Agenda item

To consider the report of the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance, (copy enclosed, Members’ Update to be circulated)*.

A Members’ Update was submitted detailing comments from an additional letter of objection.

Following the Officer’s presentation, Mr Neil Jennings, the Agent, addressed the Committee.

The recommendation to approve in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation was unanimously agreed by the Committee.

RESOLVED that the 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 approved drawings 1711/01A; 1711/02; 1711/03D; 1711/04D and Tree Protection Plan Rev A.

3.         No development shall take place until details or samples of the external

finishing materials have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details and be retained as such in perpetuity.

4.         Prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved details of the

boundary treatment of the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The boundary treatment shall be provided prior to the occupation of the dwelling hereby approved in accordance with the approved details and be retained as such in perpetuity.

5.         The tree identified for retention on the approved plan drawing number Tree

Protection Plan Rev A which is attached to and forms part of this permission shall be protected during the course of the development. The tree shall be protected by measures 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 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 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.

6.         No development shall take place, including any works of demolition, until a

Construction Method Statement has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The approved Statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. The Statement shall provide for:

•           The parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors

•           Loading and unloading of plant and materials

•           Storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development

•           Wheel washing facilities

•           Measures to control the emission of dust, noise and dirt during construction

Hours and days of construction operations.

7.         Prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved details of both hard and soft landscape works, including replacement trees, 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 occupation 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.

8.         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:

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

2) 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) or 50% betterment of existing run off rates on brownfield sites (provided this does not result in a runoff rate less than greenfield) or 50% betterment of existing run off rates on brownfield sites (provided this does not result in a runoff rate less than greenfield)

It is 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.

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.       Notwithstanding the provisions of Class A, B, C, D, and E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order amending, revoking or re-enacting that Order) no garages, extensions or separate buildings shall be erected within the site without planning permission having been obtained from the local planning authority.

11.       The public’s rights and ease of passage over footpath no.3 in Bradwell-on-Sea

shall be maintained free and unobstructed at all times.

12.       Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, details of the cycle store shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Subsequently the cycle store shall be provided prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby approved.

13.       The extra care residential unit hereby approved shall be occupied only by:

•           persons of  55 years or over who are dependent on the receipt for care

for not less than 6 hours per week;

•           persons living as part of a single household with such a person or

persons;

•           persons who were living as part of a single household with such a

person or persons who have since died

14.       Prior to the commencement of the development details of the implementation of a walkover ecological survey by a qualified ecologist and their findings shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  If any protected species are found at the site a scheme of ecological protection and mitigation shall be submitted to and approved in writing prior to the commencement of the development. The development shall then be implemented in accordance with the approved details.