Agenda item

Report No: DEV/WS/23/021

Planning application - variation of condition 10 of DC/21/1198/FUL, to enable commencement of the development prior to obtaining bat licence

Planning application - variation of condition 10 of DC/21/1198/FUL, to enable commencement of the development prior to obtaining bat licence

The Committee was advised that planning permission was originally granted under DC/21/1198/FUL for three dwellings (following demolition of existing dwellings) on this site.

The current application seeking determination was referred to the Development Control Committee as the original permission was approved as a departure from the Development Plan.

The application, which sought to vary one of the conditions of the original permission, must also be treated as a departure and in accordance with the Scheme of Delegation must therefore be determined by the Development Control Committee.

Officers were recommending that the application be approved, subject to conditions as set out in Paragraph 30 of Report No DEV/WS/23/021.

A number of Members voiced displeasure at the application to vary the condition in respect of a bat licence and questioned why the applicant had not addressed this in a timely manner in order to prevent such a situation.

The Service Manager (Planning – Development) agreed to communicate this formally to the applicant on behalf of the Committee.

Councillor Phil Wittam proposed that the application be approved, as per the Officer recommendation, and this was duly seconded by Councillor Gerald Kelly.

Upon being put to the vote and with 14 voting for the motion and with 1 abstention it was resolved that

Decision

Planning permission be GRANTED subject to:

1            The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the approved plans and documents, unless otherwise stated.

 2       Demolition or construction works shall not take place outside 8am hours to 6pm hours Mondays to Fridays and 8am hours to 1pm hours on Saturdays and at no time on Sundays, public holidays or bank holidays.

 3       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.

 4       Prior to the dwellings hereby permitted being first occupied, the existing vehicular access onto the highway 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.

 5       The areas to be provided for storage and presentation for collection of Refuse/Recycling bins shall be provided in their entirety, in accordance with details agreed under DCON(A)/21/1198, before the development is brought into use and shall be retained thereafter for no other purpose.

 6       The use shall not commence until the areas within the site shown on Drawing No. 100 REV B for the purposes of manoeuvring and parking of vehicles has been provided and thereafter that those areas shall be retained and used for no other purposes.

 7       The areas to be provided for secure cycle storage shall be provided in their entirety in accordance with details agreed under DCON(A)/21/1198, before the development is brought into use and shall be retained thereafter and used for no other purpose.

 8       The development hereby permitted should be completed in accordance with the mitigation and enhancement measures detailed within the submitted ecological survey report by Hillier Ecology dated October 2019.

 9       Demolition of the existing cottages; shall not in any circumstances commence unless the Local Planning Authority has been provided with either:

          a. A licence issued by Natural England pursuant to Regulation 53 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 authorizing the specified activity/development to go ahead; or

          b. A statement in writing from the relevant licensing body to the effect that it does not consider that the specified activity/development will require a licence.

10      The development shall be completed in accordance with the materials details approved under DCON(A)/21/1198.

11      The dwelling(s) hereby approved shall not be occupied until the 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.

12      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.

13      The treatment of the boundaries of the site shall be provided in their entirety in accordance with the details approved under DCON(A)/21/1198. Any planting removed, dying, being severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased within five years of planting shall be replaced by soft landscaping of similar size and species to those originally required to be planted.  The works shall be completed prior to first use/occupation in accordance with the approved details.

14      Prior to the occupation of the dwellings hereby approved, the existing cottages on site shall be demolished in their entirety. The site of the demolished dwellings shall be cleared and finished in accordance with a scheme first submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.