Agenda Item No: 6 Wolverhampton City Council OPEN DECISION ITEM Committee / Panel PLANNING COMMITTEE Date: 2nd October 2007 Originating Service Group(s) REGENERATION AND ENVIRONMENT Contact Officer(s) Stephen Alexander (Head of Development Control) Telephone Number(s) (01902) 555610 Title/Subject Matter PLANNING APPLICATIONS Recommendation That Members determine the submitted applications according to the recommendation made in respect of each one. PLANNING COMMITTEE (2nd October 2007) REFERENCE SITE ADDRESS PAGE NO Bilston North 07/00972/FUL City Of Wolverhampton College 4 Bilston Campus Wellington Road Bilston Wolverhampton West Midlands WV14 6BT 07/01111/FUL Stowlawn Primary School, Green 12 Park School And Stowlawn Community Centre Green Park Avenue Wolverhampton West Midlands WV14 6EH Blakenhall 07/00562/CPL 21 Jeremy Road 18 Blakenhall Wolverhampton West Midlands WV4 5BX 07/00967/FUL 44 Himley Crescent 25 Blakenhall Wolverhampton West Midlands WV4 5DE Heath Town 07/01045/FUL New Trust Community Centre 29 1 Wolverhampton Road Heath Town Wolverhampton West Midlands WV10 0PD Park 07/00607/FUL 118 Compton Road 36 Finchfield Wolverhampton WV3 9PZ 2 07/01024/FUL 155 Clark Road 41 Wolverhampton West Midlands WV3 9PD St Peter’s 07/00917/FUL 206 Staveley Road 46 Whitmore Reans Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 4RP Spring Vale 07/01131/FUL Land To The Side Of 30 Foster 52 Avenue Wolverhampton West Midlands WV14 9PT Tettenhall Wightwick 07/00446/FUL Castlecroft Garage Limited 58 Finchfield Hill Finchfield Wolverhampton West Midlands WV3 9EN 07/00677/FUL The House In The Trees 71 Wightwick Bank Wightwick Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 8DR 07/00690/CPL 4 Captains Close 76 Compton Wolverhampton West Midlands WV3 9EA 07/01013/FUL 21 Finchfield Road West 84 Wolverhampton West Midlands WV3 8AY 3 PLANNING COMMITTEE - 02-Oct-07 APP NO: 07/00972/FUL WARD: Bilston North DATE: 09-Jul-07 TARGET DATE: 08-Oct-07 RECEIVED: 09.07.2007 APP TYPE: Full Application SITE: City Of Wolverhampton College Bilston Campus, Wellington Road, Bilston, Wolverhampton PROPOSAL: Demolition of existing Sports, Civil Engineering and Construction Buildings. Erection of new two storey teaching accommodation (Sports, Civil Engineering and Construction Buildings). Erection of single storey nursery. Reconfiguration of car parking area/assoc.works and new landscaping. APPLICANT: AGENT: The City Of Wolverhampton College Nightingale Associates Bilston Campus 1-4 Portland Square Wellington Road Bristol Bilston BS2 8RR Wolverhampton WV14 6BT COMMITTEE REPORT: 1. Application Site, Findings and Background 1.1 This application relates to the College’s Bilston Campus which is located approximately two miles south-east of Wolverhampton City Centre along the main A41 Wellington Road. The existing campus site occupies an area of 6.9 hectares within a predominately residential area. 1.2 The site has been subject to major redevelopment work in recent years. This work has resulted in the demolition of a number of teaching buildings that dated from the 1960’s and their replacement with modern, functional and architecturally pleasing buildings, including a new landmark building and new access to Wellington Road. Beyond the new buildings, to the north of the site are two substantial, detached, teaching buildings, dating from the 1960’s. The site to the south and west of the buildings is given over to level grassland containing sports pitches and pockets of planting. Along the entire eastern boundary is a Greenway Route, as designated by Wolverhampton Unitary Development Plan that gives the area a leafy and open character 1.3 The existing College contains parking provision for 328 vehicles, accessed off Wellington Road. The site has good public transport links with bus routes operating on nearby Wellington Road, Hadley Road and Wolseley Road and with the nearest Metro stop within 500 metres. 2. Planning History 2.1 00/0147/OP Erection of new learning resource centre and teaching block with associated parking and landscaping, to include existing teaching block. Approved 5.09.2000 4 2.2 00/0148/FP Erection of new three story building to provide Learning Resource Centre, refectory and student services (Phase 1). Approved 5.09.2000. 2.3 01/0149/RM Submission of reserved matters (design, external appearance, and landscaping). Granted 6.04.2001. Pursuant to 00/0147/FP 2.4 02/0290/FP Temporary retention of part of teaching blocks and T block, sports hall and nursery and associated alterations, and formation of temporary car park. Granted 03.05.2002. 3. Constraints Flood Risk Zone 1 and 2 Open Space Designation Site Name: Stow Heath Open Space Millennium Urban Forest Mining Area Sites and Monuments Entry. 