Agenda item

Residential development (outline, up to 28 dwellings)

Consideration was given to the report of the Senior Planning Officer regarding an application for residential development (outline, up to 28 dwellings) on land off South Church Road, Bishop Auckland (for copy see file of minutes).

S Pilkington, Senior Planning Officer, gave a detailed presentation on the application which included photographs of the site.

In response to questions from Members in relation to the access to the site and the volume of traffic on South Church Road, the Highway Development Manager advised South Church Road had capacity for 30,000 per day with only 10,000 using the road at present.  The road had no accident record and he was content with the proposed arrangements from a highways perspective.

Resolved: That the application be APPROVED subject to the conditions as set out in the report and the completion of a satisfactory S106 obligation to secure the provision of three affordable housing units on site.