Agenda item

Report No: DEV/FH/17/022

10 No. apartments (demolition of existing dwelling)

10 No. apartments (demolition of existing dwelling)

This application was originally referred to the Development Control Committee on 3 May 2017 because it was for a major development and Newmarket Town Council raised objections.  A Member site visit was held prior to the meeting.

At the May meeting a number of Members voiced varied concerns with regard to the scheme and the Committee resolved that they were minded to the refuse permission, contrary to the Officer recommendation. 

Accordingly, a risk assessment had been produced for Members’ consideration.  Officers were continuing to recommend that the application be approved subject to conditions, as set out in Section I of Report No DEV/FH/17/022.

The Principal Planning Officer advised Members that following the May Committee meeting the applicant had submitted an amended site plan which included four additional parking spaces and an acoustic fence.  The applicant had also confirmed that the scheme allowed two vehicles to pass at the entrance to the site.  A revised tree protection plan had also been submitted, in light of the works required to enable the four additional parking spaces, which would be mitigated by way of replacement planting.

The Officer also stated that she was aware that the applicant’s agent had emailed Members of the Committee directly with supporting information.

Speaker:      Mr Malcolm Daines-Smith (agent) spoke in support of the                            application

Whilst some Members of the Committee continued to voice concern with the scheme a number found it generally acceptable.

It was moved by Councillor Simon Cole that the application be approved, as per the Officer recommendation, and this was duly seconded by Councillor Brian Harvey.

Upon being put to the vote and with 9 voting for the motion and with 3 against, it was resolved that

Decision

Full planning permission be GRANTED, subject to the following conditions:

1.   The development hereby permitted shall be begun no later than 3 years from the date of this permission.

2.   The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the following approved plans and documents:

Amended plans and elevations received 1 April 2017

Amended roof plan received 13 April 2017

Amended site plan received 24 May 2017

Amended Tree Protection plan – date TBC

Location Plan received 28 September 2016

3.   Prior to their first use, samples of all external materials to be used in the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall then be constructed in accordance with the approved details.

4.   No development above damp course level shall be constructed until a hard and soft landscaping scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall then be constructed in accordance with the approved details.

5.   No individual dwelling hereby approved shall be occupied until the optional requirement for water consumption (110 litres use per person per day) in Part G of the Building Regulations has been complied with for that dwelling.

6.   No part of the development hereby permitted shall be occupied until the existing vehicular access has been improved, laid out and completed in all respects in accordance with SCC Drawing DM03; and with an entrance width of 4.5 metres. Thereafter the access shall be retained in the specified form.

7.   Prior to the development hereby permitted being first occupied, the vehicular access onto the highway shall be properly surfaced with a bound material for a minimum distance of 5 metres from the edge of the metalled carriageway, in accordance with details previously submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

8.   The areas to be provided for storage of Refuse/Recycling bins as shown on drawing number 01.2 rev B shall be provided in its entirety before the development is brought into use and shall be retained thereafter for no other purpose.

9.   Gates shall be set back a minimum distance of 5 metres from the edge of the carriageway and shall open only into the site and not over any area of the highway.

10.               The use shall not commence until the area(s) within the site shown on drawing no. 01.2 rev B for the purposes of manoeuvring and parking of vehicles and cycle storage has been provided and thereafter that area(s) shall be retained and used for no other purposes.

11.               Before the access is first used visibility splays shall be provided as shown on Drawing No. 01.0 Rev A with an X dimension of 2.4 metres and a Y dimension of 80 metres and thereafter retained in the specified form.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Part 2 Class A of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no obstruction over 0.6 metres high excluding the existing mature trees within the highway verge of Fordham Road shall be erected, constructed, planted or permitted to grow within the areas of the visibility splays.

12.               The site preparation, demolition and construction works shall be carried out between the hours of 08:00 to 18:00 Mondays to Fridays and between the hours of 08:00 to 13:30 Saturdays and at no time on Sundays or Bank Holidays without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.