Agenda item

Report No: DEV/FH/19/003

Outline Planning Application (all matters reserved) - up to 8no. dwellings with off road parking within courtyard (following demolition of existing residential property and associated detached garage) - Amended plans received 21/12/19 reducing units to 8, revised block plans/ elevations

Outline Planning Application (all matters reserved) - up to 8no. dwellings with off road parking within courtyard (following demolition of existing residential property and associated detached garage) - Amended plans received 21/12/19 reducing units to 8, revised block plans/ elevations

This application had been referred to the Development Control Committee following consideration by the Delegation Panel.  A Member site visit was held prior to the meeting.

Newmarket Town Council raised no objections to the proposal and Officers were recommending that the application be approved, subject to conditions as set out in Paragraph 35 of Report No DEV/FH/19/003.

As part of her presentation the Senior Planning Officer provided the Committee with the following updates:

·         Attention was drawn to an amended plan which had been produced by the applicant in response to concerns raised by Suffolk County Council Highways in relation to the car parking spaces at the rear of the site.  The spaces to be provided were now shown as 2.8m wide which complied with the Suffolk Guidance for Parking; and

·         An additional standard condition was to be added to the recommendation with regard to water efficiency.

Councillor Simon Cole raised a question with regard to the additional water efficiency condition and asked how this was enforced.  In response, the Service Manager (Planning – Development) explained that it was addressed via the Building Regulations process.

Councillor Brian Harvey asked if an additional condition needed to be included to reflect the demolition required as part of the scheme.  The Service Manager (Planning – Development) drew Councillor Harvey’s attention to condition 10 within the recommendation, and assured Members that this included the regulation of any demolition as well as construction.

Councillor Peter Ridgwell raised concern with the quality of the photographs used in the presentation, in response the Chairman stressed the importance of the scheduled site visit.

Councillor Ridgwell then moved that the application be approved, as per the Officer recommendation, and this was duly seconded by Councillor Carol Lynch.

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.   Application for the approval of the matters reserved by conditions of this permission shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.  The development hereby permitted shall be begun not later than whichever is the latest of the following dates:-

          i)       The expiration of three years from the date of this                                permission; or

          ii)       The expiration of two years from the final approval of the           reserved matters; or,

          In the case of approval on different dates, the final approval of the       last such matter to be approved.

2.   Prior to commencement of development details of the [access, appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale] (hereinafter called "the reserved matters") shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out as approved.

3.   The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the following approved plans and documents: Site Location Plan, received 17.09.2018

4.   Prior to occupation details of biodiversity enhancement measures to be installed at the site, including details of the timescale for installation, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Any such measures as may be agreed shall be installed in accordance with the agreed timescales and thereafter retained as so installed. There shall be no occupation unless and until details of the biodiversity enhancement measures to be installed have been agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

5.   Prior to first occupation, all dwellings with off street parking shall be provided with an operational electric vehicle charge point at easonably and practicably accessible locations, with an electric supply to the charge point capable of providing a 7kW charge.

6.   No development approved by this planning permission shall commence until the following components to deal with the risks associated with contamination of the site shall each be submitted to and approved, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority:

          i) A site investigation scheme (based on the approved Preliminary        Risk Assessment (PRA) within the approved Desk Study), to provide information for a detailed assessment of the risk to all receptors    that may be affected, including those off site.

          ii) The results of a site investigation based on i) and a detailed risk

          assessment, including a revised Conceptual Site Model (CSM).

          iii) Based on the risk assessment in ii), an options appraisal and remediation strategy giving full details of the remediation measures        required and how they are to be undertaken. The strategy shall   include a plan providing details of how the remediation works shall   be judged to be complete and arrangements for contingency      actions. The plan shall also detail a long term monitoring and           maintenance plan as necessary.

7.   No occupation of any part of the permitted development shall take place until a verification report demonstrating completion of works set out in the remediation strategy in condition 6 iii) is submitted and approved, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority. The long term monitoring and maintenance plan in condition 6 iii) shall be updated and be implemented as approved.

8.   If, during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority) shall be carried out until the developer has submitted a remediation strategy to the local planning authority detailing how this unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with and obtained written approval from the local planning authority. The remediation strategy shall be implemented as approved.

9.   The hours of demolition, site clearance, preparation and construction activities, including deliveries to the site and the removal of excavated materials and waste from the site, shall be limited to 08:00 to 18:00 hours on Mondays to Fridays and 08:00 to 13:00 hours on Saturdays. No site demolition, site clearance, preparation or construction activities shall take place at the application site on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

10.Prior to the development commencing a comprehensive Construction and Site Management Programme shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval. The approved programme shall be implemented throughout the development phase, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation. The programme shall include:-

          a. site set-up and general arrangements for storing plant, including     cranes, materials, machinery and equipment, offices and other     facilities and contractors vehicle parking, loading, unloading and vehicle turning areas;

          b. noise method statements and noise levels for each construction       activity including any piling and excavation operations;

          c. dust, dirt and vibration method statements and arrangements;

          d. site lighting.

11.The acoustic insulation of each dwelling shall be such to ensure noise levels, with windows closed, do not exceed an LAeq (16hrs) of 35dB(A) within bedrooms and living rooms between the hours of 07:00 to 23:00, and an LAeq (8hrs) of 30dB(A) within bedrooms between the hours of 23:00 to 07:00.

12.The dwelling(s) hereby approved shall not 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 and evidence of compliance has been obtained.