Agenda item

Recommended for Approval.

The Director of Neighbourhood Services recommended that in respect of application 3/15/0524/FP, subject to the signing of a Section 106 Legal Agreement, planning permission be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report now submitted.  The Director also recommended that in respect of application 3/15/0525/LBC, listed building consent be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report now submitted.

The Director detailed the location of the site as well as the current usage and planning history of Millers 3.  Members were advised that there would be 5 additional parking spaces and this application would increase the total number of residential units to 24.

The Director advised that the building was listed and there had been no objections from statutory consultees or from the Council’s Conservation Officer.  Members were referred to the three additional representations in the summary document as well as comments from Councillor G Cutting.

The Director acknowledged that car parking was an issue for this site and Members were advised that the proposed provision fell short of the Council’s maximum standards.  The Director confirmed that the existing residential development had not fully utilised the current provision and any overspill car parking would be restricted by existing double yellow lines in many surrounding roads.

Officers were satisfied that there would be no harm in terms of highways safety within the site and that the parking situation was acceptable as the site was one of the most sustainable locations in East Herts.

In response to a number of comments from Councillors K Warnell, M Casey, K Brush and T Page, the Director advised that the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) permitted Officers to be supportive of applications in sustainable locations where the proposed car parking provision was below the maximum standards.

Councillor T Page proposed and Councillor M Casey seconded, a motion that authority be delegated to the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Chairman of the Committee and a Bishop’s Stortford Member, to further consider the detail of the matters to be secured through a legal agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 covering the matters detailed in the report, and subject to the conclusion of an agreement, in respect of 3/15/0524/FP, planning permission be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report now submitted.

After being put to the meeting and a vote taken, this motion was declared CARRIED.  The Committee accepted the recommendations of the Director of Neighbourhood Services as now submitted.

RESOLVED – that (A) authority be delegated to the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Chairman of the Committee and a Bishop’s Stortford Member, to further consider the detail of the matters to be secured through a legal agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 covering the matters detailed in the report, and subject to the conclusion of an agreement, in respect of 3/15/0524/FP, planning permission be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report now submitted; and

(B)   in respect of application 3/15/0525/LBC, listed building consent be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report now submitted.