Agenda item

The application was for a two storey building comprising 1 dwelling and 8 flats including rear dormer windows, additional vehicular access from Windsor Road, parking, landscaping and bin/cycle storage following demolition of existing buildings containing 2 retail units and 2 flats. (Additional information rec'd 07/01/2019 & 21/01/2019.) (Amended plan rec'd 10/01/2019.) (Amended plan rec'd 17/01/2019.) (Amended plan rec'd 18/02/2019.)

The application would have normally been determined under the Council’s Scheme of Delegation, however, it had been called in for determination by the Planning Applications Committee at the request of Councillor Victoria Wheeler due to concerns regarding overdevelopment.

Members were advised of the following updates:

“Owing to a typographical error, a correction to Condition 8 is proposed as follows:

The development hereby approved shall not be first occupied unless and until space has been laid out within the site in accordance with the approved plans for vehicles to be parked and for vehicles to turn so that they may enter and leave the site in forward gear. Thereafter the parking and turning areas shall be retained and maintained for their designated purposes.

Reason: The condition above is required in order that the development should not prejudice highway safety nor cause inconvenience to other highway users and to accord with Policies CP11 and DM11 of the Surrey Heath Core Strategy and Development Management Policies 2012.”

As this application had triggered the Council’s Public Speaking Scheme, Mr Andrew Black, the agent, spoke in support of the application.

The officer recommendation to approve the application was proposed by Councillor Edward Hawkins, seconded by Councillor Adrian Page and put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED that application 18/0991 be granted to subject to completion of a legal agreement to secure the SAMM financial contribution and the conditions set out in the Officer Report.

Note 1

Voting in favour of the recommendation to grant the application:

Councillors Mrs Vivienne Chapman, Edward Hawkins, Paul Ilnicki, Adrian Page, Robin Perry, Ian Sams and Valerie White.

Voting against the recommendation to grant the application:

Councillors Jonathan Lytle, Pat Tedder and Victoria Wheeler.