Issue - meetings

To consider an application for the erection of 800 residential dwellings, creation of a new local centre, provision of a primary school, provision of landscaped communal amenity space including children’s place space; creation of new public open space together with associated highways, landscaping, drainage and utilities works.

It was RESOLVED that Planning Permission be GRANTED subject to the following revised conditions and clarifications and as per the remaining recommendations in the report.

Revised conditions

1.            The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in broadly accordance with the following approved plans: UD01 Rev C, UD02 Rev L, UD03 Rev M, UD04 Rev L, UD05 Rev L and NSTV-WSP-00-XX-SK-CE-0002 P01.

16           Prior to occupation of the first dwelling the southern access shall be provided, and prior to occupation of the 100th dwelling hereby permitted, the northern vehicular accesses shall be provided and thereafter retained at the position shown on the approved in principle drawing number General Arrangement drawing number NSTV-WSP-00-XX-SK-CE-0002 revision P01. The principal access road shall be provided 6.75 metres wide complete with 10.0 metres radius kerbs. Arrangement shall be made for surface water drainage to be intercepted and disposed of separately so that it does not discharge from or onto the highway carriageway.

Clarifications:

·         to paragraph 7.2.26 of the report – the figure of £111,577.00 toward outdoor sport will absorbed in the cost of creating the Country Park not provided as well;

·         Section 9.1 bullet point 2 should refer to the gifting of land and a contribution not the provision of the Primary School which would be undertaken by Hertfordshire County Council;

·         Reference should be made to HCC Waste facilities included in the S106.

·         HCC have confirmed that following discussions with the applicant the Primary Education contribution has increased to £8,334,675.00 and the Secondary Education to £8,266,890.00.

·         HCC has also confirmed that there is no requirement for Contributions toward Nursery Education, however, Childcare contributions are required in accordance with the HCC Toolkit. This would amount to £96,750.00.

Following the decision and with the agreement of the Chair, Councillors Graham Snell and Tom Wren requested that their votes against the resolution be recorded in the Minutes.