to 15 February 2013 Development Panel Will meet on Tuesday 26 February 2013 at 1.00 pm in The Wave - Maryport Membership: Councillor Peter Bales (Chairman) Councillor John (Binky) Armstrong Councillor Carole Armstrong Councillor Bill Bacon Councillor Nicky Cockburn Councillor John Crouch Councillor Len Davies Councillor Bill Finlay Councillor Chris Garrard Councillor Joe Holliday Councillor Margaret Jackson Councillor William Jefferson Councillor Peter Kendall Councillor Jim Lister Councillor Billy Miskelly Councillor Ron Munby Councillor Margaret Snaith Councillor Sam Standage Councillor Martin Wood Councillor Joan Wright Members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting. If you have any questions or queries contact Paula McKenzie on 01900 702557. Agenda 1. Apologies for absence 2. Declaration of Interest Councillors/Staff to give notice of any disclosable pecuniary interest, other registrable interest or any other interest and the nature of that interest relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the adopted Code of Conduct. 3. Questions To answer questions from members of the public – 2 days notice of which must have been given in writing or by electronic mail. 4. Development Panel - 2-2012 -0784 - Outline application for residential development - Kirk Cross Quarry, Low Road, Brigham (Pages 1 - 24) 5. Development Panel - 2-2012 -0838 - Outline application for 8 dwellings - Land at Shawbank Brow, Dean (Pages 25 - 44) 6. Development Panel - 2-2012 -0479 - 2 Wind Turbines - Brownrigg Hall Farm, Allonby (Pages 45 - 64) 7. Development Panel - 2-2012 -0898 - 5 Terraces Houses - Former Carrs Coaches Garage, Waver Street, Silloth (Pages 65 - 78) 8. Development Panel - 2-2012 -0799 - Outline for one dwelling - Land adjac ent to Strawberry How, Cockermouth (Pages 79 - 90) 9. Development Panel - 02 -2012 -9011 - 4 Wind Turbines - Lillyhall Landfill Site, Joseph Noble Road, Lillyhall (Pages 91 - 106) 10. Development Panel - 2-2012 -0910 - Conversion o f garage to acheive annexed accommodation - 4 West Ghyll Place, High Harrington, Workington (Pages 107 - 110) 11. Development Panel - 2-2012 -0848 - Outline for 4 dwellings - Land adjacent to Overcroft Farm, Greysouthen (Pages 111 - 124) 12. Development Panel - 2-2012 -0824 - First floor extension and balcony - Woodend, Crosby (Pages 125 - 130) 13. Development Panel - 2-2013 -0028 - Replacement of wooden windows - 29 West Street, Wigton (Pages 131 - 134) 14. Development Panel - 2-2012 -0928 - First floor extension over garage and two storey extension - 2 Lowscales Drive, Cockermouth (Pages 135 - 142) 15. Appeal Decision - 2-2012 -0354 - Single Wind Turbine - Green Croft, Oughterby, Carlisle (Pages 143 - 146) Chief Executive Date of next meeting Tuesday 12 March 2013 at 1.00 pm The Wave - Maryport Agenda Item 4 Allerdale Borough Council 2/2012/0784 Reference No: 2/2012/0784 Received: 25 September 2012 Proposed Outline application for residential development considering access Development: from the public highway and associated engineering works Location: Kirk Cross Quarry Low Road Brigham Cockermouth Applicant: North Homes Limited Drawing Numbers: 11-18-01a - Site Location Plan 11-18-12J - Proposed Site Plan (Access Only) Email dated 12/11/2012 Regarding revised proposal description confirming reserved matters. (amendment received 12/1/2012) Environmental Risk Assessment EES09-29 dated 29/5/2009 Ground Gas Assessment EES09-29 dated 23/7/2009 Risk Management Strategy EES12-099 dated 19/9/2012 Noise Assessment Report KDL/KB/NA/10/12 dated 19/10/2012 Tree Survey EESS09-29 dated 29/5/2009 Phase 1 Habitat Survey EES09-29 dated 29/5/2009 Environmental Documents Updates Statement EES12-099 dated 19/9/2012 Transport Statement A078102 dated August 2012 Travel Plan A078102 dated September 2012 Technical Note A66 Junction Capacity Assessment A078102 dated December 2012 (amendment received 10/12/2012 Drainage Statement RO/11058.5 dated December 2012 (amendment received 7/12/2012) Constraints: Radon Assessment ASCA Area Page 1 Policies: Allerdale Local Plan, Adopted 1999 (S aved) Policy EN14 - Safeguarding Water Environment, Policy EN25 - Protecting the open countryside Policy EN3 – Landscaping Policy EN35 - Creation of new wildlife habitats Policy EN4 - Tree & Hedgerow Preservation Orders Policy EN5 - Pollution Control Policy EN6 - Location of potentially polluting development Policy EN7 - Location of pollution sensitive development Policy EN9 - Contaminated/Derelict Land Policy L1 – Provision of open space in housing developements Allerdale Local Plan First Alteration, June 2006 (Saved) Policy HS4 - New housing in open countryside Policy HS7 - Housing development on unallocated sites Policy HS8 - Housing design Policy HS9 - Infrastructure requirements for housing