Agenda item

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

The Committee received the Officer’s report on the application.

A discussion ensued on the redevelopment of the site, noting that a previous application had been dismissed at appeal.  Members questioned whether the application would detract from the Grade 2 listed building at the front of the site.

Councillor Rev. A E J Shrimpton proposed that the application be refused, contrary to the Officer’s recommendation.  This was duly seconded by Councillor S J Savage.

The Group Manager Planning Services advised the Committee that the reasons for refusal on a prior application at a site would not necessarily be applicable to any new application.  Members were informed that the current application mitigates prior concerns raised by the Inspector as this application was for a single story dwelling.
 

The Committee discussed whether there would be a loss of commercial property from the High Street and whether it was fit for the conservation area.  Members commented on whether it would complement surrounding properties and that it was considered visually unobtrusive.

Officers were complimented for considering the surrounding archaeology in their report.

The Chairman put the proposal of refusal to the Committee and upon a vote being taken the proposal was rejected.

The Chairman then put the Officers recommendation of approval to the Committee.  Upon a vote being taken this was duly agreed.

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 accordance with the following approved plans and documents: A17509-PP04; A17509A BLOCK PLAN;  A17509 -Survey02. 

3.                  All loading / unloading / reception and storage of building materials and manoeuvring of all vehicles, including construction traffic shall be provided clear of the highway. 

4.                  No development including any site clearance or groundworks of any kind shall take place within the site until the applicant or their agents; the owner of the site or successors in title has submitted an archaeological assessment by an accredited archaeological consultant to establish the archaeological significance of the site.  Such archaeological assessment shall be approved by the local planning authority and will inform the implementation of a programme of archaeological work.  The development shall be carried out in a manner that accommodates such approved programme of archaeological work.

5.                  No development including any site clearance or groundworks of any kind shall take place within the site until the applicant or their agents; the owner of the site or successors in title has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work from an accredited archaeological contractor in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The development shall be carried out in a manner that accommodates the approved programme of archaeological work.  The archaeological work will comprise trial-trenching of the site, followed by full excavation if archaeological features are identified.  All fieldwork should be conducted by a professional recognised archaeological contractor in accordance with a brief issued by Essex County Council. 

6.                  No development shall take place above slab level until a sample of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the building have been submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval in writing.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved materials. 

7.                  No development shall take place above slab level until large-scale drawings of all new windows and doors – illustrating elevations at 1:20 and section details (including of glazing bars) at 1:2 - have been submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval in writing.  All external joinery shall be of painted timber only.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved materials/details. 

8.                  The development hereby permitted shall be carried-out, as follows:-

·         All weatherboarding shall be of black painted timber and featheredged in profile. 

·         All brickwork shall be laid in a Flemish bond and all bricks shall be bedded in mortar with a flush external joint profile.

·         All the external doors, fascias, soffits and the louvres on the northern gable shall be of timber only.

9.                  Details of the materials to be used for all hard surfacing, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority, prior to their use on site.  The surfacing shall be completed in accordance with the approved details prior to the commencement of the beneficial use of the building hereby permitted.
 

10.              Prior to the beneficial occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted, all means of enclosure to be erected shall be installed in accordance with details which shall have been submitted to and gained the prior written agreement of the local planning authority.  The means of enclosure shall be retained as permitted in perpetuity. 

11.              Once the dwelling hereby permitted is occupied, refuse shall only be stored and collected in accordance with details which shall have been submitted to and gained the prior written consent of the local planning authority.  Subsequently refuse shall only be stored and collected in accordance with the approved details. 

12.              Prior to the commencement of the use hereby permitted, provision shall be made for the storage of bicycles within the site in accordance with details which have been submitted to and gained the prior written approval of the local planning authority.  The approved facility shall be secure, convenient, covered, maintained free from obstruction and retained thereafter.  The storage shall be retained as approved in perpetuity.
 

13.              Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 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 (other than ancillary outbuildings not exceeding 10 cubic metres in volume) shall be erected within the site and no dormer window or other form of addition or opening shall be constructed in the roof or gable walls of the building without planning permission having been obtained from the local planning authority.