Agenda item

Report of the Executive Director (Public Protection, Planning and Governance).

Report of the Executive Director (Public Protection, Planning and Governance) detailing the erection of a 75-bed elderly care home, catering for nursing and dementia (use class C2 residential institutions) with 24 parking bays and associated landscaping on a vacant site between Hatfield Avenue and Manor Road. 

The application had been presented to the Development Management Committee on 9 November 2017 because Hatfield Town Council had raised the following objection.

“Members object to the application due to the overbearing nature of the development on the properties in Manor Rd, the height of the development and the lack of on-site parking.”

At that meeting Members resolved to grant planning permission subject to the completion of a legal agreement on or before 9 January 2018 to secure the planning obligations set out below:

·         Submission of an amended Travel Plan

·         £6,000 Travel Plan Monitoring Fee

·         £50,000 towards a parking study and the implementation of parking restrictions

The completion of a legal agreement had been delayed due to some protracted negotiations.  The matter had been referred back to the Development Management Committee with a recommendation to extend the time limit for a further two months (9 March 2018) whilst negotiations between interested parties for the completion of the legal agreement continued.

Members noted that there had been no significant changes to the application site, surrounding context, planning history or planning policy which would impact on the implementation of the proposal.  It was therefore recommended that the time limit be extended for a further two months for the completion of the legal agreement subject to the conditions, informatives and S.106 contributions detailed within the Officer’s report.

It was then moved by Councillor T.Lyons, seconded by Councillor A.Chesterman and

RESOLVED:

(12 voting for, 1 against, 1 abstention)

That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions set out in the report.

That the development/works shall not be started or completed other than in accordance with the approved plans and details:

REASON:  To ensure that the development is carried out in accordance with the approved plans and details