Agenda item

To consider the report of the Director of Place, Planning and Growth, (copy enclosed, Members’ Update to be circulated)*.

Following the Officers presentation, Councllor S J Burwood proposed that the Committee accepts the Officers recommendation to approve this application, this was duly seconded.

Members then complimented the Officers who worked on this application.

The Chairperson then put the proposal to approve the application to the Committee and the proposal was duly 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.  

2          The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and documents as shown on the decision notice. 

3          The materials used in the development hereby approved shall be as set out within the supporting documentation submitted with the application, including the Design and Access Statement and Seating Plan. 

4.         The trees and hedges identified for retention on the approved plan drawing number(s) TPP01 which is attached to and forms part of this permission shall be protected during the course of the development. The trees and/or hedges shall be protected by measures which accord with British Standard 5837:2012 (Trees in Relation to Construction). The protective fencing and ground protection shall be erected before the commencement of any clearing, demolition and building operations and shall be maintained until all equipment, machinery and surplus materials have been removed from the site. Within the fenced protection zone(s) no materials shall be stored, no rubbish dumped, no fires lit and no buildings erected inside the fence, nor shall any change in ground level be made within the fenced area unless otherwise first agreed in writing by the local planning authority. If within five years from the completion of the development a tree or hedge shown to be retained is removed, destroyed, dies, or becomes, in the opinion of the local planning authority, seriously damaged or defective, a replacement 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. 

5.         Full details of any fences and gates, together with details of soft landscaping including the timing of planting, 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. 

6.         If, during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority) shall be carried out until the developer has submitted a remediation strategy to the local planning authority detailing how this unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with and obtained written approval from the local planning authority. The remediation strategy shall be implemented as approved. 

7          The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the Site Background and Drainage Strategy Report Rev A, dated 16 September 2025, prepared by Bendcrete Skateparks. 

8          Prior to installation of any lighting, a “lighting design strategy for biodiversity” for external lighting in accordance with Guidance Note 08/23 (Institute of Lighting Professionals) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The strategy shall:  

a) identify those areas/features on site that are particularly sensitive for bats and that are likely to cause disturbance in or around their breeding sites and resting places or along important routes used to access key areas of their territory, for example, for foraging; and  

b) show how and where external lighting will be installed so that it can be clearly demonstrated that areas to be lit will not disturb or prevent the above species using their territory or having access to their breeding sites and resting places.  

All external lighting shall be installed in accordance with the specifications and locations set out in the scheme and maintained thereafter in accordance with the scheme. Under no circumstances should any other external lighting be installed without prior consent from the local planning authority.