AGENDA ITEM NO. 4 REPORT TO: Planning Committee REPORT NO. HCWD/32/13 DATE: 2 September 2013 REPORTING OFFICER: Head of Community Wellbeing & Development CONTACT OFFICER: David Williams (Ext 8775) SUBJECT: Development Control Applications WARD: N/A PURPOSE OF THE REPORT To determine the listed planning applications. INFORMATION Detailed reports on each application together with the recommendations are attached. RECOMMENDATION See attached reports. BACKGROUND PAPERS None. Page No 1 REPORT OF THE HEAD OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT– 2 September 2013 Community Code No Applicant Recommendation Page No BRY P/ 2012/0817 BRYMBO GRANT 2 - 23 DEVELOPMENTS LTD BRY P/ 2012/0816 BRYMBO GRANT 24 - 33 DEVELOPMENTS LTD HOL P/ 2013/0141 MR & MRS PARRY GRANT 34 - 37 ERB P/ 2013/0289 MRS H TICKLE GRANT 38 - 46 GLY P/ 2013/0304 WREXHAM WIND GRANT 47 - 56 ENERGY LTD RUA P/ 2013/0394 MR JOHN ANDREW GRANT 57 - 61 HARRIS ROS P/ 2013/0412 MR & MRS CORDNER REFUSE 62 - 64 ROS P/ 2013/0413 MR & MRS CORDNER REFUSE 65 - 67 BRO P/ 2013/0440 MR ROBERT WILLIAMS GRANT 68 - 70 WRO P/ 2013/0445 ESL GROUP UK GRANT 71 - 73 MR RICHARD EVANS HOL P/ 2013/0459 WREXHAM COUNTY GRANT 74 - 77 BOROUGH COUNCIL ESC P/ 2013/0461 RASCALS RETREAT GRANT 78 - 80 MISS REBECCA CLARKE Total Number of Applications Included in Report: 12 All plans included in this report are re-produced from Ordnance Survey Mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. WCBC Licence No. LA0902IL All plans are intended to be illustrative only and should be used only to identify the location of the proposal and the surrounding features. The scale of the plans will vary. Full details may be viewed on the case files. _____________________________________________________________________ Page No 2 REPORT OF THE HEAD OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT– 2 September 2013 APPLICATION NO: LOCATION: DATE RECEIVED: P/2012 /0817 VACANT PLOT OPPOSITE BRYN 28/11/2012 GWENFRO TANYFRON WREXHAM LL11 5SW COMMUNITY: CASE OFFICER: Brymbo DESCRIPTION: MP OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WARD: AGENT NAME: Brymbo APPLICANT(S) NAME: PARKHILL ESTATES BRYMBO DEVELOPMENTS LTD LIMITED MR MATTHEW FERGUSON _____________________________________________________________________ /2012 /0817 THE SITE Application site PROPOSAL Outline planning permission is sought with all matters reserved for subsequent approval. HISTORY Relevant history to the application site and Steelworks site as a whole Page No 3 REPORT OF THE HEAD OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT– 2 September 2013 CB00016 Outline application for residential development and erection of buildings for retail, B1, B2 and B8 and leisure uses including heritage area, nature conservation area including formation of new accesses to classified roads. Detailed application for reclamation of land including the recovery and processing of minerals. Granted 10/11/1997 The application was accompanied by an Environmental Statement. The permission is subject to 51 conditions- 1-11 relating to the outline permission and 12-51 relating to the detailed permission. A legal agreement was entered under section 106 into relating to contamination, groundwater, monitoring, management and the establishment of the Liaison Committee. There is no requirement for affordable housing provision. P/2000/0968 Variation of condition 2 of CB00016 to extend period for submission of reserved matters to 11/12/2003. Granted 11/12/2000 P/2002/0385 Variation of conditions 24, 25, 26 and 27 of CB00016 relating to noise matters. Granted 27/6/2002 P/2002/0973 Relaxation of condition 12 of CB00016 to extend period to begin development to 10/11/2003. Granted 9/12/2002 P/2002/1171 Amendment to condition 10 of CB00016 to allow number of dwellings to be increased from 300 and amendment of condition 14 to relocate areas proposed for housing and industry Granted 7/4/2003 subject to 5 additional conditions P/2003/1324 Variation of condition 1 of CB00016 to extend period for submission of reserved matters until 22/12/2005 Granted 22/12/2003 P/2004/1441 Amendment to condition 42 of CB00016 to replace obsolete contamination guidance. Granted 23/12/2004 subject to a revised condition P/2006/0341 Variation of condition 2 of CB00016 to extend period for submission of reserved matters for a further 2 years Granted 27/4/2006 P/2009/0125 Variation of condition no. 2 Imposed under planning permission code no. P/2006/0341 to allow the period of submission of reserved matters to be extended for a further 2 years. P/2010/0516 Reserved matters for north spine road Granted 3/8/2010 History specifically relevant to the application site. P/2005/1486 Outline application for residential development. Refused 6.12.2010. Appeal dismissed 29.11.11 Page No 4 REPORT OF THE HEAD OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT– 2 September 2013 DEVELOPMENT PLAN Outside of settlement and within Green Barrier. Policies PS1, GDP1, GDP2 EC1, EC4, EC16, H5, H7 and CLF5 apply. CONSULTATIONS