Agenda item

APP/14/00310: Solar Campus, 235 LEASOWE ROAD, LEASOWE, CH45 8LW - The creation of four full size football pitches plus one junior academy pitch and one training area, fenced around the perimeter for the use by Tranmere Rovers FC as their formal training site. Creation of two full size football pitches and one youth pitch to the west of the site for local community use (Amended plans, revised layout of pitches)

Minutes:

The Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment submitted the above application for consideration.

 

With the agreement of the Chair Items 4 and 5 were considered together, however, they were voted upon separately with the vote for item 5 being taken first.

 

A Petitioner addressed the Committee to oppose the application on behalf of the Birkenhead Institute Old Boys

 

A Petitioner addressed the Committee to oppose the application on behalf of the residents of Heyes Drive and surrounding areas in Leasowe.

 

A Petitioner addressed the Committee in support of the application on behalf of parents of children at Tranmere Rovers Football Club Academy

 

A Petitioner addressed the Committee in support of the applications on behalf of Tranmere Rovers Supporters Trust.

 

A Petitioner addressed the Committee in support of the application on behalf of Tranmere Hall Estate Residents Association.

 

The Applicant addressed the Committee.

 

On a motion by Councillor Hodson and seconded by Councillor Daniel it was:

 

Resolved (9:4) That the application be approved subject to a 106 legal agreement and the following conditions:

 

1. The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

 

2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 25 June 2014 and listed as follows: drawing number IN104271-P003-B, IN104271 - P001A, IN104271-P002-B, IN104271-P006-A, IN104271-P005-A, IN104271-P004-B dated 18 June 2014 and IN104271-P010 dated 10 July 2014.

 

3. The development hereby permitted shall not be commenced until such time as a scheme to limit the surface water run-off generated by the proposed development, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved scheme.
 

4. Details of all fencing, walls, gateways and means of enclosure shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority before the development hereby approved is commenced. The works shall be carried out in full prior to first occupation of the site for the use hereby permitted, in accordance with the details so approved.

 

5. No part of the development shall be brought into use until space and facilities for cycle parking of a type and in a location previously submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority have been provided and these facilities shall be permanently retained thereafter.

 

6. Before any construction commences, samples of the materials to be used in the external surfaces of the changing room building shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved materials shall then be used in the construction of the development.

 

7. No development shall commence until details of the design and layout of the natural turf pitches, artificial grass pitch and changing rooms have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. For the avoidance of doubt, the design and layout of the sports facilities shall comply with the relevant industry Technical Design Guidance, published by the National Governing Body for Football. The natural turf pitches, artificial grass pitch and changing rooms shall not be constructed other than in accordance with the approved details.

 

8. Within 6 months of the first occupation of the development for the use hereby approved, a full Travel Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The provisions of the Travel Plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the timetable contained therein unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

9. No development shall take place until a Site Waste Management Plan, confirming how demolition and construction waste will be recovered and re-used on the site or at other sites, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved Plan shall be implemented in full unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

10. Prior to first use of the development, arrangements for the storage and disposal of refuse, and vehicle access thereto, shall be made within the curtilage of the site, in accordance with details to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 

 

11. No part of the development shall be commenced until a scheme of works showing access improvements from Leasowe Road to allow for two-way traffic has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved works shall be completed prior to the use of the access unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

12. The development shall not be commenced until a detailed scheme of highway improvement works for the provision of traffic signs stating no U-turn and the junction  of Leasowe Road and Heyes Drive and at the junction of Leasowe Road and Cross Lane together with a programme for the completion of the works has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. No part of the development shall be brought into use until the required highway improvement works have been constructed in accordance with the approved details unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

13. No development shall commence until a scheme which sets out management arrangements for the use of the car parking and changing facilities to serve the community pitches in the west of the application site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority (after consultation with Sport England).  The car parking and changing provision shall thereafter be managed in accordance with the approved scheme

 

 

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