Agenda item

PS 17/00753/FUL Bewes Stud, Prince Albert Drive, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 8AQ

Erection of replacement dwelling with a detached garage following the demolition of existing dwelling, stables, barn and manège.

Minutes:

Erection of replacement dwelling with a detached garage following the demolition of existing dwelling, stables, barn and manège.

 

The Committee noted:

 

  • The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.
  • The comments of Winkfield Parish Council.
  • Eleven objections received as summarised in the Agenda papers.

 

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 14 November` 2017:

 

LR/RES/01 Rev. B ‘Site Plan’ 

LR/RES/01 Rev. B ‘Floor Plan And Elevation’ 

 

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

 

03. No development shall take place until details of the materials including external finishes to the walls and roof to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the dwellinghouse and detached garage hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

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

[Relevant Policies: Core Strategy DPD CS7, BFBLP 'Saved' Policy EN20]

 

04. 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 further extension, enlargement, addition, improvement or other alteration permitted by Class A, B, D or E of Schedule 2, Part 1 of the above Order shall be constructed to the dwellinghouse, with the exception of the formation or replacement of windows, doors or similar openings. REASON: Any further development shall be restricted in order to protect the openness of the green belt.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD Policies CS1, CS2, CS7, CS9; BFBLP 'Saved' Policies EN8, EN20, GB1]           

 

05. No development shall commence until details of the boundary treatments (fencing, hedges, walls) have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The approved details shall thereafter be implemented prior to the occupation of the development, and retained as such.

REASON: In the interests of the openness and setting of the Green Belt.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD Policies CS1, CS2, CS7, CS9; BFBLP 'Saved' Policies EN8, EN20, GB1]

 

06. The development shall not be occupied until the existing buildings as identified on drawing LR/RES/01 ‘Site Plan’ [Amended], received by the Local Planning Authority on 21 August 2017, have been demolished.

REASON: In the interests of the openness and setting of the Green Belt.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD Policies CS1, CS2, CS7, CS9; BFBLP 'Saved' Policies EN8, EN20, GB1]

 

07. The development shall not be begun until a scheme depicting hard and 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 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.

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

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

 

08. The protection measures and associated methodology of works specified by document reference P.2293/TS AIA TPP/MR/ 10.01.17 ‘Tree Survey, Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Tree Protection Plan’, received by the Local Planning Authority on 10 October 2017,   shall be carried out 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. Where phased protection measures have been approved, no works shall commence on the next phase of the development until the protective fencing barriers and other protective measures have been repositioned for that phase in full accordance with the approved details. No activity of any description must occur at any time within these areas including but not restricted to the following: -

a)         No mixing of cement or any other materials;

b)         No storage or disposal of any soil, building materials, rubble, machinery, fuel, chemicals, liquids waste residues or materials/debris of any other description;

c)         No installation of any temporary structures of any description including site office/sales buildings, temporary car parking facilities, portable-toilets, storage compounds or hard standing areas of any other description;

d)         No soil/turf-stripping; raising or lowering of existing levels; excavation or alterations to the existing surfaces/ground conditions of any other description;

e)         No installation of any underground services, temporary or otherwise, including; drainage, water, gas, electricity, telephone, television, external lighting or any associated ducting;

f)          No parking or use of tracked or wheeled machinery or vehicles of any description;

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.

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: CSDPD Policy CS7, BFBLP 'Saved' Policies EN1 and EN20]

 

09. The development hereby permitted shall not be begun until a site specific method statement for the storage of materials and the associated construction works undertaken in respect of the development located within the minimum Root Protection Areas (RPA's) of the protected tree to the front of the property, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Details shall include: -

a)         The 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.

g)         A site plan identifying all areas where such work is to be undertaken.

h)         The timing and phasing of the above works.

 

The approved Method Statement shall be observed, performed and complied with.

 

REASON: - In order to safeguard tree roots and thereby safeguard trees in the interests of the visual amenity of the area.

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

 

10. The development shall not be begun 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.

REASON: In the interests of sustainability and the efficient use of resources.

[Relevant Policy: Core Strategy DPD CS10]

 

11. No development (including site clearance and demolition) shall commence until a wildlife protection plan for construction has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The plan shall include:

 

i) An appropriate scale plan showing where construction activities are restricted and protective measures;

ii) Details of protective measures to avoid impacts during construction;

iii) A timetable to show phasing of construction activities; and

iv) Persons responsible for compliance with legal consents, planning conditions, installation of protective measures, inspection and maintenance.

 

The approved scheme shall be performed prior to the demolition, observed and complied with.

REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1, CS7]

 

12. No demolition 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 prior to the demolition, observed and complied with.

REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1, CS7]

 

13. The garage outbuilding hereby permitted shall not be occupied at any time other than for purposes ancillary to the residential use of the dwellinghouse, known as Bewes Stud, Prince Albert Drive, SL5 8AQ, and shall at no time form a separate dwelling or any non-residential use.

REASON: The creation of a separate unit would require mitigation measures and would involve intensification of the site to the detriment of the Green Belt setting.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD Policies CS1, CS2, CS7, CS9; BFBLP 'Saved' Policies EN8, EN20, GB1]

 

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