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Agenda and minutes
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Items No. Item Apologies for Absence
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Apologies for absence received from Councillor Bacon. Apologies for lateness received from Councillor Scott. Councillor Sinden was present as a substitute for Councillor Bacon.
Declarations of Interest
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Councillor
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Interest
Beaver
All items relating to highways
Personal – East Sussex County Councillor
Beaver
309a
Personal – As Borough and Country Councillor has had factual conversations with residents relating to the application but has not expressed an opinion and comes to the meeting with an open mind.
Marlow-Eastwood
All items relating to highways
Personal – East Sussex County Councillor
Minutes of previous meeting
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Minutes not circulated.
Planning Applications
Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close (HS/DS/21/00570) PDF 542 KB
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Approval of details relating to layout, scale, external appearance, access and landscaping pursuant to Outline Planning Permission HS/OA/15/00168 (erection of up to 210 dwellings (25% affordable) with associated open space, play areas, landscaping and access).
Application No.
HS/DS/21/00570
Conservation Area
No
Listed Building
No
Public Consultation
Yes – 18 letters of objection received
The Assistant Planning Manager presented the application for approval of details relating to layout, scale, external appearance, access and landscaping pursuant to Outline Planning Permission HS/OA/15/00168 (erection of up to 210 dwellings (25% affordable) with associated open space, play areas, landscaping and access).
Since publication of the report one additional objection was received, relating to highway matters. Additionally, some minor amendments to the conditions were circulated to members of the Planning Committee. The amendments are not fundamental and relate to the implementation of the conditions.
The site is allocated in the Local Plan for 210 dwellings and received outline planning consent in 2018. The applicant has now submitted the reserved matters application.
The application proposes 25% affordable housing consisting of 36 units offered at affordable rent and 16 with shared ownership. The site will also contain a multi-use games area, 1 equipped play area, and 2 informal open-space play areas.
Councillors were shown plans, photographs and elevations of the application site.
In response to a question regarding access the Assistant Planning Manager confirmed that there is pedestrian access to the site from Crowhurst Road. The Highway Authority have been involved in the process from the Local Plan stage and are content that the access provided is fit for purpose.
Councillor K Beaney was present as Ward Councillor. Councillor K Beaney said it was disappointing that Bellway Homes did not involve local residents before submitting the application. The Design and Access Statement says a programme of consultation has been undertaken and further information is contained in the Statement of Community Involvement, although this document doesn’t seem to exist and was not submitted with the application. Councillor K Beaney said the council needs to ensure it fully understands the pressures on existing infrastructure such as the road network, schools and healthcare. The biggest concern is vehicle access, with Darwell Close already the sole access to around 120 homes. Ideally a seconded access route to the site should be provided and the Planning Committee should be insisting on this. It is good that the proposed development makes use of existing footpaths and links to the local woodland and Combe Valley Countryside Park, however there are concerns that with the additional 210 homes more people will use the nearby footpath crossing the railway line. This raises the need for a footbridge over the railway line and removal of the footpath crossing. Councillor K Beaney asked the Planning Committee to consider deferring the application so that the applicant could reconsider the layout of the site.
The Assistant Planning Services Manager said that access and traffic generation had been modelled and considered strategically during the development of the Local Plan and at ... view the full minutes text for item 309a
Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North (HS/FA/21/00003) PDF 527 KB
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Proposal
Erection of a total of 151 no. dwellings (C3) and a 188 sq.m community centre (Use Class F2(b)) accessed from Harrow Lane, together with a 1,918 sq.m food retail store (Use Class E(a)) accessed from Sedlescombe Road North, and associated car parking, landscaping and servicing areas following demolition of the existing buildings (amended description)
Application No.
HS/FA/21/00003
Conservation Area
No
Listed Building
No
Public Consultation
Yes – 11 letters of objection, 1 letter of support, and 2 neutral comments received
The Planning Services Manager informed the Committee that the applicant has requested the application be deferred to the January meeting in order to allow legal opinion, which has been sought in relation to the application, to be made public.
RESOLVED(unanimously): that the application be deferred to the January meeting of the Planning Committee.
Planning Appeals and Delegated Decisions PDF 198 KB
Minutes:
The Committee noted the report.
(The Chair declared the meeting closed at 6.48pm)
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