Issue - meetings

            That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report of the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment) and subject to the applicant entering into a Section 106 agreement for the following:-

• To gift 2 three bed dwellings to North East Wales Homes to be used as affordable housing
• To provide a commuted sum of £1,100 per dwelling in lieu of on-site open space provision

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment) in respect of this application.  The usual consultations had been undertaken and the responses received detailed in the report. 

            The officer detailed the background to the report and explained that planning permission had been granted in October 2014 subject to conditions and the applicant entering into a Section 106 agreement for gifted units, a payment in lieu of on-site open space provision and an educational contribution for Hawarden High School.  However, since the approval had been granted, further applications with S106 obligations had been granted and Community Infrastructure Levy regulations had come into place.  From April 2015, the regulations prevented further obligations being requested for an infrastructure project/type of infrastructure if five or more S106 obligations had already been agreed.  To date, five obligations had been entered into for educational contributions towards Hawarden High School and therefore a further request as part of this permission could not proceed.  The report was therefore seeking a revised recommendation that permission be granted subject to conditions and a Section 106 obligation for gifted dwellings and a payment in lieu of on-site open space provision only. 

Councillor Chris Bithell proposed the recommendation to amend the recommendation for approval which was duly seconded.

            RESOLVED:

            That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report of the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment) and subject to the applicant entering into a Section 106 agreement for the following:-

• To gift 2 three bed dwellings to North East Wales Homes to be used as affordable housing
• To provide a commuted sum of £1,100 per dwelling in lieu of on-site open space provision