Agenda item

Resolved:           (A)       That, Subject to the applicant entering into planning obligations by 8^th January 2018 to secure the following:-

1.   A financial contribution of at least £542,797 to public realm

improvements in Corporation Street and the enhancement of public open space at Brampton Park or Queen Elizabeth Gardens, the public open space contribution being at least £250,000

2.   £2,245 towards travel plan monitoring;

3.   £8,000 towards the installation costs of a Real Time Passenger

     Information system for bus services;

4.   £25,000 towards improvements to the cycle route from Newcastle town

centre to Keele University;

5.   £8,000 towards the cost of installation and operation of a Real Time

Town Centre Car Parking Capacity Information System;

6.   A financial contribution of £50,000 to be used to fund Resident Parking

Zones in the event that it has been demonstrated (through surveys secured by condition) that the development has resulted in on street parking problems; and

7.   A financial contribution of £20,000 to be used to review and

provide/amend traffic regulation orders on roads adjoining the site.

The application be permitted subject to the undermentioned conditions:

     (i)        Commencement time limit

    (ii)        Development to be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and supporting documents, unless otherwise required by condition.

  (iii)        Submission and approval of a phasing plan

  (iv)        External facing and surfacing materials.

    (v)        Depth of the reveals of windows and other apertures

  (vi)        Location and appearance of plant if not as shown on approved plans (unless located within a building)

 (vii)        Directional signage to the Town Centre

(viii)        Report of unexpected contamination

  (ix)        Construction hours to be restricted (other than internal fit out) to between the hours of 7am and 6pm Monday to Friday, 7am to 1pm Saturday and not at any time of Sundays or Bank Holidays

    (x)        Construction environmental and highway management plan

  (xi)        Noise from plant and mechanical ventilation,

 (xii)        Restriction on noise levels in habitable rooms from plant and mechanical ventilation,

(xiii)        Ventilation provision to habitable spaces

(xiv)        Glazing specification

 (xv)        Control of shopping trollies

(xvi)        External lighting

(xvii)        Noise mitigation measures, supported by a noise assessment, regarding delivery and waste collection

(xviii)        Control of food odours

(xix)        Restriction on noise from entertainment

 (xx)        Air quality assessment from CHP.

(xxi)        Occupation of living accommodation by students only

(xxii)        Cycle parking in accordance with approved details

(xxiii)        Travel plan

(xxiv)        Car park and servicing to be provided prior to commercial units being first brought into use.

(xxv)        No servicing of the commercial units to be carried out from the car park.

(xxvi)        Management of the car park

(xxvii)        Waste management strategy

(xxviii)        Landscaping to include replacement tree planting on Corporation Street and on the opposite side of Merrial Street to the application site.

(xxix)        Civic Offices Building recording survey

(xxx)        Security measures for the development such as CCTV, measures to prevent forced entry into buildings and hostile vehicle mitigation.

(B)           Should the above planning obligations not be secured within the above period, the Head of Planning be given delegated authority to refuse the application on the grounds that without such matters being secured the public open space needs of the development would not be met, the development would fail to ensure it achieves sustainable development outcomes, the public realm improvements required to secure an appropriate context for the development and provide attractive pedestrian links into the Historic Core would not be secured, and the development would not provide car parking information to the detriment of the vitality and viability of the town centre; or, if he considers it appropriate, to extend the period of time within which the obligations can be secured.

Councillor Loades requested that it be noted to keep a close watch on delivery vehicles which would visit the completed development at the designated areas to ensure there was no queueing, especially on the Ryecroft elevation.