Agenda item

To consider the planning application and recommendations of the Chief Executive (copy enclosed, Members’ Update to be circulated)*.

The Officer presented the report and drew Members’ attention to a letter which had been received from the Agent.  Members were advised that the issues in that letter had been addressed in the report.

The Chairman proposed that the Officer’s recommendation to approve this application be accepted and this proposal was duly seconded.

Councillor H M Bass, a Ward Member, advised the Committee that he had called this application in as Wickham Bishops Parish Council had raised concerns. However, although the application site was higher than the adjacent cottages, there were other very large houses nearby and when looked at in context, Councillor Bass accepted the Officer’s recommendation.

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 the approved drawings 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          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 boundary treatment as approved shall be constructed prior to the first use / occupation of the development to which it relates and be retained as such thereafter.

5          No 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, 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.

6          Prior to the first occupation of the proposed dwelling, the proposed vehicular access shall be constructed to a width of 4.8m and shall be provided with an appropriate dropped kerb vehicular crossing of the footway/highway verge to the specifications of the Highway Authority.

7          The development shall not be occupied until such time as the car parking and turning area, has been provided in accord with the details shown in Drawing Numbered 017.09.PL-102 Revision A.  The car parking area shall be retained in this form at all times and shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking of vehicles related to the use of the development.

8          Prior to the commencement of the development a 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.

9          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.

10        Prior to the commencement of development, details and height of the screen of the balcony shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be carried out using the details approved and retained as such thereafter.