Issue - meetings

19/504596/SUB – Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 8 (Details and Timetables of Proposed Planting) subject to 18/505417/REM (210 dwellings together with access off Forstal Lane, 1.85 hectares of open space and associated infrastructure)

19/505163/SUB - Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 5 (Children’s Play Space) subject to 18/505417/REM (210 dwellings together with access off Forstal Lane, 1.85 hectares of open space and associated infrastructure)

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning and Development.  In presenting the report, the Major Projects Manager advised the Committee that, in connection with the landscaping details, the applicant wished to replace a number of non-native street trees with native species.

APPLICATION 19/504596/SUB

RESOLVED:

1.  That the submitted details, as amended by the Major Projects Manager at the meeting, be approved with the informative set out in the report and an additional informative advising the applicant to work with the Officers to achieve non-material amendments to the landscaping details to shift the balance from ornamental to native species further.

2.  That the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to finalise the wording of the additional informative and to make any necessary amendments to the other informative.

Voting:  12 – For  0 – Against  0 – Abstentions

APPLICATION 19/505163/SUB

RESOLVED:

1.  That the submitted details be approved with the informative set out in the report and an additional informative requesting the applicant to provide details of the railings which will enclose the play area to ensure that they are sufficiently robust to stop unsupervised children from accessing the swale nearby.

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

Voting:  12 – For  0 – Against  0 – Abstentions