Agenda item

Before the formal meeting of the Planning Board, Members of the Board made visits of inspection to four sites (Ward Councillors Hussain and Wootton, being in attendance), the subjects of applications for planning permission.  The decisions on these applications were recorded as follows:-

 

(a)  Erection of four and five storey building comprising 94 flats with ground floor retail (Use Class A1) and parking, at land at 128-130 Wellgate, Rotherham Town Centre (RB2005/0255)

 

In accordance with the right to speak procedures, the following people attended the meeting and spoke about the application:-

 

Mr. J. Toone (Applicant)

Mr. M. E. Healy (Objector)

 

Resolved:-  (1)  That the Head of Planning and Transportation be authorised to negotiate with the applicant for the increased provision of affordable housing.

 

(2) That subject to (1) above the Council enter into a legal agreement with the applicant and other parties, under the provisions of Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, for the purposes of ensuring:-

 

1.      The provision of affordable housing on site in the terms agreed at (1) above.

 

2.      The provision of a management agreement to ensure that the communal areas and open space within the development are maintained.

 

(3)  That consequent upon the satisfactory signing of such an agreement, planning permission be granted for the purposes of the development, subject to the following conditions:-

 

1.   No development shall take place until samples of the 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 and the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

2.   Concurrently with the carrying out of the development a crossing over the footpath/verge in Wellgate shall be constructed to the specification of the Local Planning Authority and shall be completed before the development is brought into use.

 

3.   Before the proposed access has been brought into use, the existing accesses marked “X” on the attached plan shall be permanently closed and the kerbline/footway reinstated in accordance with details to be submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority.

 

4.   Before the development is brought into use, that part of the site to be used by vehicles shall be properly drained and constructed in concrete, tarmacadam, block paving or other such material as may be agreed by the Local Planning Authority and shall thereafter be maintained in a sound condition.

 

5.   Before the development is brought into use the car parking area shown on the approved plan shall be provided, marked out and thereafter maintained for car parking.

 

6.   The development shall not be commenced until details of the proposed lay-by and replacement footway in Hollowgate, indicated on the submitted plan, have been submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority in writing. The approved details shall thereafter be implemented before the development is brought into use.

 

7.   The development shall not be commenced until details of the replacement bus shelter and bus stop fronting Wellgate have been submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority in writing. The approved details shall thereafter be implemented before the development is first brought into use.

 

8.   Notwithstanding the detail shown on the approved plan, the footway adjacent the internal access road shall be extended as indicated on the attached plan, before the development is first used.

 

9.   Prior to the first residential unit being occupied, secure cycle parking provision shall be made within the site in accordance with details to be submitted and approved by the Local Planning Authority in writing, prior to the commencement of development.

 

10.   Before the proposed development is brought into use, a Travel Plan shall have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The plan shall include clear and unambiguous objectives, modal split targets together with a time bound programme of implementation, monitoring and regular review and improvement. The Local Planning Authority shall be informed of and give prior approval in writing to any subsequent improvements or modifications to the Travel Plan following submission of progress performance reports as time tabled in the programme of implementation.

 

11.   Not later than 7 days after the completion of the sale of each dwelling, the developer shall procure from the SYPTE a Travel Master Pass and Journey Planner valid for one year on behalf of each household who shall be the first occupants of such a dwelling and the developer shall give details of the application and the date upon which it was made to the Council.  If the developer shall fail to comply with his/her obligations he/she hereby irrevocably authorises the Council or any person nominated by it to make application for the said Travel Master Pack and Journey Planner and shall within 7 days of a written demand reimburse the cost of the same to the Council or its nominee.

 

12.   The site shall be developed with separate systems of drainage for foul and surface  water on and off site.

 

13.   No development shall take place until details of the proposed means of disposal of foul and surface water drainage, including details of the proposed means of any balancing works and off site works, have been submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority.

 

14.   Unless otherwise approved in writing by the LPA, there shall be no piped discharge of surface water from the development prior to the completion of the approved surface water drainage works and no buildings shall be occupied or brought into use prior to completion of the approved foul drainage works.

 

15.   Surface water from vehicle parking and hardstanding areas shall be passed through an interceptor of adequate capacity prior to discharge to the public sewer. Roof drainage should not be passed through any interceptor.

 

16.   Prior to the commencement of the development, the developer shall submit a site investigation report for the approval of the Local Planning Authority. The investigation shall address the nature, degree and distribution of contamination on site and its implications on the health and safety of site workers and nearby persons, building structures and services, final end users of the site, landscaping schemes and environmental pollution, including ground water, and make recommendations so as to ensure the safe development and use of the site. The sampling and analytical strategy shall be approved by the Local Planning Authority prior to the start of the survey and all recommendations and remedial works contained within the approved report shall be implemented by the developer, prior to occupation of the site.

 

17.   Effective steps shall be taken by the operator to prevent the deposition of mud, dust and other materials on the adjoining public highway caused by vehicles visiting and leaving the site. Any accidental deposition of dust, slurry, mud or any other material from the site, on the public highway shall be removed immediately by the developer.

 

18.   The operator shall install and thereafter utilise as appropriate, wheel washing facilities on the site for the duration of the operation. Prior to its installation on site, full details of its specification and siting shall be first agreed with the Local Planning Authority.

 

19.   Except in case of emergency, no operations shall take place on site other than between the hours of 08:00 and 18:00 hrs Monday to Saturday and 09:00 and 13:00 hrs on Sundays or Public Holidays. At times when operations are not permitted work shall be limited to maintenance and servicing of plant or other work of an essential or emergency nature. The Local Planning Authority shall be notified at the earliest opportunity of the occurrence of any such emergency and a schedule of essential work shall be provided.

