Issue - meetings

To consider application UTT/20/2624/FUL.

The Planning Officer said that the application proposal related to the demolition of all existing buildings and structures and comprehensive residential

redevelopment, comprising the construction of seven new dwellings and related

development (amended scheme to that approved under planning permission

UTT/17/1896/FUL). The site had previously been used as a civil engineering/ground works business, but the applicants had stated that it was currently used by a building company for B8 storage and distribution purposes. Although there were residential developments nearby, the site was surrounded by open fields and was physically isolated from these settlements. The Local Planning Authority considered that the site might be classed as previously developed land, as it had been used for an established commercial enterprise.

The application was recommended for approval with conditions.

Members noted that the application was an improvement on the previous application which had now expired and, should they vote for it to be approved, they were keen for the development to start shortly.

Councillor Merifield proposed that the application be approved with conditions. It was requested that a condition be rewritten to ensure that a 1 metre strip of land is transferred to Thaxted Parish Council, as outlined in the officer’s report.

Councillor Le Count seconded the motion.

RESOLVED to approve the application with conditions.

Councillor T Frostick, Chair of Thaxted Parish Council spoke in support of the application.