Agenda and minutes

Members are invited to disclose any interest in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting.

Members may still disclose any interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

No interest was disclosed at the meeting.

The Committee received a presentation from Mr Tom Harris (Land Director Bellway Homes), Mr Kieran Wheeler (Director Savills) and PRP representative Mr Zeke Osho (Architect PRP).

Councillor Ray Morgon (Ward Councillor) addressed the Committee and raised issues.

Members of the Committee then questioned the presenters and raised issues for further consideration prior to submission of a planning application.

The main issues raised were:

• Members requested a site visit before this comes to SPC again given the complexity of the site and the local heritage assets
• The need to ensure that as much as possible of the locally listed building is retained
• Importance of new buildings respecting the architectural character of retained buildings
• Design of vehicular entrance will be important and the need for two access points
• Housing mix will need to take into account housing need in the area
• Provision of affordable housing will need to be managed properly, ensure affordability is optimised and that an appropriate tenure mix is provided
• Affordable housing should be distributed throughout the estate where this is possible and should be tenure blind
• The desirability of local marketing of for sale housing was emphasised
• The level of car parking will be important given the quality of public transport locally and the potential to improve bus services should be explored

The Committee noted the presentation.

The Committee noted that the Waterloo Estate presentation was deferred to a future meeting in order to allow the applicant’s representatives to attend.