4. Application Details 4.1 The proposals seek permission for the demolition of the older building on the north of the site, existing Civil Engineering, Sports and Nursery buildings and construction of new two storey teaching accommodation (Sports, Civil Engineering and Construction Buildings). A new single storey nursery is also proposed as is the reconfiguration of the existing car parking area and associated landscaping. 5. Relevant policies Central Government Planning Policy PPS 1 - Delivering Sustainable Development PPG 13 - Transport PPG 16 - Archaeology and planning PPG 17 - Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation PPG 24 - Planning and noise PPS 25 - Development and Flood Risk Circular 04/2006 Town and Country Planning (Flooding) (England) Direction 2007. Unitary Development Plan Policies D1 - Design Quality D2 - Design Statement D3 - Urban Structure D4 - Urban Grain D5 - Public Realm Public Open Private Space D6 - Townscape and Landscape D7 - Scale - Height D8 - Scale - Massing D9 - Appearance D10 - Community Safety D11 - Access for People with Disabilities part D12 - Nature Conservation and Nature Features D13 - Sustainable Development D14 - The Provision of Public Art 5 EP1 - Pollution Control EP3 - Air Pollution EP4 - Light Pollution EP5 - Noise Pollution EP6 - Protection of Groundwater, Watercourses and Canals EP7 - Protection of Floodplains EP9 - Sustainable Drainage Arrangements for Development N7 - Urban Forest C1 - Health, Education and other Community Services C4 - Educational Facilities R4 - Development Adjacent to Open Space R6 - The Greenway Network R7 - Open Space Requirements for New Development R8 - Dual-Use of Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities R9 - New Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities H8 - Open Space, Sport and Rec. Req. new Dev. AM9 - Provision for Pedestrians AM10 - Provision for Cyclists AM12 - Parking and Servicing Provision 6. Publicity and neighbour notifications 6.1 The application was advertised by press notice, site and neighbour notifications. No reply or response has been received. 7. Internal consultees 7.1 Transportation Development: • Extensions to the existing no parking Traffic Regulation Orders (to improve visibility for emerging vehicles) and a splitter island to protect vehicles turning right into the site are required before the proposed buildings are occupied, and must be funded by the developer (approximate value £7,500). • The existing traffic barrier to the car parks should be brought back into use as part of the car park management plan before the proposed buildings are occupied. • The overspill car park requires improvement (parking bays to be remarked and lighting improved). • The proposed parking allocation is acceptable as long as the targets within the Travel Plan would mitigate for possible increases in staff/student numbers following the proposed improvements. • The provision for the disabled and for motorcycles is now acceptable. Details of additional cycle shelters required. • Travel Plan unacceptable, does not meet Wolverhampton City Council Guidelines. 7.2 Archaeology - No archaeological implications. 7.3 Trees - Development would result in the loss of approximately 9 mature trees. The construction of the nursery play area could be of detriment to the remaining trees. Compensatory planting required. The retained trees to be protected during redevelopment. 7.4 Planning Policy - No objections provided that the proposals overcome the objection raised by the Environment Agency with regard to the submitted Flood Risk Assessment. 7.5 Landscape - Make detailed landscape comments. They point out that compensatory planting is required for the loss of over 30 trees. 6 7.6 Building Control - Make detailed Building Regulation comments which have been passed to the agents. 7.7 Access Officer - Any pedestrian crossings across car parks must have buff blister tactile paving and flush dropped kerbs. The disabled persons parking bays must have 1.2 metre access strips at the sides and ends of the bays. 7.8 Children & Young People – Comments awaited. 7.9 Environmental Services - The submitted acoustic report will need to be extended to include an assessment of the actual noise levels from the service plant and machinery to determine compliance with the recommended noise levels. Details of any noise mitigation measures where they are required to ensure compliance with the recommended noise levels will need to be provided. This could be a condition. The previous use of the site may have led to unacceptable levels of contamination, which could affect the redevelopment strategy for the site. A condition should require submission and implementation of a methodology for carrying out a site investigation, the submission of the results of the approved site investigation together with a schedule for any necessary remedial works and