Minutes:
Consideration was given to a report by the Director of Planning and Regeneration Service, which detailed the above application for outline planning permission.
In accordance with the right to speak procedure, Mr. S. Blount (Applicant) attended the meeting and spoke about this application.
Resolved:- (1) That the Council enter into an agreement with the developer under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the purposes of ensuring provision of affordable units. The affordable units to be provided by the Developer on site will be 25% of the proposed total number of residential units, the details of which shall be agreed before the commencement of the development.
(2) That, upon the satisfactory conclusion of such an agreement, the Council grant permission for the reasons adopted by Members at the meeting and subject to the following conditions:-
1. Before the commencement of the development, details of the layout, scale, appearance, and landscaping of the site shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority and the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.
2. The permission, hereby granted, shall relate to the area shown outlined in red on the approved site plan received 18th December, 2008.
3. Detailed plans to be submitted in accordance with this permission shall include a proposed access drive of minimum width 5 metres and separate footpath 2 metres in width. Such approved footpath details shall be segregated from the access road and shall be implemented before the development is first occupied.
4. Prior to the commencement of development, hereby approved, a scheme shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority detailing how the use of sustainable/public transport will be encouraged. The agreed details shall be implemented in accordance with a timescale to be agreed by the Local Planning Authority.
5. Before the development is brought into use, that part of the site to be used by vehicles shall be constructed with either:-
(a) a permeable surface and associated water retention/collection drainage, or;
(b) an impermeable surface with water collected and taken to a separately constructed water retention/discharge system within the site.
The area shall thereafter be maintained in a working condition.
6. Detailed plans to be submitted in accordance with this permission shall include car and cycle parking facilities for all proposed flats in accordance with the Council’s Interim Parking Standards and Cycle Parking Standards.
7. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, no building or other obstruction shall be located over or within 3 (three) metres either side of the centre line of the water main which crosses the site.
8. The detailed plans to be submitted in accordance with this permission shall include details of the proposed means of disposal of foul and surface water drainage, including details of any off site works, which should be submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority and the development shall not be brought into use until those approved details are implemented. The surface water drainage scheme shall be based on sustainable drainage principles.
9. Detailed plans to be submitted in accordance with this permission shall include a landscape scheme which shall be prepared to a minimum scale of 1:200 and shall clearly identify through supplementary drawings where necessary:-
- The extent of existing planting, including those trees or areas of vegetation that are to be retained, and those that it is proposed to remove.
- The extent of any changes to existing ground levels, where these are proposed.
- Any constraints in the form of existing or proposed site services, or visibility requirements.
- Areas of structural and ornamental planting that are to be carried out.
- The positions, design, materials and type of any boundary treatment to be erected.
- A planting plan and schedule detailing the proposed species, siting, quality and size specification, and planting distances.
- A written specification for ground preparation and soft landscape works.
- The programme for implementation.
- Written details of the responsibility for maintenance and a schedule of operations, including replacement planting, that will be carried out for a period of 5 years after completion of the planting scheme.
The scheme shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with the approved landscape scheme and in accordance with the appropriate standards and codes of practice within a timescale agreed, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority.
10. Any plants or trees which within a period of five years from completion of planting die, are removed or damaged, or that fail to thrive shall be replaced within the next planting season. Assessment of requirements for replacement planting shall be carried out on an annual basis in September of each year and any defective work or materials discovered shall be rectified before 31st December of that year.
11. Unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority, the retailing and café uses hereby permitted shall only be open to customers or for deliveries between the hours of 07:30 and 23:00 hours Mondays to Saturdays and 09:00 to 22:00 hours on Sundays/Bank Holidays.
12. Detailed plans to be submitted in accordance with this permission shall include the specification, and operation of any air conditioning, plant ventilation or extraction equipment, including expected noise and pollution levels, and the approved details shall be implemented prior to the development being brought into use. Subsequent operation and maintenance shall be strictly in accordance with the agreed details.
13. Detailed plans to be submitted in accordance with this permission shall include the specification, and operation of any renewable energy systems or apparatus, including expected noise and pollution levels, and the approved details shall be implemented before the development is brought into use. Subsequent operation and maintenance shall be strictly in accordance with the agreed details.
Reasons:-
1. No details of the matters referred to having been submitted, they are reserved for the subsequent approval of the Local Planning Authority.
2. To define the permission and for the avoidance of doubt.
3. In the interests of road safety.
4. In order to promote sustainable transport choices.
5. To ensure that surface water can adequately be drained and to encourage drivers to make use of the parking spaces and to ensure that the use of the land for this purpose will not give rise to the deposit of mud and other extraneous material on the public highway in the interests of the adequate drainage of the site and road safety.
6. In order to promote sustainable transport choices.
7. In order to allow sufficient access for maintenance and repair work at all times.
8. To prevent the increased risk of flooding, to improve and protect water quality, improve habitat and amenity, and ensure future maintenance of the surface water drainage system, in accordance with UDP policies ENV3.2 ‘Minimising the Impact of Development’ and ENV3.7 ‘Control of Pollution’.
9. 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’.
10. 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’.
11. In the interests of the amenity of local residents and in accordance with UDP Policy ENV3.7 ‘Control of Pollution’.
12. In the interests of residential amenity in accordance with policy ENV3.7 ‘Control of Pollution’.
13. To ensure the energy efficiency of the building and sustainable design within the development in accordance with Policy ENV5 of the Regional Spatial Strategy.