Agenda item

Following the Officer’s presentation of the report, a question was raised about a demolition condition being added. It was agreed by the committee to approve the application in line with the Officer’s recommendation with the added condition of demolition.

RESOLVED that this 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 drawings referenced 1378 03 and 1378 04, specifically referenced on this decision notice.

3.         No development shall take place until written details or samples of all materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of 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.

4.         Prior to the commencement of the development details of the surface water drainage scheme to serve the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The agreed scheme shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of the development and shall be retained at all times thereafter.  The scheme shall ensure that for a minimum, run-off from the site is limited to greenfield rates for a storm event that has a 100% chance of occurring each year (1 in 1 year event).  The development should be able to manage water on site for 1 in 100 year events plus 40% climate change allowance.

5.         Prior to the commencement of the development details of the 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.

6.         Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted, the vehicular access shall be constructed at right angles to the existing carriageway.  The width of the driveway at its junction with the highway boundary shall be not less than 3.7 metres and shall be provided with an appropriate dropped kerb vehicular crossing of the highway verge.

7.         No unbound material shall be used in the surface treatment of the vehicular access within 6m of the highway boundary.

8.         Any gates provided at the vehicular access shall be inward opening only and shall be set back a minimum of 6 metres from the back edge of the carriageway.

9.         No development shall commence until details of the siting, height, design and materials of the treatment of all boundaries including gates, fences, walls, railings and piers have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The screening as approved shall be constructed prior to the first use/occupation of the development to which it relates and be retained as such thereafter.

10        No works or development shall take place until full details of both hard and soft landscape works to be carried out have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  These details shall include the layout of the hard landscaped areas with the materials and finishes to be used and details of the soft landscape works including 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 programme.  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 that 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.

11.       Within 3 months following the first occupation of the dwelling hereby approved the existing dwelling on the site shall be demolished and the resulting material removed from the site.