The Committee considered the report and the urgent update report of the Head of Development Management. 

It was noted that this application had been reported to the Committee at its meetings held on 24 August 2023, 19 September 2024, and 17 October 2024.  The Committee had agreed to approve the application subject to the prior completion of legal agreements and conditions.  The decision had not been issued because, inter alia, the applicant wished to change the Head of Terms which required a bond to ensure management of the landscape buffer on the northern boundary is fully funded for a thirty-year period.

RESOLVED:  That subject to:

A.  The adoption of an Appropriate Assessment for Phase 2 under the Conservation of Species and Habitats Regulations 2017 (as amended);

B.  The prior completion of legal agreement(s) in such terms as the Head of Legal Partnership may advise to secure the Heads of Terms set out in the report and the prior payment of S106 monitoring fees of £5,278.50; and

C.  The conditions and informatives set out in the report,

the Head of Development Management be given delegated powers to approve the reserved matters and to be able to settle or amend any necessary Heads of Terms, planning conditions and/or informatives in line with the matters set out in the recommendation and as resolved by the Planning Committee.

Voting:  13 – For  0 – Against  0 – Abstentions