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172331

Meeting: 14/02/2018 - Planning Committee (Item 76)

76 Application No 172331 - Matthews Green Farm (Emmbrook) pdf icon PDF 95 KB

Recommendation: Conditional Approval

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Minutes:

Proposal:  Application for the approval of Reserved Matters pursuant to Outline planning consent O/2014/2242 for the erection of a new Community, Primary and Nursery school building with associated access off Road 24, parking and landscaping including the provision of playing fields and hard court play area.  Appearance, landscaping, layout and scale to be considered.

 

Applicant:  Wokingham Borough Council

 

The Committee received and reviewed a report about this application, set out in Agenda pages 9 to 45.

 

The Committee were advised that the Members’ Update included: 

 

·         An amendment to condition 9 to include reference to the size of the All Weather Pitch;

·         Additional comment that the school would be delivered in tandem with the Matthewsgreen Community facilities;

·         Comment that the building for the school would include a sprinkler system.

 

Piers Brunning, Wokingham Borough Council, applicant, spoke in favour of the application.  He commented that plans had been improved to address Members concerns regarding the adequacy of outdoor space.  If installed, the all weather pitch could also be used by the community at appropriate times.

 

A Member commented that it was important that residents were able to use the pitch outside of school hours.  The Service Manager, SDL Planning Delivery indicated that this would be part of the Management Agreement.

 

A Member asked what materials the all weather pitch would be made of and was informed that this would be controlled by conditions.

 

RESOLVED:  That application 172331 be approved subject to the conditions set out in Agenda pages 11 to 15 and amended condition 9 as detailed in the Members’ Update.