North West of England Plan Regional Spatial Strategy to 2021 From a strategic point of view, the North West of England Regional Spatial Strategy is still currently part of the development plan and is a material planning consideration, although the Government has made clear their intentions that they may abolish at some point Regional Spatial Strategies and Saved Structure Plan Policies, following the enactment of the Localism Act 2011. National Planning Policy Framework March 2010 Achieving sustainable development Relevant Planning 2/2009/0417 Twelve holiday lodges History: 2/2010/0291 Thirty four holiday lodges and warden’s dwelling SCR/2012/0057 Screening opinion concluding that an Environmental Impact Assessment was not required. Representations: Parish Council – Objection regarding proven need for housing, highway safety, school capacity, foul and surface water discharge and potential for cumulative overdevelopment of the village with reference to other sites. Further representation has been made regarding the imported soil on the site and its impact upon off-site drainage. The soil importation is in accordance with the land remodelling approved as part of the holiday lodge applications 2/2009/0417 and 2/2010/0291. Cumbria County Council – No objection subject to appropriate conditions regarding highway issues and ecological mitigation measures. The layout, density, design and appearance and landscaping of the site is referenced and is a reserved matter for subsequent applications. It is confirmed that commuted financial sums are required as part of a Section 106 Agreement. For local school improvements or transport to alternative schools elsewhere. Allerdale Environmental Protection – No objections in principle Page 2 subject to standard conditions. Environment Agency – The agency has objected to the original scheme of non-mains drainage. No reply has been received to date (25/1/2013) regarding the drainage amendments. Officers have been informed that the Environment Agency has arranged a meeting with the developer to discuss relevant issues. It is anticipated that the conclusions from that meeting will be relayed to Members before the Panel meeting. Allerdale Housing Services – No objections with a recommended percentage of affordable housing of appropriate tenure to meet local need. Highway Agency – No objection Natural England – No objection on any matter. United Utilities – No objection to the revised drainage statement. Allerdale Engineer – No objection in principle The application has been advertised on site and in the local press. Twenty-one letters of objection have been received and seven letters of support as documented within the report. Report The Application This is an outline application for residential development considering access from the public highway. An illustrative site layout of 50 dwellings of various house types has been provided with a commitment to provide a percentage of affordable homes. Site History 2/2009/0417 Twelve holiday lodges (Approved) 2/2010/0291 Thirty four holiday lodges and warden’s dwelling (Approved) SCR/2012/0057 Screening opinion concluding that an Environmental Impact Assessment is not required. The Site The application site is located on the former Kirkross Quarry at the junction between Low Road and Stan Lonning. Around this junction is a cluster of buildings, including a caravan park, church, business units, apartment building and houses. Although the site does not adjoin the built extent of Brigham, the site is well related to the village, with Stan Lonning and Low Road providing connectivity to the development limits of Brigham. The site is Page 3 surrounded by a boundary wall and established trees, a number of which will need to be removed to accommodate the proposed development. It is understood that quarry operations on the site ceased in the middle of the twentieth century. The applicant states that after this, the site was subsequently used by a contracting company for the receipt of inert landfill soils, aggregates, rubble and builder’s waste. It is indicated that this operation ceased in the 1980’s. Planning permission was granted for 34 holiday lodges and a warden’s lodge in 2010. The applicant has stated that it was anticipated that the development of the site for holiday purposes would have provided the cross subsidy to enable the remediation to be completed and for the site to be developed. The applicant has said that subsequent marketing has demonstrated that there is no developer interest in the site for use as a holiday lodge site. Adjacent to the site is a flooded part of the former quarry. This is planned as a community fishing pond reflecting the current informal use for this same purpose. The pond is beyond the application site boundary, however