Agenda item - Planning Application DC/19/1952/FUL - Land at The Grove, Beck Row (Report No. DEV/WS/20/018)

Agenda item

Planning Application DC/19/1952/FUL - Land at The Grove, Beck Row (Report No. DEV/WS/20/018)

Report No: DEV/WS/20/018

 

Planning Application - 2no. dwellings with associated access and parking area (following demolition of existing bungalow)

Minutes:

Planning Application - 2no. dwellings with associated access and parking area (following demolition of existing bungalow)

 

This application was referred to the Development Control Committee because, despite there being no conflict between the Officer recommendation and the Parish Council’s view, the proposal being recommended for approval (subject to a Section 106 Agreement and the conditions in Paragraph 77 of Report No DEV/WS/20/018) technically represented a departure from the Development Plan. However, in this instance, the material considerations weighing in favour of the proposal significantly outweighed the technical departure from the Development Plan.

 

During his presentation to the meeting the Senior Planning Officer drew attention to the responses received to the application, both from statutory consultees and third parties, and highlighted the planning balance considered when reaching his recommendation.

 

On commencing the debate, Councillor Don Waldron (one of the Ward Members for The Rows) reiterated the support of the Parish Council and endorsed the scheme.

 

Other Members also spoke in favour of the application and congratulated the Case Officer on a detailed presentation.

 

Councillor Roger Dicker proposed that the application be approved as per the Officer recommendation.  This was duly seconded by Councillor Peter Stevens.

 

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 and the completion of a S106 agreement to secure the required 30% contribution towards affordable housing:

 

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 slab level shall take place until samples of all external facing materials (bricks and tiles) to be used on plot 1 and plot 2 as approved by this permission have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

4        The site preparation and construction works, including road works, shall only be carried out between the hours of:

          08:00 to 18:00 Mondays to Fridays

          08:00 - 13.30 Saturdays

          And at no times during Sundays or Bank Holidays without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

5        Prior to commencement of development, including any works of demolition, a Construction Method Statement shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The approved Statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. The Statement shall provide for:

          i)       The parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors

          ii)       Loading and unloading of plant and materials  

          vi)      Measures to control the emission of dust and dirt during construction 

          vii)     A scheme for recycling/disposing of waste resulting from demolition and construction works

          viii)    Hours of construction operations including times for deliveries and the removal of excavated materials and waste

6        The development hereby approved shall be carried out in complete accordance with the construction and mitigation measures set out within the submitted Noise Impact Assessment (Document Ref: dB/The Grove/10042/SR/001)

7        Prior to occupation, details of the sound reduction performance of the passive ventilation to be used in both dwellings (plot 1 and plot 2) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

8        Prior to the properties hereby permitted being first occupied, the vehicular access onto The Grove shall be properly surfaced with a bound material for a minimum distance of 10 metres from the edge of the metalled carriageway, in accordance with details previously submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

9        The areas to be provided for storage of Refuse/Recycling bins as shown on Drawing No. 2207/L0(-)01E shall be provided in its entirety before the development is brought into use and shall be retained thereafter for no other purpose.

10      The dwellings hereby approved shall not be occupied until the area within the site shown on Drawing No. 2207/L0(-)01E for the purposes of manoeuvring and parking of vehicles and for the purposes of secure cycle storage have been provided and thereafter that those areas shall be retained and used for no other purposes.

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

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.

13      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.

14      Notwithstanding the provisions of Schedule 2 Part 1 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any order amending, revoking or re-enacting that Order), the dwellings hereby approved shall not be extended or altered in any way without the prior written agreement of the Local Planning Authority.

15      Prior to the dwellings hereby approved being occupied, 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.

 

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