Land East of Parsonage Lane, South Molton - North Devon District ...

9.0 Planning Agreements319.1 North Devon Council will seek to negotiate appropriate planning obligations with theapplicant. A draft Section 106 Agreement should be submitted with any future applicationfor the site. An indication of what may be sought by the Council through planning conditionsand the Section 106 Agreement include:• Affordable Housing Provision – Provision of at least 35% affordable housing, including amix and tenure of housing, subject to the overall viability of the scheme.• Off-Site Highway Works – As part of the development of this site, a new road should bedelivered to link through Mole Ridge Way to North Road. The applicant will be requiredto ensure the link road is delivered in advance of the completion of the development.Contributions may also be sought towards the improvement of Borners Bridge junction, iftransport modelling demonstrates it necessary. Part of any contributions sought towardsthe improvements to Borners Bridge could also contribute to upgrading the existingpedestrian/cycle route under the road if required.• Education Infrastructure – Dependent on the timing of the development and specificcircumstances within the local schools, it may be necessary to make contributions toincrease educational facilities to accommodate the population increase resulting fromthe development. The level of contributions sought will be negotiated between the CountyCouncil and developer at the planning application stage.• Maintenance of Public Open Space – Contributions will be sought in order to ensure themaintenance of any on or off-site Public Open Space. Alternatively, the developer mayneed to make arrangements for its long-term management.• Sustainable Transport – The Council will seek to ensure the development will be servedby sustainable modes of transport, including a bus service that should serve the site.Contributions may be sought in order to facilitate this service.• Phasing – In order to ensure the development does not cause additional traffic forParsonage Lane and North Street, the Council will expect the development to be servedfrom Station Road, until the new link road from Parsonage Lane to North Road is completed.The Council consider it to be appropriate for around 50% of the development to becompleted prior to the implementation of the new link road from Parsonage Lane to NorthRoad. It is suggested that the new link road should be completed prior to the constructionof the final 25% of the development.• The majority of construction traffic should be accessed from Station Road only.• Sewerage Capacity – Contributions will be sought towards upgrading sewerageinfrastructure resulting form the development if required.Land East of Parsonage Lane, South Molton (Policy SMO2d) ADOPTED DEVELOPMENT BRIEFRPS PlanningApril 2008