Castlegate Business Park Planning Approval

Excerot from Monmouthshire County Council planning committee;

We considered the report of the application and late correspondence, which was
recommended for approval subject to the nine conditions, as outlined in the report and
also subject to a Section 106 Agreement requiring a financial contribution towards
highway improvements to the local highway network and infrastructure including
improvements to pedestrian facilities for safer routes to local amenities.
In noting the detail of the application, the proposal included the erection of a public
house, which Members were in favour of, and four small retail units. Caldicot Town
Team was experiencing difficulties in filling retail units within the town with a number of
retail units currently vacant. Concern was expressed that the creation of additional retail
units outside of the town would create a detrimental effect within the town centre
development.
It was noted that the four proposed retail units would comprise of a mixture of A1, A2
and A3 uses.

Officers considered that the additional four retail developments would be relatively small
and would not affect the development of the town centre.
In considering the detail of the report, it was noted that this was an outline application
with all matters reserved for future consideration. Therefore, it was proposed by County
Councillor D. Evans and seconded by County Councillor R. Hayward that application
DC/2015/01389 be approved subject to the nine conditions, as outlined in the report and
also subject to a Section 106 Agreement requiring a financial contribution towards
highway improvements to the local highway network and infrastructure including
improvements to pedestrian facilities for safer routes to local amenities.

Upon being put to the vote, the following votes were recoded:

For approval 10
Against approval 6
Abstentions 0

The proposition was carried.

You can view full details of the minutes and the planning information Here