Agenda item

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

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 as well as the submitted detailed specifications.

3          No development shall commence until full details of the materials to be used in the external surfaces of the development hereby approved have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the details as approved.

4          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, 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.

5          Prior to occupation of the proposed dwelling, the vehicular access shall be constructed at right angles to the highway boundary and to the existing carriageway.  The width of the access at its junction with the highway shall not be less than 3 metres and no more than 6 metres, and shall be provided with an appropriate dropped kerb vehicular crossing of the footway.

6          Prior to occupation of the proposed dwelling and as shown in Drawing no SI 5 (Proposed block plan showing visibility splays), the access at its centre line shall be provided with a clear to ground visibility splay with dimensions of 2.4 metres by 43 metres in both directions, as measured from and along the nearside edge of the carriageway. Such vehicular visibility splays shall be provided before the access is first used by vehicular traffic and retained free of any obstruction at all times.

7          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.

8          Prior to commencement of the development, the areas within the curtilage of the site for the purpose of loading / unloading / reception and storage of building materials and manoeuvring of all vehicles, including construction traffic shall be identified clear of the highway. Details are to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and the development is to be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

9          Prior to the commencement of the development details of the 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.  The scheme shall ensure that for a minimum:

The development should be able to manage water on site for 1 in 100 year events plus 40% climate change allowance.

Run-off from a greenfield site for all storm events that have a 100% chance of occurring each year (1 in 1 year event) inclusive of climate change should be no higher than 10/ls and no lower than 1/ls.  The rate should be restricted to the 1 in 1 greenfield rate or equivalent greenfield rates with long term storage (minimum rate 1l/s).

You are advised that in order to satisfy the soakaway condition the following details will be required:- details of the area to be drained, infiltration rate (as determined by BRE Digest 365), proposed length, width and depth of soakaway, groundwater level and whether it will be rubble filled.

Where the Local Planning Authority accepts discharge to an adopted sewer network you will be required to provide written confirmation from the statutory undertaker that the discharge will be accepted.

10        Prior to the first occupation of the building hereby permitted, the windows in the east and west side elevations shall be glazed with opaque glass and of a non- openable design with the exception of a top hung fanlight (which shall be at least 1.7m above internal floor level) and shall be retained as such thereafter.