49 homes at Springhill Farm, Stane, Shotts

“Residential development of 49 units plus access, roads, open space, landscaping, drainage and all associated works…”

“The application site comprises around 3.8ha of former agricultural land on the south-eastern edge of Shotts. The site is the southernmost part of a larger area of 18ha which has consent for residential development (17/00389/PPP and 22/01390/MSC), and part of that larger site has already been developed.”

“The application site is allocated for housing development in the development plan and already has planning permission in principle for housing. The proposed changes to the number, design and layout of houses are considered to be acceptable. There is sufficient road network capacity to cope with the additional houses, and subject to a developer contribution to address school capacity constraints the proposal would comply with all relevant development plan policies.”

“Should the Committee be minded to grant permission, no decision should be issued until such time as a section 75 planning obligation (or a suitable alternative means of securing the required developer contribution towards increasing local school capacity) has been concluded.”

“Transportation policies 8.5 The application is supported by an addendum to the transportation assessment which demonstrates that increasing the number of houses within the wider development from 350 to 400 (actually 399 as proposed) would be within the capacity of the local road network. The proposed access, comprising a new roundabout on Springhill and Leadoch Road, is also capable of accommodating the additional traffic.”

“North Lanarkshire Education Service indicates that there are school capacity constraints in the local catchment areas and requests an additional developer contribution of £97,158.06 to cover the additional 49 houses.”

“Scottish Water has no objection to the proposal and advise that there is currently sufficient capacity in the local water supply network. The applicant should contact Scottish Water directly to discuss waste water arrangements.”

“25/00837/FUL Applicant: Keepmoat Development/Locus: Residential development of 49 units plus access, roads, open space, landscaping, drainage and all associated works Springhill Farm, Springhill Road, Stane, Shotts, ML7 5DP Decision: Grant subject to a decision not being issued until a Section 75 planning obligation (or a suitable alternative means of securing the required developer contribution towards increasing the local school capacity) has been concluded.”