Agenda item

Section 73 application for the variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 14/01295/FUL for the erection of a detached two storey dwelling with associated garages following the demolition of the existing buildings.

[For clarity this revision relates to the addition of dormers and the use of the roofspace for habitable accommodation.]

Section 73 application for the variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 14/01295/FUL for the erection of a detached two storey dwelling with associated garages following the demolition of the existing buildings.

The Committee noted:

·         The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.

·         Winkfield Parish Council had recommended refusal for the reason that the development should comply with the approved plans.  Any variation which would be inappropriate in the Green Belt would be unacceptable.

·         Three letters of objection had been received in respect of the proposal from neighbouring properties, as summarised in the agenda papers and supplementary report.

RESOLVED that the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

01.          The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.                            

02.       The development hereby submitted shall be carried out only in accordance with the following approved plans received by the Local Planning Authority on 17.03.16:

            P14/19/S/101 (Revision E)

            P14/19/S/110 (Revision C)

03.       The first floor en suite windows in the north east and south west facing side elevations of the dwelling and the first floor shower room rooflight in the north east facing rear elevation of the garage hereby permitted shall not be glazed at any time other than with a minimum of Pilkington Level 3 obscure glass (or equivalent). They shall at all times be fixed shut up to a height of 1.7m from the internal floor level.         

04.       The second floor rooflights in the north east and south west facing side elevations of the dwelling hereby permitted shall at all times be high level windows having a sill height of not less than 1.8m above internal floor.

05.       Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no additional windows, similar openings or enlargement thereof shall be constructed at first floor level or above in the north east or south west facing side elevations of the dwelling or the north east facing rear elevation of the garage hereby permitted except for any which may be shown on the approved drawing(s).   

06.       No part of the dwelling shall be occupied until a Sustainability Statement covering water efficiency aimed at achieving an average water use in new dwellings of 110 litres/person/day, has been submitted to, and agreed in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the Sustainability Statement, as approved, and retained as such thereafter.

07.       No gates shall be provided at the vehicular access to the site.        

08.       The protective fencing and other protection measures specified by condition 10 of planning permission 14/01295/FUL and detailed within the document 'Tree Survey, Arboricultural Implication Assessment and Method Statement' and Plans 2020, 2021 and 2022 submitted in respect of application 15/00201/COND pursuant to condition 10:

Shall be erected in the locations agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of any development works, including any initial clearance, and shall be maintained fully intact and (in the case of the fencing) upright, in its approved locations at all times, until the completion of all building operations on the site (unless agreed otherwise in writing by the Local Planning Authority). No activity of any description must occur at any time within these protected areas including but not restricted to the following: -           

a) No mixing of cement or any other materials.       

b) Storage or disposal of any soil, building materials, rubble, machinery, fuel, chemicals, liquids waste residues or materials/debris of any other description.

c) Siting of any temporary structures of any description including site office/sales buildings, temporary car parking facilities, porta-loos, storage compounds or hard standing areas of any other description.

d) Soil/turf stripping, raising/lowering of existing levels, excavation or alterations to the existing surfaces/ ground conditions of any other description.

e) Installation/siting of any underground services, temporary or otherwise including; drainage, water, gas, electricity, telephone, television, external lighting or any associated ducting.          

f) Parking/use of tracked or wheeled machinery or vehicles of any description.

In addition to the protection measures specified above,       

g) No fires shall be lit within 20 metres of the trunks of any trees or the centre line of any hedgerow shown to be retained.    

h) No signs, cables, fixtures or fittings of any other description shall be attached to any part of any retained tree.    

09.       The areas shown for soft landscaping purposes on the approved plans shall thereafter be retained as such and shall not be used for any other purpose without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority.       

10.       Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no enlargement, addition, improvement or other alteration permitted by Classes A, B or E of Part 1 of the Second Schedule of the 2015 Order shall be carried out.    

11.       Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no hard surface as permitted by Class F of Part 1 of the Second schedule of the 2015 Order shall be provided for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling house  

12.       No site clearance shall take place during the main bird-nesting period of 1st March to 31st August inclusive, unless a scheme to minimise the impact on nesting birds during the construction of the development has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.   

13.       All ecological measures and/or works shall be carried out in full accordance with the details contained in AA Environmental Ltd.'s report dated December 2014.

14.       The areas shown for bat roost purposes on the approved plans shall thereafter be retained as such and shall not be used for any other purpose.   

15.       Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 or any Order revoking and re-enacting that order, no external lighting shall be installed on the site or affixed to any buildings on the site except in accordance with details set out in a lighting design strategy for biodiversity that has first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The strategy shall:

a) identify those area/features on site that are particularly sensitive for bats and that are likely to cause disturbance in or around their breeding sites and resting places or along important routes used to access key areas of their territory, for example, for foraging; and          

b) show how and where external lighting will be installed (through the provision of appropriate lighting contour plans and technical specifications) so that it can be clearly demonstrated that areas to be lit will not disturb or prevent bats using their territory or having access to their breeding sites and resting places.         

All external lighting shall be installed in accordance with the specifications and locations set out in the strategy, and these shall be maintained thereafter in accordance with the strategy.           

16.       If more than 2 years elapse between the previous bat survey and the due commencement date of works, an updated bat survey shall be carried out by a suitably qualified ecologist.  A report confirming the results and implications of the assessment, including any revised mitigation measures, shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority before construction works commence on site. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.       

17.       The demolition of any and all buildings on site 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 2010 authorising the specified activity 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 will require a licence.

18.       The garage and the accommodation above the garage hereby permitted shall not be occupied at any time other than for purposes ancillary to the residential use of the dwellinghouse, known as Wildwoods, No.24 Prince Consort Drive, and shall at no time form a separate dwelling.