Agenda item

Application for reserved matters following outline permission P14/S0953/O for the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale. (Outline planning permission for residential development for up to 80 dwellings including means of access, open space and associated development).

Ian White, one of the local ward councillors, stepped down from the committee and took no part in the debate or voting on this item. 

The committee considered application P15/S4131/RM for reserved matters following outline permission P14/S0953/O for the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the development on land adjoining Greenwood Avenue, Chinnor.

Consultations, representations, policy and guidance and the site’s planning history were detailed in the officer’s report which formed part of the agenda pack for this meeting.

Officer update: a further two responses had been received objecting to the application.  The materials submitted for this development were considered acceptable. 

Richard Searl, the representative of Chinnor Parish Council, spoke objecting to the application.  The parish council’s concerns included:

·         The proposed development was out of scale, overbearing, unneighbourly, and out of keeping with the local neighbourhood

·         There should be car ports, not garages

·         The neighbourhood planning steering group recognised that two other adjacent sites were also subject to planning applications; all three applications should be considered together to harmonise planning of the area

·         Policies D4, H4, and T1 were all still relevant

·         The neighbourhood planning group hoped that the plan could go to a referendum in early 2017

Roger Payne, a local resident, spoke objecting to the application, his concerns included:

·         The dormer windows facing existing property would invade residents’ privacy and cause overlooking

·         This was contrary to policy D4 of the local plan

Phil Byron, of the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway, reported that:

·         An acoustic barrier was required under the previous permission on the site

Lorna Juarez, the applicant’s agent, spoke in support of the application:

·         The local objections were to the principle of the development which had already been established

·         The distance from the three-storey building to neighbouring property was in excess of the design standard

·         The impact of the adjacent railway had been taken into account

·         There would be parking for existing and future residents

·         There were no statutory consultee objections to the application

·         The section 106 agreement would bring contributions to education and highways improvements

Lynn Lloyd, one of the local ward members, spoke objecting to the application, her concerns included:

·         The Chinnor neighbourhood planning team had worked hard to prepare a plan and their work should not be ignored

·         There were local concerns over the orientation of the largest building on the site

·         There had not been much liaison between the developer and the parish council

·         There would be an increase in the volume of traffic from this and other developments in the village

Ian White, one of the local ward members, spoke objecting to the application, his concerns included:

·         The three-storey building had been located at the highest point on the site; it should be relocated to a lower part 

·         There were concerns about the adequacy of the local sewage system

·         There was no mention of zero carbon growth in the report and this should be part of the development’s design

·         The application should be deferred to allow these issues to be resolved

A motion, moved and seconded, to defer consideration of the application was declared carried on being put to the vote. 

RESOLVED: to defer consideration of application P15/S4131/RM to allow further time to establish whether local concerns could be overcome, including the size of the three-storey block, the capacity of the sewage system, and an acoustic barrier to reduce noise from the railway.