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Mr Bushell presented the item to Members and clarified that the proposal was for an additional 43 dwellings to the 100 currently permitted.  Mr Bushell drew Members’ attention to the Agenda Update Sheet which included the deletion of the provision of an off-site pedestrian/cycleway link to Oving Road from the anticipated Section 106 agreement Heads of Terms, which would now be secured by condition only. There was also an amendment to Condition 17 to require the developer before the commencement of the development to enter into a Section 278 Agreement with West Sussex County Council to secure the off-site pedestrian/cycleway link to Oving Road.

The Committee received the following Speaker:

Mr Craig Burden – Agent

Officers responded to Members’ comments and questions:

With regards to design, Mr Bushell explained that currently there was a permission granted on the site for a hundred dwellings and the design of the additional 43 dwellings would follow the approved scheme.  On the matter of the north-west pedestrian/cycleway link, the majority of the three metre wide path would be on Highways England land, but there would also be some adjustments to the surrounding road network, principally associated with the Oving Road traffic light junction, hence the necessity for the involvement of the County Council.  Mr Bushell added that at Condition 17 there was a requirement for consultation with Highways England.  In relation to the emergency access at Condition 30, Mr Bushell explained that in an earlier iteration of the drawings there had been an acoustic fence shown across the frontage of Oving Road which had now been removed to ensure unobstructed access for emergency vehicles and the condition would be amended to indicate this requirement.  With regards to internal roads, they would be built to adoptable standards, with a standard clause in the Section 106 regarding private roads and those for adoption, to ensure County Council had some control.  Dog and litter bins would be looked at further, could be included in the landscape condition and would be managed by the estate management company.  On the matter of foul drainage, Mr Bushell explained that there was a signed deed of easement between Redrow, Cala Homes, and Hanbury Properties who were the landowners at Shopwhyke Lakes to allow Redrow to discharge foul water from up to 143 dwellings to the Cala Homes pumping station on the Shopwyke Lakes site which had sufficient capacity for both developments.  This was under the supervision of Southern Water, which would also be responsible as the statutory undertaker for foul water disposal between the Cala Homes pumping station and Tangmere pumping station.

On the matter of the clustering of a line of affordable housing on the eastern side of the site, Mr Bushell confirmed this had previously been approved for the 100 dwellings. This pattern was repeated on the western side, but the line was sufficiently broken with gaps, a mix of affordable and market properties, roads and parking, to ensure it was not a continuous line of affordable housing and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 20