Agenda item

To receive and consider the attached report of the Chief Planning Officer regarding an outline planning application for the amendments to the layout of extant planning permission 12/01236/FU to provide 51 townhouses, 31 apartments and 1 dwelling at Rose Court Lodge

  Plans, photographs and graphics were displayed at the meeting

  An amendment to the description of the scheme was made, with this being for 50 townhouses, 19 apartments and 1 dwelling at Rose Court

Officers presented the report which related to an outline application for amendments to an extant planning permission at the former Leeds Girls High School site.  The reason for the application was because alterations to the NGT scheme the previous permission could not now be implemented

    Officers were of the view that the proposals represented an improvement on the approved scheme as more houses would now be provided, with larger gardens

  The NGT scheme would require the lodge and stable to be lost, however a condition requiring demolition of these buildings only if NGT did proceed was proposed

  Amendments to condition 3 regarding the phasing for the provision of affordable housing was proposed to ensure the refurbishment of Rose Court was not left until the last part of the scheme

  The Panel discussed the application and commented on the following matters:

·  the level of affordable housing arising from the scheme, which was stated as being 5% in line with the current interim policy

·  the current position of using the commuted sum to provide off-site affordable housing, particularly buying up HMOs in the area and returning them to family dwellings

·  the need to ensure that a large enough affordable housing contribution was obtained to secure the equivalent number of properties off-site as would have been provided on-site.  The Head of Planning Services stated that a standard formula within the S106 would be applied to calculate the planning contribution to be paid

RESOLVED -  To defer and delegate approval to the Chief Planning

Officer subject to the conditions set out in the submitted report; the amendment of condition 3 to state ‘The development shall not commence until the applicant has submitted to and received approval in writing from the local planning authority of a scheme of phasing for the provision of affordable housing and for the phasing of demolition and construction on the site.  There shall be no occupation of more than 50% of the dwellings until a material start to the listed building works has been made and there shall be no occupation of more than 75% of the dwellings until the practical completion of the listed building works in accordance with the approved plans for Rose Court’ and an additional condition to state ‘ There shall be no demolition of either the ‘lodge’ or ‘stable’ buildings except in the event of written agreement from the local planning authority following confirmation that the NGT public transport scheme is to proceed’ and  completion of a Section 106 Agreement to be completed within 3 months of the date of resolution unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Chief Planning Officer and to cover:

·  affordable housing (5% if built in accordance with the interim policy)

·  on site greenspace laying out and 10 year maintenance and off site contribution for equipped children’s play provision (£39,033.04)

·  education contribution (primary £151,855.00 and secondary £91,366.00)

·  public transport contribution (£63,298)

·  travel planning measures (£39,425 for bus only metrocards or for other and monitoring fee (£2500) and a bus stop contribution (£6000.00)