Agenda item

Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning which sought approval for a Local Development Order to grant planning permission for residential development on five Council-owned sites. The report also recommended the adoption of Local Development Orders for custom and self-build on these five sites subject to conditions.

Dorothy Platts attended the meeting and spoke against the Local Development Order Application – 19/00398/OTHER – Garage Block, Hawthorne Avenue, Tibshelf.

The location of the proposed sites were:

·         Hawthorne Avenue, Tibshelf  (Appendix 1);

·         Hazel Grove B, South Normanton (Appendix 2);

·         Baker Street, Creswell (Appendix 3);

·         Blind Lane, Bolsover (Appendix 4);

·         263A Creswell Road, Clowne (Appendix 5).

The sites were chosen because they were within the settlement framework where housing was acceptable in principle, had safe and suitable accesses and residential development on these sites was unlikely to have a harmful impact on the character, appearance and amenities of their local areas, subject to the following standard conditions:

·        Prior approval of: external appearance, landscaping, layout and scale must be obtained from the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of any development;

·        The design of the proposed development of the dwelling house/s must be in accordance with the design principles set out in the Successful Places Design Guide;

·        Any new build dwelling granted prior approval under this order must be built in accordance with the approved plans;

·        Each dwelling must be provided with a minimum of two parking spaces and any designated parking spaces, manoeuvring areas for vehicles off the public highway and access to the public highway shall be maintained free of any obstruction throughout the lifetime of any new house granted prior approval under this Order; and

·        site specific conditions set out in the detailed planning analysis of each site.

Appendices 1-5 to the report provided a further detailed planning analysis of each of these sites and these reports included any site-specific conditions and the reasons for those conditions.

The following condition was also proposed to be applied imposed to ensure that the Local Development Orders were prioritised for custom and self-build in accordance with the principal reasons for their adoption:  

Any new build dwelling granted prior approval under this order must meet the statutory definition of self build and custom housebuilding as defined in the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended by the Housing and Planning Act 2016)

Moved by Councillor Duncan McGregor and seconded by Councillor Steve Fritchley

RESOLVED that

(1)       Local Development Orders be adopted to grant planning permission for residential development on the following sites:

·           Hawthorne Avenue, Tibshelf

·           Hazel Grove B, South Normanton

·           Baker Street, Creswell

·           Blind Lane, Bolsover

·           263A Creswell Road, Clowne

subject to the following standard conditions:

1.    Prior approval of: external appearance, landscaping, layout and scale must be obtained from the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of any development

2.    The design of the proposed development of the dwelling house/s must be in accordance with the design principles set out in the Successful Places Design Guide

3.    Any new build dwelling granted prior approval under this order must be built in accordance with the approved plans.

4.    Any new build dwelling granted prior approval under this order must meet the statutory definition of custom and/or self-build housing as defined in the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended by the Housing and Planning Act 2016)

5.    Each dwelling must be provided with a minimum of two parking spaces and any designated parking spaces, manoeuvring areas for vehicles off the public highway and access to the public highway shall be maintained free of any obstruction throughout the lifetime of any new house granted prior approval under this Order; and

6.    the site specific conditions set out in the detailed planning analysis of each site set out in appendices A-E to this report.

(2)     The reasons for the adoption of the Local Development Orders are:

                      i.        to allow the council to obtain best value for underutilised pieces of land whilst improving the environmental quality of the District

                    ii.        to attract private investment in this land through a simplified and less costly planning process which provides a guarantee the land can be developed

                   iii.        to address the council’s duties under the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015; and

                   iv.        to ensure a consistent high quality of design is achieved that provides a long-lasting legacy that will benefit the local community, improve the character and appearance of the local area and add variation to the existing housing stock.

(Planning Manager (Development Control))