Agenda item

Report No: DEV/SE/19/017

Planning Application - (i) Construction of 7 pen cattery and (ii) conversion of existing cart lodge/garage to provide a reception area with additional 2 cat pens

Planning Application - (i) Construction of 7 pen cattery and (ii) conversion of existing cart lodge/garage to provide a reception area with additional 2 cat pens

This application had been referred to the Development Control Committee because the applicant was related to a member of staff employed by St Edmundsbury Borough Council.

Officers were recommending that the application be approved, subject to conditions as set out in Paragraph 27 of Report No DEV/SE/19/017.

Councillor Mike Chester (Ward Member: Chedburgh) spoke in support of the application and stated that he did not consider that the operation of a cattery from the premises would cause the highway/parking problems that had been raised by the Parish Council and two neighbours in their representations.

Accordingly, he proposed that the application be approved as per the Officer recommendation and this was duly seconded by Councillor David Nettleton.

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

Decision

Planning permission be GRANTED 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 approved plans and documents.

3        No development above ground level shall take place until a scheme of soft landscaping for the site drawn to a scale of not less than 1:200, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include accurate indications of the position, species, girth, canopy spread and height of all existing trees and hedgerows on and adjacent to the site and details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection during the course of development. Any retained trees removed, dying or becoming seriously damaged or diseased within five years of commencement shall be replaced within the first available planting season thereafter with planting of similar size and species unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent for any variation.  The works shall be completed in accordance with the approved plans and in accordance with a timetable to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority.

4        All cats shall be shut in the sleeping areas outlined on the proposed floor plans between the hours of 2000-0800.

5        No external lighting shall be provided on the application site unless details thereof have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

6        No part of the development hereby permitted shall be used for the boarding of cats until full details of a scheme for the storage and disposal of all animal waste, including soiled bedding, arising from the development hereby permitted shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details prior to the development first being brought into use. Thereafter, all waste materials shall continue to be stored and disposed of in accordance with the approved details.

7        Demolition or construction works shall not take place outside 0800 hours to 1800 hours Mondays to Fridays and 0800 hours to 1300 hours on Saturdays and at no time on Sundays, public holidays or bank holidays.

8        The use hereby permitted shall only be undertaken by the owner and resident of the dwelling shown as 'Willow Cottage' as shown on the land edged in red on the submitted Location Plan.

9        No members of the public/customers are permitted on the site in connection with this use hereby permitted between the hours of 20:00-08:00 on any day.