Agenda and minutes

Venue: COUNCIL CHAMBER

Contact: Email: committees@midsussex.gov.uk 

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Items
No. Item

1.

To receive apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillors Hatton, Marsh and Peacock

2.

To receive Declarations of Interest from Members in respect of any matter on the Agenda.

Minutes:

No declarations were received. 

3.

To confirm Minutes of the previous meeting of the District Planning Committee held on 20 October 2022. pdf icon PDF 76 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the committee held on 20 October 2022 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

4.

To consider any items that the Chairman agrees to take as urgent business.

Minutes:

The Chairman confirmed he had no urgent business. 

5.

DM/22/2553 - Burgess Hill Northern Arc, Land North and North West of Burgess Hill, Between Bedelands Nature Reserve in the East and Goddard's Green Waste Water Treatment Works in the West - Land Adjacent to RH15 8RA. pdf icon PDF 545 KB

Minutes:

Louise Yandell, Northern Arc Strategic Development Delivery Manager introduced the application for reserved matters, pursuant to outline application DM18/5114 for the erection of a secondary school, including specialist support centre, car parking (including electric vehicle charging), cycle parking, drop off area, access, multi-use games area, all weather pitch, substation, bin storage, means of enclosure and lighting, with associated landscaping and infrastructure She noted that usually the reserved matters application would be dealt with under delegated authority but as the application has been made by West Sussex County Council the Council’s scheme of delegations required the Committee to consider the application. She highlighted that the high sustainability credentials of the site exceed the current requirements of the Council. She drew attention to the Agenda Update Sheet which included an additional representation from West Sussex County Council, responses from additional consultees and amendments to the conditions.  

 

Lydia Schilbach, Applicant spoke in support of the application. 

 

The Chairman thanked the planning officers for arranging a visit for members to view the site, noted no objections had been received and reiterated the application’spassivhaus certification will exceed current sustainability policy requirements.  

 

Members discussed the design of the school as it was not fully compliant with the Northern Arc Design Guide / Master Plan and highlighted the Design Review Panel’s (DRP) comments.  They also expressed concern on the expected longevity of the building, how the site would be laid out regarding the different stages of  education, and the effect of noise and lighting from the play areas on local residents.   

 

The Northern Arc Strategic Development Delivery Manager advised the orientation the school has been amended due to the passivehauscertification and sustainability of the scheme.  She confirmed the Urban Designer considered the building to be well designed even though the design did not fully meet the design guide and officers felt the change was justified. With regards to the use of the play areas in the evenings the applicant is happy with proposed restrictions to protect local residents. The longevity of the building is a construction issue.  The application before the Committee is only for the secondary school as the primary school will located on a separate site but run by the same operator 

 

Members also discussed artificial surfaces for the sports provision and expressed concern over the temperature of the lighting, biodiversity,drainageand electric vehicle charging points (ECVs)   

 

The Officer confirmed the running track would be on the top of the grass pitches to utilise the available space and be dual purpose. She advised an additional condition could be added to require the full details of the sports pitch lighting so officers can ensure they comply with requirements and condition 6 on biodiversity requires a biodiversity enhancement strategy along with timescales.  The Q-bar drainage rate is the rate at which a site drains if it was an existing green field. The full details of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

6.

Questions pursuant to Council Procedure Rule 10.2 due notice of which has been given.

Minutes:

The Chairman confirmed that no questions had been received.