Agenda item

PS 18/00758/FUL Land At Tilehurst Lane, Tilehurst Lane, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire

Erection of 53no. dwellings with associated landscaping and access from Tilehurst Lane.

Minutes:

Erection of 53no. dwellings with associated landscaping and access from Tilehurst Lane.

 

A site visit had been held on Saturday, 25 May 2019, which had been attended by Councillors Angell, Brown, Dudley, Green and Parker.

 

The Committee noted:

  • The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.
  • The comments of Binfield Parish Council objecting to the proposal.
  • A total of 305 letters of objection received from members of the public, primarily within Binfield, as summarised in the Agenda papers.

 

The criteria for public speaking had been met in respect of this application and the Committee was addressed by Mr David Phillips, objecting to the application, and Mr Douglas Bond of Woolf Bond Planning on behalf of the applicant.

 

A motion to approve the recommendation in the officer report was proposed and seconded, and on being put to the vote was LOST.

 

An alternative motion to refuse the application was proposed and seconded, and on being put to the vote was CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED that planning application 18/00758/FUL be REFUSED for the following reasons:

 

01. The proposal, through the increased quantum of dwellings over and above those approved in the extant outline planning permission 15/00452/OUT, would result in an increased density and scale of development, along with a greater urbanising impact, that would result in unacceptable harm to the character and visual amenities of the area, and the rural setting of this edge of Binfield. The proposal would therefore be contrary to ‘Saved’ Policies EN8 and EN20 of the Bracknell Forest Borough Local Plan, Policies CS7 and CS9 of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document, the Character Area Assessments SPD, and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

02.The occupants of the development would put extra pressure on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area and the proposal would not satisfactorily mitigate its impacts in this respect. In the absence of a planning obligation to secure suitable avoidance and mitigation measures and access management monitoring arrangements, in terms that are satisfactory to the Local Planning Authority, the proposal would be contrary to ‘Retained’ Policy NRM6 of the South East Plan, ‘Saved’ Policy EN3 of the Bracknell Forest Borough Local Plan, Policy CS14 of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document, the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area Avoidance and Mitigation Supplementary Planning Document (2012), and the NPPF.

 

03.  In the absence of a planning obligation to secure affordable housing in terms that are satisfactory to the Local Planning Authority, the proposal is contrary to ‘Saved’’ Policy H8 of the Bracknell Forest Borough Local Plan, Policies CS16 and CS17 of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document, the Planning Obligations SPD, the resolution on affordable housing made by BFC Executive on 29 March 2011, and the NPPF.

 

04.  The proposed development would unacceptably increase the pressure on open space of public value and community facilities. In the absence of a planning obligation in terms that are satisfactory to the Local Planning Authority, and which secures the on-site provision of open space of public value, the proposal is contrary to Policy R4 of the Bracknell Forest Borough Local Plan, Policies CS6 and CS8 of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document, the Planning Obligations SPD, and the NPPF.

 

05.  In the absence of a planning obligation to secure implementation of the reptile mitigation strategy and off-site enhancement plan and on-going maintenance of the associated works the proposal is contrary to Policies CS1 and CS7 of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document, and the NPPF.

 

06.  It has not been demonstrated that the proposed development would incorporate a sustainable drainage system (SuDS) for the management of surface water run-off which would be maintained for the lifetime of the development. This is contrary to Policies CS1 and CS6 of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document, the House of Commons: Written Statement (HCWS161) Sustainable Drainage Systems 18/12/2014, the Flood Risk and Coastal Change PPG updated 15/04/2015, and the NPPF.

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