Having disclosed an Other Significant Interest, Councillor Wilby left the meeting when this application was discussed.

The Chairman said that apologies for non-attendance at the meeting had been received from Tovil Parish Council and also from Councillor Mortimer who had called-in the application for consideration by the Committee.

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

The Senior Planning Officer advised the Committee that she wished to amend recommended condition 22 and to add a condition as follows:

Condition 22 (Highway Works) (amended)

No dwellings hereby approved shall be occupied until such time as the highways works to extend the pedestrian links around the site entrance as shown on approved plan 2016-024v9-PropBlock received on 18.07.2018 have been secured and constructed in full as part of a S278 under anagreement with KCC Highways.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

Additional Condition (Enhancement of Biodiversity)

The development hereby approved shall not commence above slab level until details for a scheme for the enhancement of biodiversity on the site shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The scheme shall consist of the enhancement of biodiversity through integrated methods into the design and appearance of the extension by means such as swift bricks, bat tubes or bricks.  The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details and all features shall be maintained thereafter.

Reason: To protect and enhance the ecology and biodiversity on the site in the future.

RESOLVED:  That subject to:

(a)  The prior completion of a legal agreement in such terms as the Head of Legal Partnership may advise to provide for the Heads of Terms set out in the report; AND

(b)  The conditions and informatives set out in the report, as amended by the Senior Planning Officer at the meeting, and the additional condition proposed by the Senior Planning Officer at the meeting,

the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to grant outline permission and to be able to settle or amend any necessary Heads of Terms and conditions in line with the matters set out in the recommendation and as resolved by the Planning Committee.

Voting:  10 – For  0 – Against  0 – Abstentions