to Thursday 2 April 2015 Development Panel Will meet on Tuesday 14 April 2015 at 1.00 pm in Council Chamber - Allerdale House Membership: Councillor Peter Bales (Chairman) Councillor John (Binky) Armstrong Councillor Carole Armstrong Councillor Nicky Cockburn Councillor Bill Finlay Councillor Margaret Jackson Councillor Peter Kendall Councillor Jim Lister Councillor Billy Miskelly 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. Minutes (Pages 1 - 20) To sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 24 March 2015. 2. Apologies for absence 3. 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. 4. Questions To answer questions from members of the public – 2 days’ notice of which must have been given in writing or by electronic mail. 5. Development Panel -2.2015.0009 -Extension to provide additional living space-38 Sycamore Road, Maryport (Pages 21 - 28) 6. Development Panel -2.2014.0861 -Erection of wind turbine 67m to tip and associated development-Drumleaning Farm, Aikton, Wigton (Pages 29 - 42) 7. Development Panel -2.2015.0098 -Outline application for two detached dwellings with private access from new field access point.-Land Adjacent to Belle Mount Papcastle (Pages 43 - 50) 8. Development Panel -2.2015.0012 -Outline application for the erection of a dwelling house-Site Adjacent to Borriskill, Ellenborough, Maryport (Pages 51 - 58) 9. Development Panel -2.2014.0544 -Erection of a bungalow -Longwood Garden Centre, Silloth, Wigton (Pages 59 - 68) Corporate Director Date of Next Meeting Tuesday 5 May 2015 at 1.00 pm Council Chamber - Allerdale House Agenda Item 1 At a meeting of the Development Panel held in Council Chamber - Allerdale House on Tuesday 24 March 2015 at 1.00 pm Members P Bales (Chairman) C M Armstrong J Lister N Cockburn B Miskelly B Finlay S Standage C M Jackson M G Wood P G Kendall J Wright Apologies for absence were received from Councillor J Armstrong. Staff Present B Carlin, K Kerrigan, S Long, P McKenzie, S Robinson and S Sewell. 456 Site Visits The following Councillors were present at the site inspection, planning reference 2/2013/0664 – Outline application for erection of 60 dwellings, Land adjoining West Road, Wigton. C Armstrong, P Bales, N Cockburn, B Finlay, M Jackson, J Lister, B Miskelly, S Standage, M Wood and J Wright. 457 Minutes The minutes of the meetings held on Tuesday 10 February 2015 and Tuesday 3 March 2015 were signed as correct records. 458 Declaration of Interest None declared. 459 Questions None received. 460 Public participation The following objectors/supporters/applicants addressed the Panel. Rose Anne O’Hea, Mary Clark, Dave Stanton, Louie Bell and Julia Webster outlined their objections to application 2/2013/0664. Alison Dodd, Town Clerk representing Wigton Town Council outlined her objections to the application and Ward Councillor Councillor John Crouch spoke against the application. The agent Bob Taylor exercised his right of reply. Page 1 The applicant Martyn Minchella spoke in favour of his application 2/2015/0009. The agent Colin Ortlepp spoke in favour of his application 2/2015/0038. 461 Development Panel - 2.2013.0664, Land at West Road, Wigton. Outline application for 60 dwellings. Application: Outline application for erection of 60 dwellings, access roads, engineering works and landscaping etc. Land adjoining West Road, Wigton. The Senior Planner recommended approval subject to conditions and the completion of a Section 106 legal agreement to secure the following: (a) Provision for future management of the Local Area of Play, amenity green space, landscaped areas and EVA/pedestrian route to include transfer to and future maintenance by a private management company (b) The provision of 20% affordable housing across the site (c) A Travel Plan administration fee of £6,600 Members were informed that the NPCU had placed an Article 25 Holding Direction on the application to allow the requisite time to assess whether the proposal constitutes EIA development, it was explained that this did not prevent members from considering the application but, in the event that members resolved to grant planning permission, no decision may be issued until the NPCU had issued their decision. The Senior Planner outlined the application and detailed the main issues within the report as detailed below; Officers concluded that the proposed development constituted a sustainable location for residential development and was of a scale that was compliant with both the spatial strategy and settlement hierarchy. It would also make a valuable contribution towards the fulfilment of the housing