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Erection of a terrace of 3No. two storey, two bedroom, three person dwellings and 1No. single storey, two bedroom, four person CAT3 dwelling with associated parking and hard/soft landscaping.

The Planning and Highways Regulation Committee is recommended to grant planning permission subject to:

·         the submission of a Stage 1 Road Safety Audit together with a Designer’s Response that doesn’t raise any safety issues that cannot be addressed by minor, detailed design amendments approved by the Council’s Highway Engineer (delegated to officers to resolve);

·         the imposition of necessary planning conditions; and

·         the completion of a Section 111 legal agreement to secure the following heads of terms:

o   a financial contribution of £10,786.50 plus a £750 monitoring and reporting fee for the provision and maintenance of children’s play and formal recreation facilities;

o   a biodiversity net gain commuted sum to achieve 10% gain in biodiversity units off-site resulting in an offsetting payment currently in the region of £16,516.50 (note: precise figure to be confirmed once a detailed landscaping scheme has been finalised as changes to on-site planting etc. could change the results in the metric); and

o   a commuted sum of £7500 to introduce parking restrictions on Mountain Street around it’s junction with Alpine Road to secure access to the site by way of a Traffic Regulation Order.

Officer contact: Daniel Hewitt on 0161 218 1989 or email: daniel.hewitt@stockport.gov.uk

In respect of plan no. DC/085968 for the erection of a terrace of 3No. two storey, two bedroom, three person dwellings and 1No. single storey, two bedroom, four person CAT3 dwelling with associated parking and hard/soft landscaping at 1 Alpine Road, Portwood, Stockport, SK1 2NL, it was

RESOLVED – That planning permission be granted.

Erection of a terrace of 3No. two storey, two bedroom, three person dwellings and 1No. single storey, two bedroom, four person CAT3 dwelling with associated parking and hard/soft landscaping.

The Planning and Highways Regulation Committee is recommended to grant planning permission subject to:

·         the submission of a Stage 1 Road Safety Audit together with a Designer’s Response that doesn’t raise any safety issues that cannot be addressed by minor, detailed design amendments approved by the Council’s Highway Engineer (delegated to officers to resolve);

·         the imposition of necessary planning conditions; and

·         the completion of a Section 111 legal agreement to secure the following heads of terms:

o   a financial contribution of £10,786.50 plus a £750 monitoring and reporting fee for the provision and maintenance of children’s play and formal recreation facilities;

o   a biodiversity net gain commuted sum to achieve 10% gain in biodiversity units off-site resulting in an offsetting payment currently in the region of £16,516.50 (note: precise figure to be confirmed once a detailed landscaping scheme has been finalised as changes to on-site planting etc. could change the results in the metric); and

o   a commuted sum of £7500 to introduce parking restrictions on Mountain Street around it’s junction with Alpine Road to secure access to the site by way of a Traffic Regulation Order.

Officer contact: Daniel Hewitt on 0161 218 1989 or email: daniel.hewitt@stockport.gov.uk

Proposed erection of a terrace of 3No. two storey, two bedroom, three person dwellings and 1No. single storey, two bedroom, four person CAT3 dwelling with associated parking and hard/soft landscaping.

The Area Committee is recommended to grant planning permission subject to:

1)    the submission of a Stage 1 Road Safety Audit together with a Designer’s Response that doesn’t raise any safety issues that cannot be addressed by minor, detailed design amendments approved by the Council’s Highway Engineer (delegated to officers to resolve);

2)    the imposition of necessary planning conditions; and

3)    the completion of a Section 111 legal agreement to secure the following heads of terms:

·         a financial contribution of £10,786.50 plus a £750 monitoring and reporting fee for the provision and maintenance of children’s play and formal recreation facilities;

·         a biodiversity net gain commuted sum to achieve 10% gain in biodiversity units off-site resulting in an offsetting payment currently in the region of £16,516.50 (note: precise figure to be confirmed once a detailed landscaping scheme has been finalised as changes to on-site planting etc. could change the results in the metric); and

·         a commuted sum of £7500 to introduce parking restrictions on Mountain Street around it’s junction with Alpine Road to secure access to the site by way of a Traffic Regulation Order.

Officer contact: Daniel Hewitt 0161 218 1989 | daniel.hewitt@stockport.gov.uk

In respect of application DC/085968 for the proposed erection of a terrace of 3No. two storey, two bedroom, three person dwellings and 1No. single storey, two bedroom, four person CAT3 dwelling with associated parking and hard/ soft landscaping at 1 Alpine Road, Portwood, Stockport, SK1 2NL.

It was noted that a supplementary agenda had been circulated and contained an update to the report and revised recommendation.

A member of the public spoke in objection to the application.

It was then

RESOLVED - That the application be referred to the Planning and Highways Regulation Committee for a site visit and subsequent determination to enable queries from objectors in relation to the report to be addressed.