Agenda item

Boldrewood Campus, Bassett Crescent East 11/00963/TIME

Report of the Planning and Development Manager recommending delegated authority be granted in respect of an application for a proposed development at the above address, attached.

Minutes:

Extension of time to implement previous planning permission (ref 07/00985/OUT) to redevelop the site with new buildings of up to 32,000 square metres floor space for University purposes, 468 car parking spaces, landscaping, temporary and permanent access arrangements, including a new vehicular access from Burgess Road and ancillary works (outline application seeking approval for access arrangements).

 

Mr Reay (Agent), Mrs Cowie and Mrs Wawman (Local Residents) were present and with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.

 

UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE OFFICER RECOMMENDATION TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER TO GRANT CONDITIONAL PLANNING PERMISSION SUBJECT TO THE APPLICANT ENTERING INTO A SECTION 106 LEGAL AGREEMENT WAS CARRIED

 

RECORDED VOTE:

FOR:  Councillors Jones, Mrs Blatchford, Claisse, Cunio, Osmond and Thomas

AGAINST:  Councillor L Harris

 

RESOLVED

 

 (i)

that authority be delegated to the Planning and Development Manager to grant conditional planning approval subject to:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

the applicant entering into a Section 106 Legal Agreement to secure:

 

 

 

 

 a) a financial contribution towards measures to encourage the use of alternative modes of transport to the private car in line with ‘saved’ Policy SDP4 of the City of Southampton Local Plan Review (March 2006), the Local Transport Plan, and the adopted SPG relating to Planning Obligations (August 2005 as amended) as supported by the adopted LDF Core Strategy (2010) highway policies;

 

b)  a financial contribution towards off-site highway works related to the scale of development proposed in line with ‘saved’ Policy SDP4 of the City of Southampton Local Plan Review (March 2006) and the adopted SPG relating to Planning Obligations (August 2005 as amended) as supported by the adopted LDF Core Strategy (2010) highway policies;

 

c)   a Highway Condition Survey & Means of Reinstatement Report;

 

d)   provision for works under S.278 of the Highways Act to create the new access and signalised junction – if required;

 

e)   the submission, approval and implementation of public art that is consistent with the Council’s Public Art ‘Art People Places’ Strategy and;

 

f)   the submission, approval and implementation of a Green Travel Plan (GTP) to address the impact of the parking provision so that it can be assessed along with the transport needs of the development; and

 

g)  A Waste Management Strategy;

 

  In addition to that previously agreed the S.106 should also include:

 

h)  A local training and employment plan to ensure access to jobs for local people is secured (both during and after construction) in accordance with LDF Core Strategy Policy CS24.

 

In the event that the legal agreement is not completed by 6th September 2011 the Planning and Development Manager be authorised, if required, to refuse permission on the ground of failure to secure the provisions of the Section 106 Legal Agreement.

 

 

 

(b)

the conditions in the report.

 

 

 

REASONS FOR DECISION

 

The development relates to the extension in time of the planning permission 07/00985/OUT that was approved by the City Council in June 2008 following the completion of a S.106 Legal Agreement.  It is again acceptable taking into account the policies and proposals of the current Development Plan as set out below. Other material considerations that have arisen since June 2008, including the change in national guidance, the adoption of the Council’s LDF Core Strategy (2010), recent appeal decisions along the Avenue, and those other considerations put forward by third parties, and considered as part of the report to the Council’s Planning & Rights of Way Panel in August 2011, do not have sufficient weight to justify a refusal of the application. Instead, significant weight has been afforded to the outline permission 07/00985/OUT as updated by the recent detailed approvals for Phase 1, its electricity substation and the associated multi-decked car park.  In accordance with Section 38(6) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended), Planning Permission should therefore be granted.

Policies – SDP1, SDP4, SDP5, SDP7, SDP9, SDP10, SDP11, SDP12, SDP13, SDP14, SDP15, SDP16, SDP17, SDP22, NE6, L7 of the City of Southampton Local Plan Review - Adopted March 2006 as supported by policies CS6, CS11, CS13, CS18, CS19, CS20, CS22, CS24 and CS25 of the adopted Local Development Framework Core Strategy (2010) and the Council’s current adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance.

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