYNCROFT 23 CHAUCER CR WALPOLE 4 69 1 AVENUE 13 29 20 275 31 2 BLUEBELL Outfall ARNOLD 277 9 HEATHCLIFFE ROAD 271 23 8 CLOSE 273 279 1 38 El 1 DRIVE 13 Sub Sta CLOSE 73 WINCH 24 289 BUNYAN

17 291 TY'R Shelter 293 l2 269 to 5 297 7 13 to 46 48 19 Und 26.5m 26.5m 301 17 1 18 CLOSE 6 65 10 Shelter 2 1 to 18 Posts 10 44 26.2m Posts RUNCORN 12 CLOSE 259 270 1 268 15

CP 4 AUSTEN 2 303 36 40 27 15 282 BRONTE to 13 258 4a CLOSE 313 Mill 26.8m 11 284 Lane 38 2 29.3m 4b 1 61 48 118 A 59 294 247 250 42.1m 8 315 1 Boro 13 to Istana AVENUE AVENUE 115 Const, 325 4c

1 BURNHAM BURNHAM Asly 28 1 2 EASTERN Const CR 248 5 57 55 3 3

2 1 2 26.5m & Brynawel El Sub Sta BRAYFORD AVENUE ED Bdy 108

26 235 2 9 PLACE Drain 242 27

HASTINGS 14 Glenbeigh Post Greystones Glengarrif

2 231 105 233 25.6m 4 Rhymni) HOUSMAN 12 227

CRESCENT 229 1 11 12 Bdy CLOSE 240 Grenville (Afon

ED 36 CR 98 & 2 RH Hall LB 71 EURWG MILLBramblewood 10 13 225 Caersalem LANE Const OTHERY 103 River 16 17 Chapel HoneysuckleCottage 28 Project: CRESCENT Asly 221 PLACE 13

24 228 Rev D - Revisions as follows; 20.05.2014 ROAD Rhymney 1 Const, 61 6 AVENUE 31 21 1. Red line and Blue line boundaries updated as client instruction. 37.8m Boro 22

93 2. Drawing title sheet and scale revised. 23.5m ROAD 5

OKEHAMPTON SEDGEMOOR Rev C - Amended as per comments (email 10.09.13). CR. 10.09.2013 HONITON Rev B - Amended to accommodate landscaping and enabling works. CR 10.09.2013 Rev A - Amended as per clients comments (email 07/08/13). CR 07.08.2013

Phase 1 - Application Redline Drawing Title: Phase 1 : St Edeyrn's Village,Cardiff Redline Application Plan

Land within applicants control Job No: Drawing No: Rev: 13120 1000 D

Scale: Drawn By: 1:2500 @ A1

Date: Checked By: 05 2014

Persimmon Homes East Wales Persimmon House Llantrisant Business Park, Llantrisant, NORTH Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF72 8YP 5 12.5 25 50 100m Tel:01443 223 5350 0