Erection of 42 dwellings and associated infrastructure (revised documents received 6 June 2016).

The Committee considered an application for the erection of 42 dwellings and associated infrastructure (revised documents received 6 June 2016).

Prior to the meeting, written representations were circulated to members.  At the meeting Luke Waldron addressed the Committee in support of the application.

Resolved:

Refused for the following reasons:

i)          The proposal would constitute an overdevelopment of the site and fail to deliver a high quality living environment or a good standard of amenity for future occupants as a result of poor quality landscaping, dwellings of inadequate floor space, lack of useable private amenity space and a poor parking arrangement in terms of numbers and distances from dwellings they serve contrary to paragraph 17, 56 and 58 of the National Planning Policy Framework and policies SS11, H1, DE1, DE2, DE3, C4 and TA3 and associated Appendix F of the Torbay Local Plan 2012-2030;

ii)         In the absence of any signed legal agreement or upfront payment under Section 106 of the Town and Country Act 1990 (as amended), the scheme fails to satisfy the objectives of Local Plan Policy SS6 and SS7 and the Council's SPD "Planning Contributions and Affordable Housing: Priorities and Delivery" and the associated "Update 3 Paper", which seek to secure the delivery of physical, social and community infrastructure directly related to the development and necessary to make it acceptable in spatial planning terms. In the absence of secured contributions in line with the adopted policy the proposal is therefore contrary to Policy SS6 and SS7 of the Torbay Local Plan 2012-2030 and guidance outlined within paragraphs 203 and 204 of the National Planning Policy Framework; and

iii)        The proposal fails to make appropriate provision for affordable housing in line with Policy H2 and H3 of the Torbay Local Plan 2012-2030 and in the absence of the a viability assessment to justify a lower level of affordable housing provision the proposal is  contrary to Policy H2 and H3 of the Torbay Local Plan 2012-2030.