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Consideration was given to planning application 24/0430/REM Land West Of Maynard Grove, Wynyard Village, Wynyard.

Reserved Matters was sought for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for a new local centre with associated hard and soft landscaping pursuant to planning consent LPA Ref. 20/2408/OUT.

The principle of a local centre including the provision of a community facility was established, in application ref 20/2408/OUT this application was not looking to establish the principle of the development, it therefore focused on the site-specific material considerations.

The nature and scale of the development was considered to be acceptable, and the site could satisfactorily accommodate the proposal without any undue impact on the character of the area, amenity of any adjacent neighbours or highway safety.

The technical consultees and officers had reviewed all the supporting information and concluded that the proposed development would result in a satisfactory form of development subject to the imposition of the recommended conditions.

The proposed development would offer both economic and social benefits through the construction of the commercial units and community facility. These were all benefits which weighed in favour of the proposal albeit they needed to be balanced against other material planning considerations.

Neighbours were notified and the comments received were detailed within the main report.

The planning policies and material planning considerations that were relevant to the consideration of the application were contained within the main report.

The Planning Officers report concluded that given the considerations detailed within the report, the proposed development was considered to be visually acceptable, and it was not considered that the proposed development would have any adverse impacts on levels of residential amenity or highway safety to justify a refusal of the application. The proposed scheme was therefore in accordance with the relevant local and national planning policies and was recommended for approval subject to those conditions detailed within the main report.

Since the writing of the report a further letter of support had been received, however all points raised had already been covered within the officer’s report.

Members were also informed that the Applicant had amended the floorplan use class which was reflected on the approved plan, and which would be conditioned if the Committee were minded to approve the application.

With the agreement of the Chair additional information provided by an objector was circulated to Members for consideration.

Objectors attended the meeting and were given the opportunity to make representation. Their comments could be summarised as follows:

- The Chair of Wynyard Parish Council gave a brief history of the site by referencing  previous approved planning applications as follows:

13/0342/EIS

20/2408/OUT

23/0225/VARY

The original outline application was approved with a maximum of 500 houses which had now increased to 630. The changes to the site also included the key infrastructure being replaced by a local centre with great uncertainty as to what would be provided in terms of local facilities, including upgrades to junctions and bridge. The proposed community hall had also been reduced in size by a third.

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