Agenda and minutes

Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds

Contact: Debbie Oldham  Email: debbie.oldham@leeds.gov.uk

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73.

Appeals Against Refusal of Inspection of Documents

To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Access to Information Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded)

 

(*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Head of Governance Services at least 24 hours before the meeting)

 

Minutes:

There were no appeals against refusal of inspection of documents.

74.

Exempt Information - Possible Exclusion of the Press and Public

 

1  To highlight reports or appendices which officers have identified as containing exempt information, and where officers consider that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons outlined in the report.

 

2  To consider whether or not to accept the officers recommendation in respect of the above information.

 

3  If so, to formally pass the following resolution:-

 

  RESOLVED – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following parts of the agenda designated as containing exempt information on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information, as follows:-

 

Minutes:

There were no exempt items.

75.

Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

To disclose or draw attention to any disclosable pecuniary interests for the purposes of Section 31 of the Localism Act 2011 and paragraphs 13-16 of the Members’ Code of Conduct. 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests.

76.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Cllrs. Arif and Dobson.  

 

Cllr. Towler was substituting for Cllr. Arif and Cllr. Selby was substituting for Cllr. Dobson

77.

Pre-application presentations relating to the development of 982 houses on eight sites in Seacroft, Halton Moor and Osmondthorpe as part of Leeds City Council’s Brownfield Land Programme pdf icon PDF 22 MB

To receive the report of the Chief Planning Officer which requests that Members consider the pre-application presentations relating to the development of 982 houses on eight sites in Seacroft, Halton Moor and Osmondthorpe as part of Leeds City Council’s Brownfield Land Programme.

 

(Report attached)

Minutes:

The submitted report of the Chief Planning Officer informed Members that as part of the Brownfield Land Programme 13 sites in Seacroft and Halton Moor/ Osmondthorpe had been selected for disposal for residential development via the Development Plans Panel. An information report was presented to North and East Plans Panel at its meeting on 7th January 2016. Minute 134 refers

 

Members were informed that Keepmoat and Strata had now been selected as the Council’s development partners to deliver the development of the sites. Members noted that that a number of them were in close proximity to one another, the developers had chosen to group some of the original thirteen sites together to create eight distinct development sites. An overview plan was attached at appendix 1 of the submitted report. These eight sites, three in Halton and five in Seacroft had formed the basis of the pre-application discussions and a separate planning application was to be submitted for each site.

 

Members had visited all the sites on Monday 3rd October 2016.

 

Representatives from Keepmoat and Strata were at the meeting.

 

A number of workshops and meetings had taken place with Ward Members and officers with public consultation events in both of the areas where development was proposed.

 

This report and the pre-application presentation related only to the housing proposals.

 

Cllr. Hayden Ward Member for Temple Newsam attended the Panel and told Members how excited she was about the scheme. She thanked Keepmoat and Strata for consulting with Members throughout the process on issues of roads, parking, connectivity of the community, promotion of walking and cycling, opportunities for employment and the need for social housing in the area.

 

She said that hopefully the development in the area would allow people to stay in the area either to downsize or for first time buyers who wished to stay near family and friends.

 

Cllr. Hayden informed the Panel that although her ward had the beautiful city park of Temple Newsam within it her ward was low on green spaces. On speaking to the community, older people spoke of a lake in the area and were glad that a pond would be re-introduced to the area along with more green spaces.

 

Cllr. Hayden expressed her concerns for flood risk areas but was hopeful that the scheme would improve the area lowering the risk of flooding and improving the lives of people in Temple Newsam and Killingbeck.

 

The representatives provided Members with a broad overview of common features to be used on all the sites:

·  Planning guidance and design complied with and was in accordance with ‘Neighbourhoods for Living’ and ‘Street Design Guide’

·  Compliance with space standards

·  Parking would be discrete

·  Layout had been designed to make cycling or walking through enjoyable

·  There would be shared surfaces with pocket parks and courtyard areas

·  Open spaces for children to play

·  Tailored house types to include bespoke house design for York Road site

·  The flood mitigation schemes to be used including the use of ponds  ...  view the full minutes text for item 77.