Agenda item

Report No: DEV/SE/18/025

Planning Application - Demolition of bungalow and shed

(Councillor Peter Stevens asked if he would need to declare an interest in this item in his capacity as Cabinet Member for Operations, the service for which the application had been made.  The Lawyer present advised that this would not be necessary.)

Planning application – Demolition of bungalow and shed

This application had been referred to the Development Control Committee as the applicant was St Edmundsbury Borough Council.

No objections had been received and the application was recommended for approval subject to conditions, as set out in Paragraph 36 of Report No DEV/SE/18/025.

In response to a question, the Senior Planning Officer confirmed that whilst the property was referred to as a bungalow it was purely used as the gardeners’ mess and office and it had never been used by the Authority as a residence so its demolition would not affect housing provision. 

The Officer also advised that since publication of the agenda bat droppings had been found at the property meaning a full bat survey would now need to be undertaken. 

Accordingly, an amendment was proposed to the recommendation to approve the application via delegation to the Assistant Director (Planning and Regulatory Services) subject to a satisfactory result of the bat survey.  If the results of the survey raised any new issues then the application would be brought back before the Committee.

Henceforth, it was moved by Councillor David Roach that the application be approved via the delegation specified and this was duly seconded by Councillor Alaric Pugh.

Upon being put to the vote and with the vote being unanimous, it was resolved that

Decision

Planning APPROVAL BE DELEGATED TO THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (PLANNING AND REGULATORY SERVICES) SUBJECT TO A SATISFACTORY RESULT OF THE BAT SURVEY and subject to the following conditions:

1        The development hereby permitted shall be begun not 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.

3       Within three month of commencement bat enhancement measures shall be installed and thereafter retained as so installed, in accordance with details which shall first have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

4        The site demolition works shall be carried out between the hours of 08:00 to18:00 Mondays to Fridays and between the hours of 08:00 to 13:30 Saturdays and at no time on Sundays, Public or Bank Holidays without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

5        No security lights or floodlights shall be erected on site without the submission of details to, and written approval from, the Local Planning Authority to ensure a lighting environment of low district brightness at residential properties.

6        No development shall take place within the area indicated [the whole site] until the applicant has submitted details of the works to be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and if appropriate based on those details, secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work has been secured, in accordance with a Written Scheme of Investigation which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

The scheme of investigation shall include an assessment of significance and research questions; and:

a)   The programme and methodology of site investigation and recording.

b)   The programme for post investigation assessment.

c)    Provision to be made for analysis of the site investigation and recording.

d)   Provision to be made for publication and dissemination of the analysis and records of the site investigation.

e)   Provision to be made for archive deposition of the analysis and records of the site investigation.

f)    Nomination of a competent person or persons/organisation to undertake the works set out within the Written Scheme of Investigation.

g)   The site investigation shall be completed prior to development, or in such other phased arrangement, as agreed and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

If the results of the bat survey raised any new issues then the application would be brought back before the Committee.