Community Council: Object for the following reasons: - the development will have a huge detrimental effect on an already over populated area; - Wrexham County Borough Council and the Welsh Assembly have already dismissed planning permission for this site and nothing has changed since those refusals to justify a change now; - The Brymbo link road is already struggling to cope with the constant stream of fast traffic which makes it a very dangerous road and there are constant build ups of traffic with the adjoining Ruthin Road, especially at peak periods; - Brymbo Developments originally applied to build 300 houses but this has now grown to more than 600 with work still ongoing. Now they want to build another 150 houses on another parcel of land taking the number of properties to approximately 800. This is not just a development, this is becoming another village; - We were promised some infrastructure with the original plans including 1000 jobs, retail units, industrial units, a school and of course the elusive spine road. Every time they put a new application they say it is to pay for the spine road and without the new houses the spine road can’t be completed. Brymbo Developments have made a lot of money already out of the steelworks site so why has some Page No 5 REPORT OF THE HEAD OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT– 2 September 2013 of that not been used to complete the spine road; - Since this site has grown the crime rate and vandalism rate in Tanyfron has hugely increased and although the whole of the existing site is called Brymbo it is actually right on the edge of Tanyfron and quite a distance from Brymbo. Tanyfron feels the full impact of the problems this development brings with it; - The plot is in Green Barrier land and should be protected against further building; - This application was turned down by the planning committee because it breached local planning policy and it was turned down on appeal. Why is it even being considered; - This is a step too far in terms of over development of the community; - There is no good reason why Wrexham County Borough Council should consider giving this application approval when it has already been turned down once and then on appeal. - Brymbo Community Council strongly urges the County Borough Council to support the Community Council and residents of Tanyfron and turn this application town. Local Member: Notified 5.12.12 Ken Skates AM: Forwarded representations sent to him by two constituents and requested their comments be taken into account. The concerns of the constituents are summarised below under the section ‘representations against’ Welsh Government (Trunk Roads): Does not issue a direction in respect of this application. Highways: Make the following comments: o any new access will need to accord with current design Page No 6 REPORT OF THE HEAD OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT– 2 September 2013 standards. A new roundabout may be the most appropriate form of access; o the addition of approximately 100 more houses is likely to have a significant effect on traffic generation in the locality; o this may have a detrimental impact on the Brymbo link road at its junction with A525 Ruthin Road. A further traffic assessment must be undertaken; o no objection in principle to the development subject to conditions requiring details of the means of access, estate roads and a Travel Plan. Public Protection: Recommends a condition requiring a site investigation for contamination condition and contamination remediation measures. A condition and advisory notes in respect of minimising the impact of construction works are also recommended. Welsh Water: Initially objected due to concerns that the development would overload existing public sewerage system. The objection has subsequently been lifted and Welsh Water recommend that drainage conditions be attached to any permission. Environment Agency: Make the following comments: - in view of the fact that this is an outline application and a site layout has yet to be submitted, we are satisfied that a drainage system based on SUDs principles is likely to be implementable. The SUDs design should be considered at the same time as the site layout; - request condition requiring the submission of details of a surface water drainage scheme for approval and its subsequent implementation. - Also request a condition regarding investigation and Page No 7 REPORT OF THE HEAD OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT– 2 September 2013 remediation of potential contamination. Rights of Way: Consulted 5.12.12 Ramblers Association: Notified 5.12.12 Wrexham Civic Society: Notified 5.12.12 Economic Development: Make the following comments: - At the heart of the master plan for the regeneration of the former Brymbo Steelworks site was a new spine road connecting Brymbo and Tanyfron; - The completion of the spine road is the key to unlocking the latent economic potential of the site whilst facilitating the continuing residential development.