Agenda item

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

Following the Officer’s presentation, concerns were raised around surface water and flooding issues within the village.  The Officer confirmed that there were no anticipated issues in terms of surface water drainage expected off-site as a result of the application. 

The Chairman moved that the application be approved subject to the conditions as detailed in Section 8 of the report.  This was duly seconded and upon a vote being taken it was unanimously approved.

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.

2                 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in complete accordance with the approved drawings:

·                 Location Plan.

·                 Water Retention Plan Map1 – West Section; Map 2 – Central Section and Map 3 – East Section.

·                 Cross sections

3                 The sluice shall not be constructed until details of its design have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The sluice shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details and retained as such in perpetuity.

4                 No fencing or other means of enclosure (including a predator fence) shall be erected unless details of the location, height and design of the means of enclosure has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The means of enclosure shall be erected in accordance with the approved details and retained as such in perpetuity.

5                 There shall be no exportation from the site of any material excavated from the site and no importation of material to the site to raise existing ground levels. 

6                 All loading / unloading / reception and storage of building materials and the manoeuvring of all vehicles, including construction traffic shall be undertaken within the Blue House Farm nature reserve, clear of the public highway.

7                 No development including any site clearance or groundworks of any kind shall take place within the site until an archaeological assessment by an accredited archaeological consultant has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority to establish the archaeological significance of the site.

8                 No development including any site clearance or groundworks of any kind shall take place within the site until a programme of archaeological work by an accredited archaeological contractor has been carried-out in accordance with a written scheme of investigation, informed by the archaeological assessment required by condition 7 above, which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The development shall be carried out in a manner that accommodates the approved programme of archaeological work.

9                 No development shall take place unless and until a construction management plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The construction management plan shall include the following:

(i)              the control of nuisances during construction works to preserve the amenity of the area and avoid nuisances to neighbours and to this effect:

a.               no waste materials should be burnt on the site, instead being removed by licensed waste contractors;

b.               control measures for mud and dust from site operations and ensuring no dust emissions leave the boundary of the site;

c.               lighting arrangement for the site during construction;

d.               consideration should be taken to restricting the duration of noisy activities and in locating them away from the periphery of the site;       

e.               hours of works: works should only be undertaken between 0730 hours and 1800 hours on weekdays; between 0800 hours and 1300 hours on Saturdays and not at any time on Sundays and Public Holidays.

(i)              prevent the pollution of ground and surface waters.  This will include the location of any hazardous materials including fuel from vehicles and equipment.

(ii)            where any soils that are known to be contaminated are being excavated or exposed a site waste plan shall be prepared in order to store, treat and dispose of the materials in accordance with the waste duty of care.

10              All mitigation and enhancement measures and/or works shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained in the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (December 2020), hereby approved.

11              A construction environmental management plan (CEMP: Biodiversity) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The CEMP (Biodiversity) shall include the following:

a)               Risk assessment of potentially damaging construction activities.

b)              Identification of “biodiversity protection zones”.

c)               Practical measures (both physical measures and sensitive working practices) to avoid or reduce impacts during construction (may be provided as a set of method statements).

d)              The location and timing of sensitive works to avoid harm to biodiversity features.

e)               The times during construction when specialist ecologists need to be present on site to oversee works.

f)                Responsible persons and lines of communication.

g)              The role and responsibilities on site of an ecological clerk of works ECoW) or similarly competent person.

h)              Use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs.

The approved CEMP shall be adhered to and implemented throughout the construction period strictly in accordance with the approved details.

10              No development shall take place unless and until a flood warning and evacuation plan for the construction period has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The development shall be carried-out in accordance with the approved details.

13        No floodlighting or other external form of illumination of the site shall be provided during construction.

14        Construction works shall be carried out only during the months of October and/or November.