Agenda item

To consider the planning application and recommendations of the Interim Head of Planning Services, (copy enclosed, Members’ Update to be circulated)*.

Following the Officer’s presentation of the report, Mr Raymond Stemp, the Agent, addressed the Committee.

Councillor N R Pudney, a Ward Member, was in agreement with Burnham Town Council’s comments on this application and had concerns regarding the access.  He was surprised that access had been approved and agreed by Essex County Council.

Members raised concern about this application and also, in general, the development taking place around Green Lane as it had traditionally been a rural location.  However, they considered that there were not any planning reasons to refuse this application.

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

1.               The development hereby permitted shall begin no later than three years from the date of this decision.

2.         The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: location plan, SP02, X01, X02 and 05.

3.         No development shall commence until 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.         No development shall commence until full details of both hard and soft landscape works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. These details shall include (a) means of boundary enclosure (b) hard surfacing materials (c) schedules of plants, noting species, plant sizes and proposed numbers/densities where appropriate and (d) implementation timetables. All hard and soft landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Any plant material removed, dying or becoming seriously damaged or diseased within 5 years of planting shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

5.         No development shall commence, including any works of demolition, until a Construction Method Statement has been submitted to, and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The Statement shall include delivery, demolition and construction working hours and the approved Statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period for the development.

6.         No development shall commence until details for the storage of bicycles has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The storage shall be provided prior to the first occupation of the development and shall thereafter been retained as such.

7.         Prior to the first occupation of the development, the vehicular access, parking and turning areas shall be provided in accordance with the approved site plan SP02 and retained as such thereafter. No unbound materials shall be used in the surface treatment of the vehicular access within 6m of the highway boundary.

8.         Prior to the commencement of the development details of the surface water drainage strategy and foul 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.

Councillor R P F Dewick returned to the Chamber at this point in the meeting and resumed the Chair.

IN THE CHAIR: COUNCILLOR R P F DEWICK