Agenda item

Change of use from existing barn for storage (B8) purposes.

The Committee noted:

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

·         The comments of Warfield Parish Council objecting to the proposal.

·         The 7  letters of objections received as summarised in the agenda papers.

RESOLVED That the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:-

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

REASON:  To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

02.       The development hereby permitted shall be carried out only in accordance with the approved plans received by the Local Planning Authority on 2 November 2015 and 12 June 2016:

Location plan at scale of 1:1250

Drawing no. 1070-04 Rev B

Drawing no. 1070-05 Rev A

Drawing no. RHPC/SP/001/B

REASON: To ensure that the development is carried out only as approved by the Local Planning Authority.

03.       No goods, materials, plant or machinery shall be stored outside the building on the site.

REASON: In the interests of the visual amenities of the surrounding area and the openness of the Green Belt.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD CS7, CS9, BFBLP EN20, GB2, GB4]

04.        The building shall be used for B8 storage purposes and for no other purpose (including any other purpose in Class B of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, (or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any statutory instrument revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification).

REASON: In the interests of residential amenities of neighbouring properties and to ensure the development is provided with adequate car parking to prevent the likelihood of on-street car parking.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN20, M9, Core Strategy DPD CS23]

05.       No additional floorspace, including mezzanine floors, shall be constructed within the building connected to the use hereby approved.

REASON: To prevent an over-development of the site and to ensure adequate parking.

[Relevant Policy: BFBLP M9]

06.        The building shall not be brought into use for B8 storage purposes until a scheme depicting hard and soft landscaping, including details of boundary treatment, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include a 3 year post planting maintenance schedule. All planting comprised in the soft landscaping works shall be carried out and completed in full accordance with the approved scheme, in the nearest planting season (1st October to 31st March inclusive) to the completion of the development or prior to the occupation of any part of the approved development, whichever is sooner.  All hard landscaping works shall be carried and completed prior to the occupation of any part of the approved development. As a minimum, the quality of all hard and soft landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with British Standard 4428:1989 'Code Of practice For General Landscape Operations' or any subsequent revision. All trees and other plants included within the approved details shall be healthy, well formed specimens of a minimum quality that is compatible with British Standard 3936:1992 (Part 1) 'Specifications For Trees & Shrubs' and British Standard 4043 (where applicable) or any subsequent revision.  Any trees or other plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development, die, are removed, uprooted, are significantly damaged, become diseased or deformed, shall be replaced during the nearest planting season (1st October to 31st March inclusive) with others of the same size, species and quality as approved. The areas shown for landscaping shall thereafter be retained.

REASON: In the interests of good landscape design and the visual amenity of the area.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN20, CSDPD CS7]

07.       The building shall not be brought into use for B8 storage purposes until the means of vehicular access to the site has been constructed in accordance with planning permission 13/01033/FUL.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD CS23]

08.       The building shall not be brought into use for B8 storage purposes until the associated vehicle and lorry parking and turning spaceshave been surfaced and marked out in accordance with the approved drawing, ref: RHPC/SP/001/B received 12 June 2016 by the Local Planning Authority. The spaces shall thereafter be kept available for parking and turning at all times.

REASON: To ensure that the development is provided with adequate car parking to prevent the likelihood of on-street car parking which would be a danger to other road users.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP M9, Core Strategy DPD CS23]

09:       Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no external lighting shall be installed on the site or affixed to the building on the site.

REASON: In the interests of the visual amenities of the surrounding area and the openness of the Green Belt.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD CS7, CS9, BFBLP EN20, GB2, GB4]