Agenda item - BH2021/00780 - Land at Junction of Foredown Road & Fox Way, Foredown Road, Portslade - Outline Application

1.       The Planning Manager introduced the application to the committee.

Answers to Committee Member Questions

2.       Councillor Yates was informed by the Planning Manager that the 10 to 14 units proposed attracts affordable housing. The case officer stated that between the previous committee on 4 May 2022 the Housing team had agreed to consider whether to purchase the affordable housing on site. The S106 will be changed to provide on-site affordable housing and if the housing is not supplied, the fallback is the commuted sum.

3.       Councillor Theobald was informed that the development was policy compliant, that details of the development were to come, and the gardens would need to be appropriate in size, which could be ensured through the reserved matters applications

4.       Councillor Yates was informed that a new planning application and S106 agreement would be required if the developer wished to increase the number of units on site to 15, with the resulting increase in affordable housing requirement.

Debate

5.       Councillor Shanks stated they were happy with the changes but considered that the policy needs reviewing to reduce the number of units which trigger the affordable housing. The councillor supported the application.

6.       Councillor Yates considered it good to have the affordable housing and supported the application.

7.       Councillor Theobald considered the triangle of land to be too small, the commuted sum would not be acceptable as affordable housing would be better and the traffic at the junction would be an issue. The councillor did not support the application.

8.       Councillor Childs stated they were pleased with the amended application, considered the traffic issues at the junction needed to looked at by Highways, the city needs housing from small sites as well as others. The councillor supported the application.

9.       Councillor Littman considered it was good to have a commuted sum as a fall back and noted the issues started when the Bentham Road application was refused as the affordable housing would have been provided on that site.

Vote

10.      A vote was taken, and by 6 to 1 the committee agreed to Planning permission.

11.      RESOLVED: That the Committee has taken into consideration and agrees with the reasons for the recommendation set out in the report and resolves to be MINDED TO GRANT planning permission subject to a s106 agreement on the Heads of Terms set out below and the Conditions and Informatives as set out in the report, SAVE THAT should the s106 Planning Obligation not be completed on or before the 24th August 2022 the Head of Planning is hereby authorised to refuse planning permission for the reasons set out in section 13.1 of the report.