Agenda item

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

Following the Officer’s presentation of the report, the Committee was advised that the Parish Council had objected to this application on landscape issues.  However, Councillor A K M St. Joseph, the Ward Member, had visited the site and was of the opinion that the proposed dwelling would not be intrusive as it was surrounded by trees and the houses behind the site were higher up.

In response to a question, the Officer advised that there was tree protection and an impact assessment that would protect trees.

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 shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents: SITE LOCATION PLAN, 6032/SURVEY 2, 6032/3B, 6032/2A, Arboricultural Impact Assessment dated 24 August 2017 and referenced 352, PROPOSED FINISHES document received by the Council on 23 June 2017.

3                    Within three months following the first occupation or connection to utility services, whichever is the sooner, of the dwelling hereby approved the existing dwelling on the site shall be demolished and the resulting material removed from the site.

4                    The external surfaces of the dwellinghouse hereby permitted shall be constructed of the materials specified on the PROPOSED FINISHES document received by the Council on 23 June 2017.

5                    Notwithstanding the hard and soft landscape scheme shown on drawing number 6032/3B, full details of the provision and subsequent retention of both hard and soft landscape works on the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  These details shall include:

Soft landscape works:

1)         Details of proposed schedules of species of trees and shrubs to be planted, planting layouts with stock sizes and planting numbers / densities.

2)         Details of the planting scheme implementation programme, including ground protection and preparation, weed clearance, stock sizes, seeding rates, planting methods, mulching, plant protection, staking and/or other support.

3)         Details of the aftercare and maintenance programme.

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 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.

Hard landscape works:

4)         Details of walls with brick types, construction design and dimensions

5)         Details of paved surfacing, with materials finishing and edgings

6)         Details of street furniture, with designs materials and dimensions

The hard landscape works shall be carried out as approved prior to the first use / occupation of the development hereby approved and retained and maintained as such thereafter.

6                    A hedgerow scheme including the size and nursery stock of the proposed specimens shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The hedgerow shall be planted within the first available planting season (October to March inclusive) following the commencement of the development, in accordance with the approved details and retained in perpetuity.

If within five years of the planting of the hedge any plant is removed, uprooted, destroyed or dies another plant of the same species and size shall be planted in the first available planting season, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

7                    The trees and hedges identified for retention on the approved Arboricultural Impact Assessment dated 24 August 2017 and referenced 352 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 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.

8                    The development hereby permitted shall not be first occupied / provided with connection to utility services until such time as the vehicle parking area indicated on the approved plans, including any parking spaces for the mobility impaired, has been hard surfaced, sealed and marked out in parking bays.  The vehicle parking area(s) shall be retained in this form at all times.  The vehicle parking area(s) shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking of vehicles that are related to the use of the approved development.

9                    Development shall not commence on site until a scheme for the provision and implementation of surface water drainage incorporating Sustainable Urban Drainage Schemes (SUDs) and an assessment of the hydrological and hydrogeological context of the development has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The scheme shall be constructed and completed in accordance with the approved plans and prior to the occupancy of the development hereby approved.

10                No development shall commence until details of the foul drainage scheme to serve the development have been 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.