Agenda item

Proposal:

The proposed development is a hybrid application: Outline for up to 165 dwellings on the western part of the site and a 450sqm (GIA) of floorspace building in use class E to be offered initially to provide a community healthcare hub under use E(e), and excluding use E(g); engineering operations on the area covered by the outline application to create suitable gradients for internal site roads and development platforms for the residential development; and full application for change of use of the eastern part (8ha) of the site for use as public parkland, to be protected from development in perpetuity. All matters except for access to the site are to be reserved. Matters for which detailed approval are sought are: The detailed design of the vehicular access to the site from Pincents Lane and associated turning area, the location emergency vehicular access to the site and the locations of pedestrian and cycling accesses to the site.

Location:

Land east of Pincents Lane, Tilehurst

Applicant:

U&I (Pincents Lane) Ltd

Officers’ Recommendation:

Delegate to the Service Director – Development & Regulation to grant planning permission subject to conditions and the completion of a S106 legal agreement.

Recommendation of Eastern Area Planning Committee

Delegate to the Service Director - Development & Regulation to refuse planning permission for three reasons which are outlined in this report and in the minutes of the Eastern Area Planning Committee meeting.