Agenda item

Full application for Erection of 3 dwellings with garages – re-submission of H02-0899-22 at Land at Blackbird Close, Crowland (report of the Development Manager enclosed).

Consideration was given to the report of the Development Manager upon which the above application was to be determined, including their recommendations, copies of which had previously been circulated to all members. 

Members debated the matter and fully explored the details of the application in light of prevailing policies and guidance, with the following comments being raised:

• Whether a sequential test had been performed on the site. A recent appeal on another site had been dismissed due to a sequential test not being undertaken, with no other sites being identified.
  • Officers confirmed that this test had not been undertaken by the applicant or the Council.
• The changes made to the proposal were welcome and more acceptable for the location.
• Issues relating to site levels were being controlled by a condition, but particular attention needed to be paid to this.
• The indicative tree planting shown on the plan was not the most appropriate, being near an existing wall which could cause future problems.
• The plans included within the application outlined different boundaries for the green area making it unclear which one was being determined.
• The site was previously used for industrial purposes and therefore there was a risk of contaminated land that needed to be considered.
  • Officers confirmed that this was covered through condition 5 at section 9.0 of the report.
• Suggestion to add a soft landscaping condition to ensure details of the species of tree to be planted were provided.

The full debate was not repeated here as a livestream of this Planning Committee Meeting could be viewed on South Holland District Council’s Facebook page for a limited period of time, in line with the Democratic Services Privacy Notice.

AGREED:

That permission be granted subject to the conditions outlined at section 9.0 of the report, with an additional condition for tree planting and landscaping as detailed below:

Prior to the first occupation hereby permitted, the approval of the Local Planning Authority is required to a scheme of landscaping and tree planting for the site (including screening of bin collection points) indicating, inter alia, the number, species, heights on planting and positions of all the trees, together with details of post-planting maintenance.

Such scheme as is approved by the Local Planning Authority shall be carried out and completed in its entirety during the first planting season following practical completion of the development.  All trees, shrubs and bushes shall be maintained by the owner or owners of the land on which they are situated for the period of five years beginning with the date of completion of the scheme and during that period all losses, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, shall be made good as and when necessary.

NOTE: The submitted landscaping proposals shall demonstrate that Biodiversity Net Gain will be achieved on site, using the Biodiversity Metric 3.1 (or any successor).

Reason: To ensure that the development is adequately landscaped, in the interests of its visual amenity and that of the area in which it is set, and that Biodiversity Net Gain will be achieved.
This Condition is imposed in accordance with Policies 2, 3 and 28 of the South East Lincolnshire Local Plan, 2019 and the Environment Act 2021.

(Moved by Councillor Bingham, Seconded by Councillor T Sneath)