A decision on the planning application for 55 affordable homes at Brick Lane Mepal will now not be taken by the Planning Committee next month.
The application will now be considered by the committee on Wednesday 3 March, as various issues including drainage and biodiversity are still outstanding.
Meanwhile the Lead Local Flood Authority (Cambridgeshire County Council) has objected to the application, so applicants Havebury will also have to address its concerns. These are
- Flood risk to adjacent areas not sufficiently addressed
- Watercourse condition and capacity
- Insufficient treatment of highways drainage
- Insufficient SuDS (sustainable drainage system) for amenity and biodiversity
- Shared maintenance of permeable paving
THIS DEVELOPEMENT IN BRICK LANE MEPAL IS OUTSIDE THE INFATRUCTURE OF THE VILLAGE. I.E OVER DEVELOPEMENT OF SITE. DANGEREROUS ACCESS TO SITE. A NEW ACCESS OF SUTTON ROAD IS A LOT SAFER THAN BRICK LANE. A NEW ACCESS CONTROLLED BY TRAFFIC LIGHTS WOULD BE A LOT SAFER FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS OF MEPAL.
Unfortunately the traffic measurements at Sutton Road didn’t support an entrance off Sutton Road, and the Highways Authority would not have accepted it. It’s not a site allocated for development in the Local Plan (though it would have been if the District Council hadn’t abandoned its own revised Local Plan after it had been examined by the Planning Inspector).