Agenda item

Consideration was given to a report of the Head of Planning and Transportation Service providing details for the demolition of an existing dwelling and erection of 13 No. two and three storey dwellinghouses at 187 Moorgate Road, Moorgate.

 

Resolved:-  That planning permission be granted for the reasons adopted by Members for the proposed development and listed in the report and 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.   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.

 

3.   The trees to be planted along the site’s boundary with Sitwell Grove, as replacements for trees to be removed, shall be advanced nursery stock, the details of which shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority in writing, before the commencement of development. The trees shall thereafter be planted in accordance with the approved details prior to the first occupation of the site. 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.

 

4.   No work or storage on the site shall commence until all the trees/shrubs to be retained have been protected by the erection of a strong durable 2.3 metre high barrier fence in accordance with B.S.5837: 2005 Guide for Trees in Relation to Construction. This shall be positioned in accordance with the Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Method Statement and drawing, JBA (N) 05/72D-02/Rev D from James Blake Associates. The protective fencing shall be properly maintained and shall not be removed without the written approval of the Local Planning Authority until the development is completed. There shall be no alterations in ground levels, fires, use of plant, storage, mixing or stockpiling of materials within the fenced areas.

 

5.   No tree shall be cut down, uprooted or destroyed nor shall any tree be pruned other than in accordance with the approved plans and particulars, without the written approval of the Local Planning Authority. Any pruning works approved shall be carried out in accordance with British Standard 3998 (Tree Work). If any tree is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies, another tree shall be planted in the immediate area and that tree shall be of such size and species, and shall be planted at such time, as may be specified in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

6.   Prior to the commencement of development, details of a parking strategy during the site’s development shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority in writing. The development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

7.   Prior to the development first being occupied, the existing access on to Moorgate Road shall be permanently closed and the kerbline, footway and verge reinstated in accordance with details to be submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority in writing.

 

8.   Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995, no vehicular accesses shall be formed onto Sitwell Grove, other than the access shown on the approved plans.

 

9.   Not later than seven days after the completion of the sale or lease 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.

 

10.   Before the development is commenced road sections, constructional and drainage details shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority.

 

11.   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.

 

12.   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.

 

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

 

14.   No piped discharge of surface water from the application site shall take place until works to provide satisfactory outfall for surface water have been completed in accordance with details to be submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority in writing prior to the commencement of development.

 

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

 

16.   Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, there shall be no piped discharge of surface water form 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 the completion of the approved foul drainage works.

 

17.   Effective steps shall be taken by the developer to prevent the deposition of mud and other material on the adjoining public highway caused by vehicles entering and leaving the site during the construction of the development.

 

18.   Development shall only take place on site between 08:00 hrs and 18:00 hrs Monday to Friday; 08:00 hrs and 14:00 hrs on Saturdays; and not at all on Sundays and Public holidays.

 

19.   Before the development is brought into use the sight lines indicated on the approved site layout plan shall be rendered effective by removing or reducing the height of anything existing on the land between the sight line and the highway which obstructs visibility at any height greater than 900 mm above the level of the nearside channel of the adjacent carriageway and the visibility thus provided shall be maintained.

 

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 ensure that there is a well laid out scheme of healthy trees and shrubs in the interests of amenity and in accordance with UDP Policies ENV3 ‘Borough Landscape’ ENV3.1 ‘Development and the Environment’ ENV3.2 ‘Minimising the Impact of Development’ and ENV3.4 ‘Trees, Woodlands and Hedgerows’.

 

3.   To ensure the trees are planted as adequate replacement for the loss of protected trees in the interests of amenity and in accordance with UDP Policies ENV3 ‘Borough Landscape’, ENV3.1 ‘Development and the Environment’, ENV3.2 ‘Minimising the Impact of Development’ and ENV3.4 ‘Trees, Woodlands and Hedgerows’.

 

4.   To ensure the tree works are carried out in a manner which will maintain the health and appearance of the trees in the interests of the visual amenities of the area and in accordance with UDP Policies ENV3 ‘Borough Landscape’, ENV3.1 ‘Development and the Environment’, ENV3.2 ‘Minimising the Impact of Development’ and ENV3.4 ‘Trees, Woodlands and Hedgerows’.

 

5.   In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and in accordance with UDP Policies ENV3 ‘Borough Landscape’, ENV3.1 ‘Development and the Environment’, ENV3.2 ‘Minimising the Impact of Development’ and ENV3.4 ‘Trees, Woodlands and Hedgerows’.

 

6.   In the interest of the living conditions of local residents.

 

7.   In the interests of road safety.

 

8.   In the interests of road safety.

 

9.   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’.

 

10.   No details having been submitted they are reserved for approval.

 

11.   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’.

 

12.   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.

 

13.   In the interests of satisfactory and sustainable drainage.

 

14.   To ensure that the site is properly drained and surface water is not discharged to the foul sewage system which will prevent overlooking.

 

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

 

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

 

17.   In order to ensure the development does not give rise to problems of mud/material deposit on the adjoining public highway in the interests of road safety.

 

18.   In the interests of the living conditions of nearby occupiers.

 

19.             To provide and maintain adequate visibility in the interests of road safety.

 

 (Councillor Turner declared a prejudicial interest in the above application and left the meeting)