Land North of Petersmith Drive, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire

PLANNING COMMITTEE – 8 MAY 2018 AGENDA ITEM NO. 6 Application No: 17/00595/FULM Residential development of 305no 2, 3 and 4 bed dwellings and associated Proposal open space and ancillary works Location Land North Of Petersmith Drive, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire Applicant Gleeson Regeneration Ltd 10.04.2017 Target Date: 10.07.2017 Registered Extension of time: Agreed until 11th May 2018 This application has been referred to Planning Committee for determination due to the officer recommendation being contrary to the comments of the Town Council. The application was previously withdrawn from the agenda for Planning Committee on 3rd April 2018 to allow Officers to address unresolved issues detailed in the report and the Late Items schedule. For the avoidance of doubt additional text is shown in bold. The Site and Surroundings The site relates to land at the rear of Petersmiths Drive which has been allocated in the Development Plan for mixed use development. The site area measures approximately 20.18ha (based on the revised red line boundary received during processing of this application), is irregular in shape and sits adjacent to the existing settlement edge to the north west of New Ollerton. Properties to the southern end of Petersmiths Drive are situated at a higher level to the site and the rear boundary of these properties adjoins a vegetated bank with an existing footpath closely aligned with the northern boundary of the settlement edge. Maun Infant and Nursery School and Forest View Junior School are situated adjacent to the south eastern boundary of the allocated site as well as the existing sports ground on Walesby Lane. To the north west of the proposed development site the land is characterised by open fields and the River Maun. Boughton Conservation Area and the Grade II Listed buildings at Boughton Pumping Station are situated in close proximity to the north eastern edge of the site. Ollerton Conservation Area is located some 530m to the south west of the site. Parts of the Northern and western edges of the site within Flood Zones 2 and 3 with the remainder of the site being situated within Flood Zone 1. The nearest Local Wildlife Site is Whinney Lane Grassland situated immediately to the north east of the site within the Boughton Conservation Area. The Birklands and Bilhaugh biosinc, an extensive remnant of the historic Sherwood Forest including excellent examples of the characteristic heathland and woodland communities, is located approximately 500m to the west of the site. The application site is located within the Sherwood Policy Zone 15 (S PZ 15) as identified in the Newark and Sherwood Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) SPD. This Policy Zone is described as ‘River Maun Meadowlands with Plantations’ and the landscape is defined as being in ‘good’ condition and as having ‘moderate’ sensitivity. The LCA describes views as being generally contained by the low landform and intermittent tree cover. The landscape actions for this area within the LCA are to ‘Conserve and Reinforce.’ Relevant Planning History There is no planning history of relevance to the site albeit the applicant has sought pre-application advice prior to submission. Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Prior to submission of the application, the applicant sought a screening opinion under Regulation 5 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011. The Council applied the selection criteria set out by Schedule 3 of the Regulations. Taking all matters into account, the Council confirmed its opinion that the proposal is unlikely to have complex or significant environmental affects and thus a formal Environmental Statement was not required in this instance. In reaching this conclusion, the Council was satisfied that the proposal would not constitute a major development that would have more than local significance. Particular regard was also given to the location of the site which is outside of any designated environmentally sensitive areas and the scale and characteristic of development which would be residential seen in context with the existing settlement of New Ollerton. The Proposal Full planning permission is sought for residential development of the site for 305 dwellings with associated open space and ancillary works. The quantum of dwellings has remained constant through the consideration of this application, however the extent of the application site has changed through the process to accommodate the proposed drainage solution. The submitted drawings show the application site to be split in to two distinct phases. Vehicular access is taken from Whitewater Lane to the eastern end with a spine road then running through the site to join a second point of access to the western end linking in to Petersmith Drive. The spine road serves several cul-de-sacs in each phase of the development. The first phase to the eastern end consists of 145 dwellings. There is then a distinct break to the centre of the application site where the site narrows and land is shown to provide public open space and a N.E.A.P. The second phase to the western end would provide a further 160 dwellings. Further open space is shown at the site entrance to the eastern end of the site including a L.A.P, and to the western end where a L.A.P. and land for sports pitches adjoining the existing Ollerton Miners Welfare Sports Ground which is situated to the south of the site. Two SUDS attenuation ponds are shown with one serving each phase of housing and situated immediately to the north of the residential parcels. Footpaths are shown alongside the proposed vehicular access spanning the site east to west from Whitewater Lane to Petersmith Drive as well as an additional footpath link to the east to the site frontage and another via a proposed cul-de-sac on the eastern parcel linking through to Petersmith Drive. A suite of supporting plans and documents have been submitted with the application. Drawings include housing layouts, dwellings types, garage plans, materials elevations and schedule, details of boundary treatments, phasing plan, landscape plans, engineering plans and an indicative section plan. Supporting documents include a Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, Air Quality Assessment, Economic Impact report and Viability Appraisal, Affordable Housing Statement, Heritage Statement, Archaeological Statement, Planning Statement, Residential Travel Plan, Tree and Hedgerow Survey, Design and Access Statement, Ecological Impact Assessment, Flood Risk Assessment, Maximising Security Through Design report, Transport Statement, Geophysical Survey and Planning Obligation Statement. Departure/Public Advertisement Procedure Occupiers of 194 properties have been individually notified by letter on the revised plans. The application has also been publicised by a site notice displayed at the site and an advert placed in the local press. All properties previously consulted and those that had previously made comments on the application were reconsulted in January 2018 following the submission of revised plans which included a second point of access providing a link to the western end of the site with Petersmith Drive and revised landscape proposals. Planning Policy Framework The Development Plan Newark and Sherwood Core Strategy DPD (adopted 29 March 2011) Spatial Policy 1 Settlement Hierarchy Spatial Policy 2 Spatial Distribution of Growth Spatial Policy 6 Infrastructure for Growth Spatial Policy 7 Sustainable Transport Core Policy 1 Affordable Housing Provision Core Policy 3 Housing Mix, Type, and Density Core Policy 9 Sustainable Design Core Policy 10 Climate Change Core Policy 12 Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure Core Policy 13 Landscape Character Newark and Sherwood Publication Allocations & Development Management DPD Policy OB/MU/1 Ollerton & Boughton – Mixed Use Site 1 Policy DM1 Development within Settlements Central to Delivering the Spatial Strategy Policy DM2 Development on Allocated Sites Policy DM3 Developer Contributions and Planning Obligations Policy DM5 Design Policy DM7 Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure Policy DM12 Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development Other Material Planning Considerations National Planning Policy Framework (2012) National Planning Practice Guidance (Web based resource) Newark and Sherwood Affordable Housing SPD (June 2013) Newark and Sherwood Developer Contributions and Planning Obligations SPD (December 2013) Newark and Sherwood Landscape Character Assessment SPD (December 2013) Consultations Ollerton and Boughton Town Council – Original comments on the application stated: ‘Object to the proposal on the following grounds: 1 - Highways – Access The only access to this large development is from a small road which is already in a state of disrepair. There could be in excess of 500 vehicles regularly accessing & exiting the site. The main route to the site access is along a busy residential road which already has speed humps and passes two schools. The alternative route is through a large estate where the bus service has already been cancelled as buses and also emergency vehicles struggle to get through due to the amount of parked cars. The third route is from the A614 and uses a small bridge and would require a right turn at a dangerous junction. In addition there is no footpath on this route which puts pedestrians at risk. 2 - Environmental issues The development is on a flood plain and members were concerned that the issue of flood risk has not been addressed. This would put

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