supply target identified for the town. It was therefore considered to be compliant with the provisions of Policies S2, S3 and S5 of the Allerdale Local Plan (Part 1). Officers concluded that the proposed development would not have a significant adverse impact on the local highway network in terms of both capacity and safety. The applicant had offered to implement a Travel Plan that included measures to maximise the use of sustainable transport modes and reduce the number of car trips from the site. On this basis the proposed development was considered compliant with the provisions of Policies S2, S5 and S22 of the Allerdale Local Plan (Part 1). Officers concluded that with the incorporation of the mitigation measures set out in the Landscape and Visual Assessment the proposed development would not have a significant adverse impact on landscape character and visual amenity and therefore was compliant with the provisions of Policies S32 and S33 of the Allerdale Local Plan (Part 1). Page 2 Officers have considered the standing advice for protected species referred to in the Natural England response. Based on the information and guidance contained therein, officers considered that subject to the inclusion of the mitigation measures identified within the Environmental Statement and accompanying Ecological Assessment, the proposed development would not cause significant harm to protected species that may roost, forage or commute within the site. Officers concluded that the proposed development would not have a significant adverse impact on ecology and therefore was compliant with the provisions of Policies S35 and S36 of the Allerdale Local Plan (Part 1). It was acknowledged that the site incorporated medium and high risk flood zones and had flooded historically. However it was considered that this scheme, and the proposed flood storage and management measures included within in it, represents an opportunity to mitigate the problem. The Environment Agency had no objections to the proposed development based on the provision of the proposed flood storage and management measures. They acknowledge that a considerable amount of work had been undertaken with regards to detailed modelling, analysis of the flood risk issues and the development of mitigation measures. On the basis of the findings of the submitted Flood Risk and Drainage Statement and the position of the Environment Agency, officers concluded that the proposed development was acceptable from a flood risk perspective. Subject to the implementation of the flood mitigation measures identified, the proposed development would not be liable to or exacerbate flood risk and therefore was compliant with the provisions of Policies S2 and S29 of the Allerdale Local Plan (Part 1). Members noted 3 petitions; • against the proposed development of land adjoining West Road – 346 people • against the proposed development of land adjoining West Road – 121 people • to save the cycle track from rerouting/realignment – 341 people 147 letters of objection the main grounds of which were noted in the officer’s report, 1 additional letter of objection and a letter from Wigton Town Council maintaining their objection which appeared on the late list. Councillor J Lister moved approval as per officer’s recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor M Jackson. A vote was taken, 10 in favour of approval as per officer’s recommendation, 1 against and 0 abstentions. The motion in favour of approval as per officer’s recommendation was carried. Page 3 Decision: Approved. (Subject to Section 106 and confirmation of the removal of the holding direction from the Secretary of State) Conditions: 1. Before any works commence details of the layout, scale, appearance and landscaping (hereinafter called ‘reserved matters’) shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority, in accordance with the phasing scheme as agreed under condition No. 5 and the development shall be carried out as approved. Reason: The application has been submitted as an outline application, in accordance with the provisions of the details of the town and country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995. 2. The development of the Phase 1 site shall be carried out solely in accordance with the following plans: • 12-15-00d – Site Location Plan (amended 12/01/15) • 11052-002 Rev C – Site Overview (amended 17/10/14) • 11052-003 Rev B – Wiza Beck Flood Extent (amended 29/07/14) • 11052-004 Rev C – Flosh Beck Flood Extent (amended 12/09/14) • 11052-005 Rev D – Flood Compensation Cut And Fill (amended 17/10/14) • 11052-0010