Agenda item

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

Prior to the presentation the Officer verbally updated the Committee by confirming that the four affordable dwellings would be two bedroomed and not three as mentioned in the report and condition 2 had been updated as it referred to plans which have since been superseded. Following the Officer’s presentation, the Chairman opened the debate.

A discussion ensued where concerns were raised around poor layout and design of the development, the materials used and the development access. The Lead Specialist Place advised that Planning Policy allowed for the current layout of affordable versus market housing as the development was for thirteen houses only. The mix of materials would apply to both affordable and market houses and the access was the same as discussed at appeal, where the Inspector had agreed the principle of thirteen houses erected on the site.

There being no counter proposal given the principle to erect the thirteen houses had already been established, the Chairman moved the Officer’s recommendation to approve the application. This was seconded by Councillor Helm.

The Chairman then put the recommendation to approve to the Committee and 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 two years from the date of this permission. 

2.       The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents:

·       1551/01

·       1551/02

·       1551/B1/02

·       1551/D1/02

·       1551/P/03

·       1551/P/07

·       1551/B1/01

·       1551/C1/01

·       1551/C1/02

·       1551/D1/01

·       1551/DG/01

·       1551/E1/01

·       1551/E1/02

·       1551/P/08

·       1551/ST/01

·       1551/P/02 REV B

·       1551/P/04 REV A

·       1551/P/05 REV A

·       1551/P/06 REV A

·       MC/1604/20 REV A

·       1551/HA/02 REV A

·       1551/HA/01 REV A

·       1551/HA/03 REV A

·       2014-409-SC00 – location plan

·       Flood Risk Assessment

·       Expended Phase 1 Habitat Survey

·       Landscape and Visual Impact Appraisal

·       Planning Statement

·       Design and Access Statement

·       Open space management plan and open space specification October 2020

·       Amenity areas management plan and amenity areas specification October 2020

·       Land registry documents (transfer of part of registered titles) – management company details

3.   No development above ground level shall take place until written details and photographs or samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the buildings hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

4.   The car parking provision demonstrated on plan referenced 1551/P/02 shall be constructed, surfaced, laid out and made available for such purposes before the development is occupied and shall be retained as such thereafter.

5.   Prior to first occupation of the development hereby approved, the boundary treatment as shown on plan reference 1151/P/06 rev A shall be implemented and completed.  Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained as such thereafter.

6.   The hard and soft landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained within approved plan MC/1604/20 rev A and 1551/P/02 rev B, prior to the occupation of the dwellings.

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.

7.   The hard landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained within approved plan 1551/P/02 rev B, prior to the occupation of the dwellings.

8.   No development shall commence until information has been submitted and approved in writing by the local planning authority in accordance with the requirements of BS5837:2012 in relation to tree retention and protection as follows:

•    Tree survey detailing works required

•    Trees to be retained

•   Tree retention protection plan

•    Tree constraints plan

•    Arboricultural implication assessment

•    Arboricultural method statement (including  drainage  service  runs  and construction of hard surfaces)

The protective fencing and ground protection shall be retained until all equipment, machinery and surplus materials have been removed from the site.  If within five years from the completion of the development an existing tree is removed, destroyed, dies, or becomes, in the opinion of the local planning authority, seriously damaged or defective, a replacement tree shall be planted within the site of such species and size and shall be planted at such time, as specified in writing by the local planning authority.  The tree protection measures shall be carried out in accordance with the approved detail.

9.   Prior to their construction, full details of the sheds to be located in plots 9-12 shall be submitted and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The sheds shall be constructed prior to the first occupation of the dwellings hereby approved. 

10.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Class A, B, C, D, and E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order amending, revoking or re-enacting that Order) no garages, extensions or separate buildings (except incidental outbuildings measuring 10 cubic metres or less) shall be erected within the site without planning permission having been obtained from the local planning authority. 

11.  The garages hereby approved shall not be used other than for the accommodation of private motor vehicles or for any other purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling houses and shall not at any time be converted or used as habitable space / living accommodation.

12.  The vehicle access, turning areas and parking areas shall be laid out in accordance with plan 1551/P/02 rev B prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved and shall be maintained as such thereafter.

13.  The development shall be undertaken in accordance with the terms and specifications contained within the Landscape Specification and Management Plan (October 2020) and the Open Space Specification and Management Plan (October 2020) and the details of the Management Company (Land registry document 2021), which is attached to and forms part of this permission.

14.  The following first-floor windows shall be obscure glazed and non-openable, except for a top hung fanlight above 1.7m high from floor level. 

·        Plot 1 – western flank upper floor window

·        Plot 3 – Southern flank upper floor window

·        Plot 4 - Southern flank upper floor window

·        Plot 5 - Southern flank upper floor window

·        Plot 6 - Southern flank upper floor window

·        Plot 7 - Southern flank upper floor window

·        Plot 8 - Northern flank upper floor window