A report will be submitted by the Assistant Director - Planning, Transportation and Highways (Document “T”) in relation to a Reserved Matters Application for the construction of 278 dwellings, approved under outline permission 14/00208/MAO, on land at Fagley Quarry, Fagley Lane, Bradford and which requires consideration of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale – 18/01127/MAR.

The report explains that this application relates to the eastern half of the site and there is a second Reserved Matters application for the western part of the larger site (ref: 18/00897/MAR – see Agenda Item 8).

Recommended –

That the application be approved for the reasons and subject to the conditions set out in the Assistant Director - Planning, Transportation and Highways’ technical report.

                                                                        (John Eyles – 01274 434380)

A report was submitted by the Assistant Director - Planning, Transportation and Highways (Document “T”) in relation to a Reserved Matters Application for the construction of 278 dwellings, approved under outline permission 14/00208/MAO, on land at Fagley Quarry, Fagley Lane, Bradford and which requires consideration of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale – 18/01127/MAR.

The report explained that this application related to the eastern half of the site and there was a second Reserved Matters application for the western part of the larger site (ref: 18/00897/MAR – see Minute 35).

The Assistant Director clarified that the name of the applicant in this case was Barratts. In response to a Member’s question he said that the access from Harrogate Road had been approved under the outline permission.

A local resident raised concerns in respect to the access/egress and potential issues associated with the boundary of his land and existing trees.

The City Solicitor said that the grant of planning permission would not permit the developers to use land that was not within their ownership but this was a private legal matter. The resident was advised to discuss this matter with the developer direct.

A Ward Councillor said that:

·         He had concerns about the buffer to the houses on Wharncliffe Drive and Martindale Close but the planning officer had explained the proposed green edge around the development.

·         There was a need to mitigate disturbance to existing residents during construction.

·         No assurance had been provided that construction traffic would not try to access the site via numerous points of access.

·         Work should be undertaken to ensure that as far as possible residents’ lives were not disrupted any more than was necessary.

·         It was questioned whether the green space at the bottom part of the site would be protected and maintained; this was a place for surface water to run off.

In response, the Assistant Director explained that:

·         The southern section of the site was allocated Urban Green Space; it would be difficult to build on and an application would be required to do so.

·         A condition was proposed in respect of a landscape maintenance agreement.

·         A condition in relation to the submission of a Construction Plan had been included within the Outline Planning Permission and it was known that this developer had worked with local residents in other areas to minimise disruption.

The applicant’s agent said that:

·         He was happy to speak to the local resident in respect of the land/boundary issues raised.

·         He was aware of the impact on existing residents and was happy to maintain a dialogue with them and to abide by the Construction Plan condition.

·         A management company would maintain the open space provision. All residents would normally contribute towards the costs of this through an annual, marginal fee and efforts would be made to use a company for this work which included involvement/management by local residents.

Resolved –

That the application be approved for the reasons and subject to the conditions set out in the Assistant Director - Planning, Transportation and Highways’ technical report together with an additional condition relating to:

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any subsequent equivalent legislation) the integral garages within the dwelling(s) hereby permitted shall remain available for the purposes of garaging and no subsequent alterations to convert these garages to primary residential accommodation addition shall be carried out without the express written permission of the Local Planning Authority,

ACTION:       Assistant Director - Planning, Transportation and Highways