Agenda and minutes

Councillors B Anderson, N Sharpe and J McKenna attended site visits earlier in the day.

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)

There were no appeals.

There were no exempt items.

There were no formal late items.

To disclose or draw attention to any interests in accordance with Leeds City Council’s ‘Councillor Code of Conduct’.

No interests were raised.

Apologies were received from Councillor Stephenson.

To receive the minutes of the previous meeting held on 1^st June 2023, for approval as a correct record.

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the previous meeting held Thursday, 1^st June 2023 be approved as an accurate record.

The Chief Planning Officer submitted a report for consideration on a Reserved Matters applications for residential development of 294 dwellings within the Middle Quadrant (Morwick Green) of the East Leeds Extension pursuant to outline planning approval 20/04464/OT.

The report of the Chief Planning Officer presented two reserved matters applications for residential development of 294 dwellings within the Middle Quadrant (Morwick Green) of the East Leeds Extension pursuant to outline planning approval 20/04464/OT.

The report has been brought to the North and East Plans Panel to seek views of Members to aid progression of the application.

Members were provided with a couple of updates since the writing of the submitted report. It was noted that:

·  6 representations (3 for each of the applications) have been received seeking the desire for Swift brick to be installed in the units. It was confirmed that at this point, it did not form part of the proposals as such details are required to be submitted for approval by a condition on the outline planning permission.

·  Other representations have been received from Councillors Lennox and Gibson on the mix of use of houses, and the request that affordable houses be better represented in terms of 3 and 4 bed properties and there being no indication of socially rented properties; it was confirmed that this will be met through the 40/60 split, and through the outline planning application process.

Photographs and slides were shown throughout the officer presentation, and Panel members were provided with the following information:

·  The applications cover roughly half of the Middle Quadrant and is divided up between two applicants, Taylor Wimpey and Cullen Land. The 294 dwelling total is divided into 250 units for Taylor Wimpey and 44 on the Cullen Land site.

·  The spine road serves the interior of the site and is designed to accommodate bus services. The spine road will be tree lined, and the retention of the woodland area.

·  A mix of housing and flats is proposed to be provided in two character areas. The southern section of the site adopts a more contemporary design approach for the housing with larger format windows with no head or sill details, including the use of brick and render splits and flat roofed canopies over front doors. The second character area in the northern section of the site is more traditional and includes the use of heads and sills, greater focus on the single use of brick, pitched roof canopies over front doors and more symmetrical window sizes.

·  There are 49 affordable units proposed across the site

·  The policy requirement  for the number of accessible housing units has been exceeded.

·  5 units do not meet the minimum internal space standards and discussions are on-going with the applicant to meet this requirement.

·  There are 8 local play areas across the site.

·  The applicant has included SUDs across the site, and the intention is for them to be constantly wet so that they don’t dry up in the summer months.

·  A pump station is proposed adjacent to one of the SUD’s feature and will be overlooked by plots 127 and 128, details of the infrastructure are awaited from the applicant as this poses visual amenity concerns.

·  The provision of ‘Copenhagen’ style  ...  view the full minutes text for item 15.

To consider the report of the Chief Planning Officer on an application for the alteration and extension of existing dwelling including two storey extension to front, single storey extension to side and raising of roof height to create new pitched roof with dormer to front; two storey extension to side to create new living accommodation, parking garage and roof terrace; erection of new timber boundary fence; new landscaping and parking areas including erection of parking impact barrier and creation of vehicle passing area at The Bungalow, Wharfedale Street, Meanwood, Leeds, LS7 2LF.

The report of the Chief Planning Officer presented an application regarding alteration and extension of existing dwelling including two storey extension to front, single storey extension to side and raising of roof height to create new pitched roof with dormer to front; two storey extension to side to create new living accommodation, parking garage and roof terrace; erection of new timber boundary fence; new landscaping and parking areas including erection of parking impact barrier and creation of vehicle passing area at The Bungalow, Wharfedale Street, Meanwood, Leeds, LS7 2LF.

Members of the Panel had attended a site visit earlier in the day. Slides and photographs were shown throughout the presentation.

Members were provided with the following information:

·  The application has been brought to the Panel at the request of Councillor J Dowson, with expressed support from Councillor A Garthwaite due to Councillor Dowson expressing her concerns over the impact on the ward, wild green areas, and Woodhouse Ridge. Concerns also related to alleged actions of the applicant in relation to land outside of his ownership falling within designated public greenspace.

·  The site is adjacent to Wharfdale Street and accessed via Ridge Road to the east. It was noted that the road is quite narrow and privately owned in part.

·  The surroundings include industrial, commercial, and residential units. To the west and north of the site lies terraced properties. To the east of the site there are properties also served by the access road.

·  The applicant seeks the proposals to serve his longstanding hobby of collecting and restoring vintage cars. The living accommodation will be in the form of the main dwelling and an ancillary annex with shared spaces within the building. The new parking garage and workshop area will be used by both the applicant and his son in pursuant of their hobby. It was confirmed that the applicant only intends to have a maximum of 12 cars on-site at any one time.

·  The proposed roof terrace will be situated to the south of a site most recently in use as a children’s nursery to the north, but the separation distance retained to that site of 6.5m is considered to be appropriate given the nature of the neighbouring land use.

·  The trees and hedges in the application site are retained as part of the proposals.

·  The proposals will allow for the formal and informal parking of 16 parked cars on the application site, which will allow for vehicles to manoeuvrer within the site.

·  Representations have been received from former Councillor Walshaw on behalf of all Headingley and Hyde Park ward members and Woodhouse Ridge Action Group, as well as 4 members of the public. There have been 2 representations submitted not referred to in the officer report – one a letter of support and a second which is neutral on the development but expressing support for the concerns raised from previous objectors.

·  It is un-clear whether the passing place falls within the ownership of the applicant or the Council’s  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.

To note the next meeting of the North and East Plans Panel is scheduled for Thursday 27^th July 2023 at 1.30pm in Civic Hall.

The date and time of the next meeting is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 27^th July 2023 at 1.30 p.m.

The meeting concluded at 15.10.