Agenda item

Levelling of a field.

A site visit had been held on Saturday 14 January 2017 which had been attended by Councillors Brossard, Dudley, Ms Gaw, Mrs Hayes, Mrs Ingham, Mrs McKenzie-Boyle and Turrell

The Committee noted:

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

·         The comments of Winkfield Parish Council.

·         The 32 objections received as summarised in the agenda papers.

·         The additional comments received from Winkfield Parish Council as summarised in the supplementary report.

The criteria for public speaking had been met in respect of this application and the committee was addressed by the registered speaker Councillor Nigel Atkinson, representing Winkfield and Cranbourne, objector to the application.

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.                             

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 following approved plans received by the Local Planning Authority on 25.11.16 and 27.02.17:

041115/LEVEL (Revision A)

Block Plan

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

03. The developer shall notify the Local Planning Authority in writing within 21 days of the commencement of works on site.

Within 3 calendar months of the notice period provided to the LPA, the levelling of the field authorised by this permission shall cease, the haul road (shown on the Block Plan) shall be removed and the land over which it extended returned to its former condition.

REASON: To ensure that the development is completed in a timely manner and to ensure that the impacts on the amenities in the area are kept to a minimum.

[Relevant Policy: CSDPD Policy CS9, BFBLP EN20]

04. The development shall not be begun until a scheme depicting soft landscaping 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.   As a minimum, the quality of all 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.

REASON: In the interests the visual amenities of the area.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN2 and EN20, CSDPD CS7]

05.  Within one week of delivery, a waste transfer note and/or a clean soil certificate for each load must be submitted to the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: To identify the origin of the soil to protect the land from contamination. 

[Relevant Policy: BFBLP EN20]

06.  No levelling work or deliveries of materials shall take place outside the hours of 07.30 and 17.30 Monday to Friday and not at any time on Saturdays, Sundays or Public Holidays.

REASON: In the interests of the amenities of occupiers of neighbouring properties.

[Relevant Policy: BFBLP EN20, EN25]

07.  Access to the site shall be from Crouch Lane only.

REASON: In the interests of the amenities of occupiers of neighbouring properties and in the interests of highway safety.

[Relevant Policy: CSDPD CS23, BFBLP EN20]

08.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the Construction Management Plan, dated 17.02.17 and received by the Local Planning Authority on 27.02.17. 

REASON: In the interests of the amenities of occupiers of neighbouring properties and in the interests of highway safety.

[Relevant Policy: CSDPD CS23, BFBLP EN20]

09.  The development hereby permitted shall not be begun until a scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority for off site highway works including the widening of Crouch Lane to the north west of the site access. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

[Relevant Policy: CSDPD CS23]

10.  The development hereby permitted shall not be begun until a scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, to accommodate:

(a) Parking of vehicles of site personnel, operatives and visitors

(b) Loading and unloading of materials

(c) Access to the site and on-site turning for lorries

(d) Storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development

(e) Temporary portacabins and welfare for site operatives

(f) Traffic control through Ranelagh Farm and details of the haul road

(g) Advance warning signs

and each facility shall be retained throughout the course of construction of the development, free from any impediment to its designated use.  No other areas on the site, other than those in the approved scheme shall be used for the purposes listed (a) to (g) above.

REASON: In the interests of amenity and road safety.

[Relevant Policy: CSDPD CS23, BFBLP EN20]

11.  The development shall be implemented in accordance with the scheme of biodiversity mitigation and enhancement measures contained within the AAe Environmental Ltd Ecological Report dated July 2016. The scheme shall be performed, observed and complied with.

REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1, CS7]

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 in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Any site clearance during this period shall be undertaken in compliance with the approved scheme.

REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1, CS7]

13. The development hereby permitted shall not be begun until the applicant has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation, which has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: The site lies in an area of archaeological potential. The potential impacts on the buried archaeological heritage can be mitigated by a programme of archaeological work so as to record and advance understanding of their significance in accordance with national and local planning policy.