Agenda item

Levelling and extension to No. 6 Ground and creation of irrigation pond.

Levelling and extension to No. 6 Ground and creation of irrigation pond.

 

The Committee noted:

 

• The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.
• The comments of Winkfield Parish Council.
• Twenty two objections received as summarised in the Agenda papers, together with further representations tabled at the meeting by the objector registered to speak.

 

A site visit had been held on Saturday 12 August 2017 which had been attended by Councillors Angell, Mrs Angell, Brossard, Dudley, Finnie, Mrs Gaw, Mrs Mattick, Mrs McKenzie, Peacey and Thompson.

 

The criteria for public speaking had been met in respect of this application and the Committee was addressed by the registered speaker Mrs Barinder Hothi objecting to the application and Paul Dickinson, Agent for the applicant.

 

RESOLVED that the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions amended, added to or deleted as the Head of Planning considers necessary:-

 

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 and other submitted details.

 

Site Location Plan - LPA received 04.07.17

MP 05 2017 Rev A - Master Plan showing public footpath network (June 2017) - LPA received 04.07.17

Phasing Plans - LPA received 29.03.17

890.02 rev B alignment of the footpath  - LPA received 29.03.17

890.03 Section along footpath at eastern end of Polo Field – LPA received 22.02.17

Construction Management Plan (May 2017) - LPA received 07.06.17

Haul Road Details Plan - LPA received 29.03.17

Traffic Management Plan (on Site) - LPA received 28.02.17

Temporary Path Crossing Detail - Crossing Point A - LPA received 04.07.17

Temporary Path Crossing Detail - Crossing Point B - LPA received 04.07.17

Tree Protection Plan Scale 1-200 A3 - July 2017 - LPA received 04.07.17

Method Statement for the Removal of Temporary Haul Road and Reinstatement (July 2017) - LPA received 04.07.17

Acoustic Barrier System - LPA received 04.07.17

Ecological Report (December 2016) – LPA received 28.12.2016

Planning Statement prepared by Paul Dickinson & Associates (December 2016)

Agent’s emails dated 04.07.17 and 02.08.17 (Trees T20 & T38)

Arboricultural Implication Study and Tree Protection Strategy (needs to be read in association with Agents Planning Statement and Emails dated 04.07.17 and 02.08.17 with specific reference to the retention of The Oak Trees T20 and T38)

17.103 - 001 - HGVs Swept Path Analysis - LPA received 21.09.17

Site-specific flood risk assessment (December 2016)

 

REASON: To ensure that the development is carried out only as approved by the local Planning

 

03. Development shall not begin until a surface water drainage scheme for the site, based on sustainable drainage principles and an assessment of the hydrological and hydro-geological context of the development, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall subsequently be implemented in accordance with the approved details before the development is completed. The scheme shall also include:

- Discharge Rates

- Discharge Volumes

- Maintenance and management of SUDS features

- Sizing of features - attenuation volume

- Infiltration tests to be undertaken in accordance with BRE365

- Detailed drainage layout with pipe numbers

- The suds features identified within the approved site-specific flood risk assessment dated December 2016 shall be carried forward into the detailed drainage strategy.

REASON: To prevent increased risk of flooding, to improve and protect water quality and ensure future maintenance of the surface water drainage scheme.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD CS1, BFBLP EN25]

 

04. The developer shall notify the Local Planning Authority in writing within 21 days of the commencement of works on site with the contact details of the dedicated liaison officer to ensure the Construction Management Plan is implemented as approved. Within 12 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 Construction Management Plan is properly managed and the impacts on the amenities in the area are kept to a minimum.

[Relevant Policy: CSDPD Policy CS9, BFBLP EN20]

 

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

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 residential properties.

[Relevant Policy: BFBLP EN20, EN25]

 

07. Access to the site shall be from Pigeon House Lane A330 only.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety and to utilise the existing infrastructure (Temporary Haulage Road within the site) already in situ and avoid further impacts upon the Green Belt setting.

[Relevant Policy: CSDPD CS23, BFBLP EN20]

 

08. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the Construction Management Plan, dated March 2017 and received by the Local Planning Authority on 29.03.17.

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 protective fencing and other protection measures specified within the approved Tree Protection Strategy (January 2016) and Tree Protection Plan received on 04 July 2017 shall be erected in the locations shown on the plan 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.  No activity, including building works and storage of materials, shall occur at any time within this protected area. 

REASON: - In order to safeguard trees and other vegetation considered to be worthy of retention in the interests of the visual amenity of the area.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN1 and EN20, CSDPD CS7]

 

10. No works shall commence specifically relating to Tree reference T38 as set out in the approved Arboricultural Implication Study and Tree Protection Strategy until:-

(i) Tree reference T38 to be reduced has been surveyed for the presence of bats and,

(ii) the further survey has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and

(iii) either the Local Planning Authority has agreed that no relocation of bats is necessary or a scheme for the relocation of an bats has been submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be performed, observed and complied with before any works to the tree can commence.

REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1, CS7]

 

11. No works shall commence until a scheme for the provision of biodiversity enhancements (not mitigation), including a plan or drawing showing the location of these enhancements, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

The approved scheme shall be performed, observed and complied with.

REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1, CS7]

 

12. The development shall not be begun until a scheme for 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 or prior to the occupation of any part of the approved development, whichever is sooner. All landscaping works shall be carried and completed prior to the use of any part of the approved 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 safeguarding visual amenity and promoting biodiversity

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN1 and EN20, CSDPD CS7]

 

13. Within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development

no retained tree, hedgerow or groups of shrubs (as specified as being retained on the approved details as part of this permission) shall be cut down, uprooted or destroyed. Any trees, hedgerows or groups of shrubs shown to be retained on the approved plans submitted in accordance with other conditions of this consent, which die are removed or irreparably damaged during the course of the development or within a period of 5 years of the completion of the development, shall be replaced during the nearest planting season (1st October to 31st March inclusive), with another tree, hedgerow or group of shrubs of the same species and size as that originally planted.

REASON: In the interests safeguarding visual amenity.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN1 and EN20, CSDPD CS7]

 

14. No works shall commence until the acoustic barriers are installed as per the approved details and shall remain in situ until the completion of the approved works.

REASON: In the interests of the neighbouring resident's amenities.

[Relevant Plans and Policies: BFBLP EN20, EN25]

 

15. No development shall take place until the applicant or their agents or successors in title have secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation, which has been submitted by the applicant and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be observed and complied with.

REASON: The site lies in an area of archaeological interest. 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 any heritage assets to be lost in accordance with national and local planning policy.