 

20.   Heavy goods vehicles shall only enter or leave the site between the hours of 08:00 and 18:00 hrs on weekdays and 08:00 and 1800 hrs on Saturdays and 09:00 and 13:00 hrs on Sundays or Public Holidays (this excludes the movement of private vehicles for personal transport).

 

21.   At all times during the carrying out of operations authorised or required under this permission, best practicable means shall be employed to minimise dust. Such measures may include water bowsers, sprayers whether mobile or fixed, or similar equipment. At such times when due to site conditions the prevention of dust nuisance by these means is considered by the Local Planning Authority in consultations with the site operator to be impracticable, then movements of soils and overburden shall be temporarily curtailed until such times as the site/weather conditions improve such as to permit a resumption.

 

22.   All machinery and vehicles employed on the site shall be fitted with effective silencers of a type appropriate to their specification and at all times the noise emitted by vehicles, plant, machinery or otherwise arising from on-site activities, shall be minimised in accordance with the guidance provided in British Standard 5228 (1984) Code of Practice; 'Noise Control on Construction and Open Sites', and Minerals Planning Guidance Note 11 (1993) 'The Control of Noise at Surface Mineral Workings'.

 

23.   Within the first available planting season after the commencement of the development, trees and/or shrubs shall be planted on the site in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority.  Such scheme to provide for species, siting, planting distances, programme of planting and maintenance to establishment and any plants dying, removed or destroyed within five years of planting shall be replaced in a manner to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority.

 

24.   No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected. The boundary treatment shall be completed before any part of the development hereby approved is brought into use.

 

Reasons:-

 

1.   To ensure that appropriate materials are used in the construction of the development in the interests of visual amenity and in accordance with UDP Policy ENV3.1 ‘Development and the Environment’.

 

2.   To avoid damage to the footway/verge.

 

3.   In the interests of road safety.

 

4.   To ensure that mud and other extraneous material is not deposited on the public highway and that each dwelling can be reached conveniently from the footway in the interests of road safety and residential amenity and in accordance with UDP Policy HG5 ‘The Residential Environment’.

 

5.   To ensure the provision of satisfactory garage/parking space and avoid the necessity for the parking of vehicles on the highway in the interests of road safety.

 

6.   In the interests of road safety.

 

7.   In the interests of sustainable transport in accordance with PPG13.

 

8.   In the interests of road safety.

 

9.   In the interests of sustainable transport in accordance with PPG13.

 

10.   To encourage the use of means of transport other than the private car, in accordance with PPG13.

 

11.   To encourage the use of means of transport other than the private car, in accordance with PPG13.

 

12.   In the interest of satisfactory and sustainable drainage.

 

13.   To ensure that the development can be properly drained.

 

14.   To ensure that no foul or surface water discharges take place until proper provision has been made for their disposal.

 

15.   In the interests of satisfactory drainage.

 

16.   In the interests of safe redevelopment and afteruse of this site and in accordance with UDP Policy 4.4 ‘ContaminatedLand’.

 

17.   In order to ensure that the development does not give rise to problems of mud/dust on the adjoining public highway in the interests of general highway safety/amenity.

 

18.   In order to ensure that the development does not give rise to problems of mud/dust on the adjoining public highway in the interests of general highway safety/amenity.

 

19.   In the interests of local amenity.

 

20.   In the interests of local amenity.

 

21.   In the interests of local amenity.

 

22.   In the interests of local amenity.

 

23.   In the interests of local amenity.

 

24.   In the interests of the visual amenity of the area and in accordance with UDP Policy ENV3.1 ‘Development and the Environment’.

 

(b)  Erection of a 20 m telecommunications mast with 3 antennas and 2 dishes and six associated equipment cabinets at land at Hollings Lane, Thrybergh for Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd. (RB2004/2394)

 

In accordance with the right to speak procedures, the following people attended the meeting and spoke about the application:-

 

Mr. Keigher (Applicant)

Ms. J. Parsons (Objector)

Mrs. White (Objector)

 

Resolved:-  That consideration of this application be deferred and a further assessment of alternative sites be undertaken.

 

(c)  Erection of residential development comprising 1no two storey detached dwellinghouse, 3 No. two storey town houses with rear dormer windows and a pair of semi detached bungalows at land at St. Simon and St. Jude's Church, Church Street, Thurcroft for Jab Short Ltd. (RB2005/0407)

 

In accordance with the right to speak procedures, Mr. F. Ommeren (Objector) attended the meeting and spoke about the application:-

 

Resolved:- That the Planning Board declared it was not favourably disposed towards application RB2005/0407 and that permission be refused on the grounds of over-development, and the Head of Planning and Transportation, in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, be authorised to determine the reasons for refusal to be attached to this application.

 

(d)  Erection of a detached dwellinghouse at land at Vorden Lodge, Slaypit Lane, Thorpe Salvin for Mr. Sommers (RB2005/0856)

 

In accordance with the right to speak procedures, the following people attended the meeting and spoke about the application:-

 

Mr. Uhlar (Consultant)

Mr. Sommers (Applicant)

Mr. J. B. Smalley (Objector)

 

Resolved:-  That the Planning Board declared it was not favourably disposed towards application RB2005/0856 and that permission be refused on the grounds of over-development, impact on the character and appearance of the conservation area and loss of trees, and the Head of Planning and Transportation, in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, be authorised to determine the reasons for refusal to be attached to this application.