Decision details

A report was presented on an application for a proposed new three form entry primary school for pupils ages 4-7 including single storey building, car parking area, hard surface play area, grass playing pitch and 1.5m and 2.4m high perimeter fencing at Trinity CE Methodist Primary School, Brookwood Way, Buckshaw Village, Chorley.

The report included the views of the County Council's Specialist Advisor (Ecology), Sport England, Natural England, the County Council's Specialist Advisor (Landscape), the LCC Lead Local Flood Authority, the County Council's Developer Support (Highways) and details of one letter of representation received.

The Committee visited the site on the 8 July 2016.

The Development Management Officer presented a PowerPoint presentation which included an aerial photograph of the site and the nearest residential properties. The Committee was also shown photographs of the site from various viewpoints and an illustration of the site layout plan and the proposed buildings.

The officer reported orally that in response to issues raised by Members at the site visit, the applicant had submitted a plan showing an indicative location and design of a drop off area for parents at the front of the school facing Brookwood Way.

The Committee was advised that the drawing was indicative of the type of drop off facility that could be provided. It was considered that a condition should be imposed to require a plan to be submitted for approval showing the design of the drop off area as follows:-

9.   No development apart from ground contouring works necessary to provide a development platform shall take place until a scheme and programme showing the layout and design of a drop off area for parents has been submitted to and approved in writing by the County Planning Authority. The scheme and programme shall show the following:-

a)  The layout of the drop off / pick up area including number of spaces to be provided.

b)  Details of pedestrian access and segregation

c)  Details of the design of the vehicular access to and egress from the drop off / pick up area to / from Brookwood Way

The drop off / pick up area shall be constructed in accordance with the approved scheme and programme and made available for use prior to the school being brought into use.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to conform with Policy 3 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy

It was proposed that Part a) of condition 6 could be deleted as it would be superseded by condition 9.

Officers responded to questions raised by the Members with regard to the drop off zone, the adjacent biological heritage site, the School Travel Plan and additional road safety measures.

Officers advised that traffic regulation orders relating to parking controls and pedestrian safety measures could not be imposed by way of a planning condition.  However, a condition could be imposed requiring statutory consultation to be carried out on any proposed safety measures, which could then lead to the making of a traffic regulation order.

Following further debate, it was Moved and Seconded that:

"Planning permission be granted subject to inclusion of condition 9 above and an additional condition as follows:

The school building shall not be occupied until statutory consultation upon a proposal to make a traffic regulation order relating to parking controls and pedestrian safety measures on Brookwood Way has been completed.

On being put to the vote the Motion was Carried.

The additional condition is set out in full below for completeness:

10.   The school building shall not be occupied until statutory consultation upon a proposal to make a traffic regulation order relating to parking controls and pedestrian safety measures on Brookwood Way has been completed.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety and conform with Policy 3 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy.

Resolved: That planning permission be Granted subject to the conditions set out in the report to the Committee and the additional conditions as set out above.