The Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning and Development.

In introducing the application, the Senior Planning Officer advised the Committee that, if Members were minded to grant permission, she wished to add two further conditions:

1.  Specifying that the development shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of the permission; and

2.  Specifying that, to safeguard the character and appearance of the countryside, vehicle access to and from the application site shall only be taken from the existing access on Clapper Lane that serves Oakhurst Lodge.

RESOLVED:

1.  That permission be granted subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report and the additional conditions referred to by the Senior Planning Officer in her introduction of the application, with an additional informative advising the applicant/agent to work with the Council’s Landscape Team to ensure that the landscaping scheme is delivered in accordance with the approved details, is appropriate to the surrounding landscape and safeguards the frontage vegetation.

2.  That the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to finalise the wording of the additional conditions and informative and to amend any other conditions as a consequence.

Voting:  11 – For  2 – Against  0 – Abstentions

FURTHER RESOLVED:  That the Council’s Landscape Team be requested to assess the hedgerow and hedgerow trees in the curtilage of the site and general area for the making of a Tree Preservation Order.

Voting:  13 – For  0 – Against  0 – Abstentions