Agenda item

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

Prior to the presentation it was verbally reported that subsequent to the circulation of the Members’ Update an objection had been received regarding the impact of the development on the surrounding area. However, due to the location of the site the comments were not deemed to have any bearing on the application. Following the Officer’s presentation, the Chairman opened the debate.

In response to a question regarding indicative elevations the Lead Specialist Place advised that should Members have concerns they could be addressed by way of an informative.

Councillor Fluker, taking into consideration the opportunity for inclusion of alternative elevations by way of an informative, proposed that the application be approved in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor Helm.

The Chairman put the proposal to the Committee and the application was approved by assent.

RESOLVED that the application be  APPROVED subject to the following conditions

1             The development shall be carried out in accordance with plans and particulars relating to the access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the site (hereinafter called "the reserved matters"), for which approval shall be obtained from the local planning authority in writing before any development is begun.  The development shall be carried out fully in accordance with the details as approved.

2        Application(s) for the approval of the reserved matters shall be made to the local planning authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. 

3        The development hereby permitted shall be begun within two years from the date of the final approval of the reserved matters.  The development shall be carried out as approved. 

4        No works above ground level shall take place until written details of the proposed materials to be used in the development hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The development shall be carried out using the materials and details as approved. 

5        No works above ground level shall take place until details of the siting, height, design and materials of the treatment of all boundaries including existing hedging, gates, fences, walls, railings and piers have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The boundary treatment as approved shall be constructed prior to the first occupation of the development to which it relates and be retained as such thereafter.

6        No development works above ground level shall occur until details of the surface water drainage scheme to serve the development shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority.  The agreed scheme shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of the development.  The scheme shall ensure that for a minimum:

1) The development should be able to manage water on site for 1 in 100 year events plus 40% climate change allowance.

2) Run-off from a greenfield site for all storm events that have a 100% chance of occurring each year (1 in 1 year event) inclusive of climate change should be no higher than 10/ls and no lower than 1/ls.  The rate should be restricted to the 1 in 1 greenfield rate or equivalent greenfield rates with long term storage (minimum rate 1l/s) or 50% betterment of existing run off rates on brownfield sites (provided this does not result in a runoff rate less than greenfield) or 50%betterment of existing run off rates on brownfield sites (provided this does not result in a runoff rate less than greenfield).

You are advised that in order to satisfy the soakaway condition the following details will be required:- details of the area to be drained, infiltration rate (as determined by BRE Digest 365), proposed length, width and depth of soakaway, groundwater level and whether it will be rubble filled.

Where the local planning authority accepts discharge to an adopted sewer network you will be required to provide written confirmation from the statutory undertaker that the discharge will be accepted.

7        Prior to first occupation, a 2-meter-high, acoustic, close boarded fence shall be erected on part of the eastern boundary of the development identified in red on the approved drawing no. TB/02 contained within the approved Noise Impact Assessment dated 27^th July 2021.  The acoustic fence shall be maintained as such thereafter.

8        The scheme to be submitted pursuant to the reserved matters shall make provision for the car parking of two off-street car parking spaces at both the existing and proposed properties in accordance with the Council's adopted car parking standards.  Prior to the occupation of the development the parking areas shall be constructed, surfaced, laid out and made available for such purposes in accordance with the approved scheme and retained as such thereafter.

9        The landscaping reserved matters details referred to in Condition 1 shall provide full details and specifications of both hard and soft landscape works which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  Such details shall be submitted concurrently with the other reserved matters.  These landscaping details shall include the layout of the hard-landscaped areas with the materials and finishes to be used together with details of the means of enclosure (fencing and boundaries), car parking layout, vehicle and pedestrian accesses.  The details of the soft landscape works shall include schedules of shrubs and trees to be planted, noting the species, stock size, proposed numbers/densities and details of the planting scheme's implementation, aftercare and maintenance program.  The hard landscape works shall be carried out as approved prior to the beneficial occupation of the development hereby approved unless otherwise first agreed in writing by the local planning authority.  The soft landscape works shall be carried out as approved within the first available planting season (October to March inclusive) following the commencement of the development, unless otherwise first 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, 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.

10      No works related to the alteration of ground levels at the site and no works above ground level shall occur until details of existing ground levels and proposed finished ground levels, and their relationship to the adjoining land, and floor levels have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

11      Prior to occupation of the development the existing dropped kerb vehicle crossing shall be extended by no more than 3.6 metres and shall be provided with an appropriate dropped kerb crossing of the footway.  The total length of the shared dropped kerb shall be not be more than 7.2 metres in width.

12      No unbound material shall be used in the surface treatment of the vehicular access within 6 metres of the highway boundary. To avoid displacement of loose material onto the highway in the interests of highway safety in accordance with policies D1 and T2 of the approved Maldon District Local Development Plan.

13      Any new boundary planting shall be planted a minimum of 1 metre back from the highway boundary and any visibility splay.