Issue - meetings

The Case Officer, Sally Robbins, verbally updated Members with a late representation received from a local resident. Sally introduced the report to Members and said that the application had been referred to the Committee as it was contrary to the view of Tring Town Council.

Keith Baker and Fiona McNamara spoke in objection to the application.

Tring Town Councillor Roxanne Ransley spoke in objection to the application.

Hayden Todd spoke in support of the application.

It was proposed by Councillor Durrant and seconded by Councillor Riddick to Grant the application on the condition that the number of children are reduced from 80 to 60. (amend condition 8)

Vote:

For:  8             Against:           2          Abstained: 2

Resolved: That planning permission be DELEGATED with a VIEW to APPROVAL subject to the completion of a planning obligation under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Condition(s) and Reason(s):

 1.        The development hereby permitted shall begin before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

            Reason: To comply with the requirements of Section 91 (1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by Section 51 (1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 2.        No development shall commence until full details (in the form of scaled plans and / or written specifications) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority to illustrate the following:

            i) A safe pedestrian access route to the site, potentially using existing High Street accesses.

            ii) Swept paths to demonstrate that vehicles are able to leave the site in a forward gear and that cars are able to safely manoeuvre into the car parking spaces in the northern car parking area, closest to High Street.

            iii) All car parking spaces are a minimum of 2.4m x 4.8m, with parallel parking spaces being a minimum of 6m in length.

            Reason: To ensure suitable, safe and satisfactory planning and development of the site in accordance with Policy 5 of Hertfordshire's Local Transport Plan (adopted 2018)

 3.        No development shall commence until full details of both hard and soft landscape works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These details shall include:

            o          all external hard surfaces within the site

            o          other surfacing materials

            o          extent of play area

            o          means of enclosure including acoustic fencing

            o          soft landscape works including a planting scheme for the new hedges

            o          minor artefacts and structures (e.g. play equipment, signs, refuse or other storage units, etc.)

            The planting must be carried out within one planting season of completing the development.

            Any hedge which forms part of the approved landscaping scheme which within a period of 5 years from planting fails to become established, becomes seriously damaged or diseased, dies or for any reason is removed shall be replaced in the next planting season by a tree or shrub of a similar species, size and maturity.

            Reason: To improve  ...  view the full minutes text for item 22