Agenda item

To consider the report of the Director of Service Delivery, (copy enclosed, Members’ Update to be circulated)*.

Following the Officer’s presentation, the Applicant, Ronald Rayner, addressed the Committee.

A debate ensued around boundary treatment and where it was to be placed in relation to houses along the main road.  The Lead Specialist Place advised that the conditions and reserved matters were the same as those previously allowed by the Inspector.

Following further discussion on boundary planting needs Councillor Miss S White proposed that the application be approved in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation, subject to the submission of an amended boundary planting scheme together with a Unilateral Understanding. This was seconded by Councillor Keyes.   

The Chairman put Councillor White’s proposal to the Committee and upon a vote being taken it was agreed.

RESOLVED that the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

1                                    The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

REASON: To comply with Section 91(1) of The Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

2                                    The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in complete accordance with the approved drawings which are attached to and form part of this permission.

            REASON: To ensure that the development is carried out in accordance with the details as approved.

3                                    The external surfaces of the development hereby approved shall be

constructed of materials and finish as detailed within the application.

REASON:  In order to ensure that the appearance of the development is appropriate for the rural locality in accordance with the requirements of policies D1 and H4 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan, and Government advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

4                                    No development above ground level shall commence until details of the surface water and foul drainage scheme to serve the development hereby permitted shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such scheme shall include the means to prevent the discharge of surface water onto the highway. The scheme shall be implemented as approved prior to the first occupation of the development.

REASON: In order to ensure that an adequate drainage scheme serves the development in accordance with policy D5 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan, and Government advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

5                                     Full details of soft landscape works shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to any works occurring above ground level at the application site. The soft landscape works shall be carried out as approved within the first available planting season (October to March inclusive) following the occupation of any part of the development hereby approved unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. If within a period of five years from the date of the planting of any tree or plant, or any tree or plant planted in its replacement, is removed, uprooted, destroyed, dies, or becomes, in the opinion of the local planning authority, seriously damaged or defective, another tree or plant of the same species and size as that originally planted shall be planted in the same place, unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

REASON: To protect the visual amenity of the rural area and the amenity of neighbouring residential properties in accordance with policies D1 and H4 of the Approved Maldon District Local Development Plan, and Government advice as contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

6                                     Prior to the first occupation of the dwellings hereby approved, a 2 metre high close boarded timber fence shall be constructed on the southern boundary of the site and retained as such thereafter.

REASON: To protect the amenity of neighbouring residential property in accordance with policy D1 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan, and Government advice as contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

7                                     Prior to the occupation of any of the proposed dwellings, a 1.5 metre x 1.5 metre, pedestrian visibility splay as measured from and along the highway, shall be provided on both sides of the vehicular access and shall thereafter be retained and kept free from obstruction. The visibility splays must not form part of the vehicular surface of the access.

            REASON: In the interest of highway safety in accordance with policy T2 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan.