Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Planning Officer recommending that the above application for the erection of Retirement Living Housing of 44 residential units (Category ll type accommodation) with associated communal facilities, landscaping and car parking following the demolition of the existing building (alternative to DC/2020/00418, refused 14 April 2021, Minute No. 129 refers).  be granted subject to the conditions and for the reasons stated or referred to in the report.

RESOLVED:

That the recommendation be approved and the application be granted subject to the conditions and for the reasons stated or referred to in the report and in Late Representations and subject to the following:

(a)           the completion of a Section 106 Legal Agreement securing the following:

·       a financial contribution towards off-site affordable housing;

·       a financial contribution towards mitigating recreational pressure on the Sefton coast; and

·       a fee to monitor compliance with the legal agreement;

(b)           the submission of bat surveys to enable the local planning authority to assess the proposals against the three tests (Habitats Regulations);

(c)      the submission of additional information to enable the local planning authority to complete a Habitats Regulations Assessment which considers impacts of recreational pressure on the Sefton coast;

(d)           the agreement of Natural England to the findings of the completed Habitats Regulations Assessment; and

(e)      the Chief Planning Officer be delegated authority to impose planning conditions and/or Section 106 requirements recommended by Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service and/or Natural England on the additional information.