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UTT18/2508/OP Land West of Bury Farm, Station Road, Felsted

Meeting: 20/05/2020 - Planning Committee (Item 3)

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To consider application UTT18/2508/OP.

Minutes:

The Senior Planning Officer presented a proposal for a mixed use development comprising a new “smart hub” doctors' surgery to serve Felsted village and Flitch Green as a local infrastructure delivery project and enabling market housing comprising 38 new market dwellings with the provision of two new vehicular accesses from Station Road. He stated that Felsted Parish Council had reappraised the scheme and were now in full support. The applicant had also indicated that if their application was approved they would be unable to make financial contributions to NHS healthcare provision and Early Years and Childcare provision and local primary school provision as detailed in Recommendation 1 (iv) and 1 (v).

 

The application was recommended for approval with conditions and a with S106 mitigation package.

 

Members discussed the proposed new surgery, the possible locations for the five units of affordable housing, the possibility of including a green buffer zone and raised traffic speed concerns. It was recognised that there was support for the scheme from Felsted Parish Council, the Felsted Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group and the West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group. Members generally supported the proposed outline scheme.

 

Councillor LeCount proposed the motion to approve the application with conditions with S106 subject to the following amendments: to the Heads of Terms

 

Recommendation (1) that the date by which the freehold owner is required to enter into a binding s106 agreement is extended to 21 September 2020 as the current date showing had passed.

 

Recommendation (1) (ii) removal of the phrase “or equivalent commuted sum towards affordable housing for the district”.

 

Recommendation (1) (iii) additional wording “…the land edged in blue [and also shown hatched in green and notated “Zone 3 – Landscape buffer and parkland link to Felsted Fen” on the submitted Proposed Block Plan drwg. ref. 4973 03B] to be used as a green buffer zone / POS shall be transferred to Felsted Parish Council / Felsted Community Trust [for future ownership and maintenance which shall be secured through a Section 106 public open space agreement to ensure this land is retained as a public open space benefit to mitigate against the submitted development scheme] (where this may be required…”.

 

Recommendations (1) (iv) and (1) (v) to be removed.

 

Councillor Lemon seconded the motion.

 

RESOLVED to approve the application with conditions with S106 subject to the detailed amendments.

 

 

R Ramm spoke on the application.

 

The Committee adjourned at 3.13 pm and reconvened at 3.20 pm.