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Hills Development, Land East of Constable Country Surgery, Heath Road

B/16/01092, Outline Planning, indicative plan, approved 9/2/18:
Just outline approval, but approval at JR based on principles set here on balanced judgement
due to HLS deficit, as otherwise our JR would have been upheld (Justice Mitting 2016)

DC/20/04663 approved 8/12/21, various plans submitted, final approval
Final Officer decision:
“This decision refers to drawing no./entitled 170120/P75/01 received 19/10/2020 as the
defined red line plan with the site shown edged red. Any other drawing showing land edged
red whether as part of another document or as a separate plan/drawing has not been
accepted or treated as the defined application site for the purposes of this decision.
Ie: approved DC/20/04663 design & access statement, 19/10/2020, 1st copy of proposed
plan:

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DC/22/03964, Plan Approved 21/11/22: Phase 1 approved modifies approved plan

DC/23/02024 approved 2/5/23 Removed the southern tree scree, added additional land
(about 30ft) to southern border to build a bund and trees.

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DC/24/02093 validated 15/5/24, Proposed site plan – phase 2 – 170120/pa/500/v3
Deals only with Phase 2, phase 1 remains the same as DC/20/04664.
Proposal adds 33 more houses to the design of Phase 2 (removes swimming pool, reduces
playground area of nursery by 50%, removes most of the green space in this second half of
the development.

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Key
applications

B/16/01092,
approved
9/2/18

Outline
Planning,
indicative plan
Outline approval. Approval at JR based on NPPF principles of tilted balance
due to HLS deficit, otherwise our JR would have been upheld (Justice Mitting
2016) and likely refused

DC/20/04663
approved
8/12/21

Full planning
application.
Various plans
for detailed
plan
submitted,
approval
granted on
first plan
submitted
19/10/2020

Final Officer decision:
“This decision refers to drawing no./entitled 170120/P75/01 received
19/10/2020 as the defined red line plan with the site shown edged red. Any
other drawing showing land edged red whether as part of another document
or as a separate plan/drawing has not been accepted or treated as the
defined application site for the purposes of this decision”

ie: approved DC/20/04663 design & access statement, 19/10/2020, 1st copy
of proposed plan:

Total site = 75 houses, including 26 affordable homes, plus 18 for over 55s

28 homes to east of site, 0 affordable homes

DC/22/03964,
approved
21/11/22
Modifications
to Phase 1
(east of site)

Reconfiguring building plots in phase 1

Changes =
• 32 houses + 8 flats in Phase 1 (blue line of latest map). Includes 12
affordable houses (pepperpotting). Leaves 35 houses for west of site
Phase 2, including 14 affordable
• Central road aspect reversed
• Trees removed from centre of planned open space

DC/23/01638
Refused 4/4/23
Amendment Removal of allocation of over-55s houses
DC/23/02024
Approved
27/10/23
Bund
application
• Removes approved screening to allow more room for building/gardens
• Adds a bund to the south of the building plot, moving boundary of site
south by width of 1 house on Richardson’s Road, approx 30ft?
• PC recommended refusal warning it was to fit in more houses

DC/23/04317
Approved
14/9/23
Variation over
55s housing
Variation requested to condition 30, ie 18 properties subject to over-55s
allocation amended to allow younger relatives to live in these houses.

DC/24/01350
Validated
19/3/24
T.B.C
Gifting
affordable
houses
Proposal to modify Sec 106 agreement on affordable homes to gift 5 homes
(4x 2 bed, 1x ?2 bed flat) to EBCLT and return other 21 affordable houses to
open market

DC/24/01818
Validated
17/4/24
T.B.C
Removal
BREEAM
condition
Claim no longer valid
DC/24/02093
Validated
15/5/24
T.B.C.
Revised plan
for Phase 2
(west of site)
DC/24/02093|Full Planning Application – Mixed use development of two
phases comprising of 40 dwellings in Phase 1, and 68 dwellings in Phase 2 (38
in total affordable). In addition, the proposals include a pre-school and a
neighbourhood hub, comprising office space and a local shop, public open
space and associated infrastructure and landscaping.
• Additional 33 dwellings on Phase 2 west of site (Phase 2 new total 35 +
33 = 68), an approx. 49% increase in density
• Removal of public benefit playing field area and reduction in half of
nursery playing area

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• Removal of public benefit (swimming pool), replaced by 5 affordable
houses
• Reduction in car parking spaces near to shop and nursery
• More houses, meaning more cars, less space per house to park, impact
on road parking?
• Removal of approx. 12 trees planned to be planted in area surrounding
entrance to site
• Removal of hedging along B1070 to north west of site
• Unclear if thinner tree planting in wooded areas is a design feature or
just an symbol adjustment?
• 38 affordable houses, an additional 12 affordable houses
• Affordable mix:
Type Current approved New proposal
1 bed flat 8 6
2 bed flat 0 2
2 bed house 13 26
3 bed house 5 4
4 bed house 0 0
TOTAL 26 38
Thus:
2 less 1 bed flat
2 more 2 bed flats
13 more 2 bed houses
1 less 3 bed house

• Approved plan allocates = 17 rental, 6 shared ownership, 3 key worker