Decision details

RESOLVED - that (A) the Draft Bishop’s Stortford Goods Yard Site Development Brief as now submitted is adopted as the Council’s vision and objectives for the site, subject to the following amendments:

Page 41, Item 6 – insert “not” before “become a competitor to Harlow…”

to read “A development centred on the Goods Yard site would greatly ease the congestion in the town centre but it should not become a competitor to Harlow or Cambridge.”

Page 56, paragraph 9.6.4 – insert after “…to consider a range of building heights” the words “up to” and delete the words “…varying between 3 storeys and”

to read “The Council is satisfied that across such a large site it would be appropriate to consider a range of building heights up to 6 storeys.”

Page 62, paragraph 14.5 – insert a full stop after “...effected to some degree by a number of different contaminants”

to read “Much of the made ground appears to have been effected to some degree by a number of different contaminants.  Groundwater and the adjacent river are considered vulnerable to off-site migration.”

(B)     minor amendments are delegated to the Director of Customer and Community Services in consultation with the Leader; and

(C)    used for development control purposes in determining planning applications relating to the site; and

(D)    used to inform emerging Local Development Framework strategies and policies.