(Attachment: 6)Agenda item - Reigate and Banstead Borough Council

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Planning Committee Agenda Item 8 13 April 2011 11/00126/F Landlord. Overall 25% of the dwellings within phase two would be affordable housing in line with Council policy and what was agreed at the outline stage. The school site is located within this phase and is shown on the plans. This parcel of land is to be handed over to the County Council in September and its layout and design have yet to be determined, as it would be subject to a separate application which the County Council may process themselves. However, it is envisaged that they will do so in consultation with the Borough. The neighbourhood centre would include three shop units, two office units and conversion of the grade II listed Tanyard Barn into a community centre. The proposed layout of the scheme follows guidance set out in Surrey Design, the Horley Design Guide and the Council’s Local Distinctiveness Design Guide. It would continue the main themes of phase one with a hierarchy of roads to serve the dwellings, comprising a main distributor road through the centre with smaller roads radiating to the outer boundaries of the site. There would be pedestrian links throughout the site to provide internal circulation and access to the surrounding area. Development would be laid out in informal blocks defined by roads or public and private spaces within the scheme. The dwellings themselves would comprise a mix of sizes and heights, generally being higher and denser along the spine road and at other focal points, decreasing in scale towards the edges to achieve a successful transition to the countryside beyond. The proposal includes an appropriate mix of private and affordable housing to accord with the requirements of the outline permission and the legal agreement. There would be a number of associated areas of open play space of various forms to serve the dwellings The detailed designs vary between building types, but a more traditional design is proposed for those houses sited towards the outer boundaries, particularly with the countryside, with a more urban feel to buildings located at the focal points of the site. In addition, with much of phase one completed and occupied it has been possible to see aspects that could be improved upon, and the applicant has agreed to the following: An increase in width of garage doors to allow easier parking of vehicles; The introduction of chimneys on many dwellings and greater articulation on buildings; Wooden-frame windows and sash windows where design requires it; Variations in road surface throughout the development; and Details of a small open area by the neighbourhood centre being reserved by condition, allowing further consideration to increase parking and recycling provision. M:\BDS\DM\Ctreports 2010-11\Meeting 13- 13 April 2011\Agreed Reports\04.01778.RM13 - Horley NE Sector Phase 2.docx
Planning Committee Agenda Item 8 13 April 2011 11/00126/F In addition, the development includes more off-road parking than was the norm for phase one, in order to minimise on-street parking. The development would continue to use the palette of materials agreed for phase one to be sympathetic to the overall design approach. This would include, for example, facing brickwork, tile hanging, render and weatherboarding to external elevations, and a mix of tiles and slate effect roofs. Such a mix would add visual interest and variety to the development without preventing a wider design consistency being achieved across the neighbourhood as a whole. Open space within the development would be provided by way of a large Local Area for Play (‘Super LAP’) by the community centre, and a Local Equipped Area for Play (LEAP) at the northern part of the site. Beyond this is the Riverside Green Chain, which will provide formal and informal recreational space, which received approval under a separate permission. Trees along the western and eastern boundaries will be retained and incorporated into the development. The development is also to incorporate a Sustainable urban Drainage System (SuDS) to provide surface water attenuation and flood protection measures. This will be in the form of swales, rills and permeable paving and can be controlled by condition. The applicant is currently finalising the design detail in consultation with the Council. 10% of the energy requirements of the dwellings would be met from renewable sources such as solar panels and air source heat pumps. Flats within the extra care facility are classified as a normal dwelling type, for people over 55 with varying levels of care requirements. A Registered Social Landlord would run the facility, as affordable housing with a mix of social rented and affordable leasehold units. The Housing Manager has confirmed that there is a need for this type of facility within the Borough and it was envisaged that it would be built within the North West Sector, which has yet to gain planning approval (the Council has resolved to grant outline permission but the necessary planning obligation has not yet been completed). The early introduction of this facility is welcomed, but as the applicant has not yet secured an end user for the facility it will be necessary to reserve other parts of the site for affordable housing in case it does not go ahead. This can be secured by a deed of variation to the original planning obligation for phases one and two, which is currently being drafted. The reserved matters accord with the outline planning permission and the requirements of the legal agreement, and would help to create a high quality new neighbourhood that follows good practice in its layout and design. M:\BDS\DM\Ctreports 2010-11\Meeting 13- 13 April 2011\Agreed Reports\04.01778.RM13 - Horley NE Sector Phase 2.docx
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