Agenda item

Erection of detached garage and cycle store, and swimming pool.

Erection of detached garage and swimming pool.

The Committee noted:

• The comments of Winkfield Parish Council raising no objection to the application.
• A total of 6 letters of objection 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 and other submitted details received by the Local Planning Authority.
990-7-LP01 Rev A – Site Location Plan (Residential Curtilage) – LPA Received 16.10.19

990-7-LP01 Rev A – Proposed Site Layout Plan – LPA Received 28.11.19

990-7-NG01 Rev A – Proposed Garage Plan and Elevations – LPA Received 28.11.19

Great Crested Newt Mitigation Plan dated 6 May 2019

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

03. No structure hereby permitted shall be built above existing ground level until samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The submitted samples shall include details of brickwork and roof tiles including hard surfaced areas. 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: BFBLP EN20, Core Strategy DPD CS7]

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 enlargement, addition, improvement or other alteration permitted by Classes A, B, C, D and E of Part 1 of the Second Schedule of the 2015 Order shall be carried out to the development hereby permitted.

REASON: The site is located within the Metropolitan Green Belt where strict controls over the form, scale and nature of development are required to maintain the openness of the Green Belt. 
[Relevant Policies: BFBLP GB1, Core Strategy DPD CS9]

05. No part of the development hereby permitted shall be begun until details showing the finished floor level and ridge heights of the garage building in relation to (i) a fixed datum point in the surrounding area and (ii) the finished floor levels and ridge heights of any adjacent buildings 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 character of the area

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

06. The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the associated vehicle parking spaces and turning area have been provided and surfaced in accordance with the approved drawing. The parking spaces and turning area shall thereafter be kept available for parking and turning at all times.

REASON: To ensure that the development is provided with adequate onsite parking and turning in the interests of highway safety

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

07. No trees, shrubs or hedgerows shall be removed during the main bird-nesting period of 1st March to 31st August inclusive unless in accordance with a scheme to minimise the impact on nesting birds which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: BFBLP EN3, Core Strategy DPD CS1, CS7]

08. The development hereby permitted shall not be begun until the approved scheme of boundary treatment as shown on the approved drawing has been implemented in full.

REASON: To ensure that the residential curtilage that was lawfully defined under Lawful Development Certificates 17/00043/LDC and 15/01057/CLPUD is easily distinguishable on the ground and continues to safeguard the Green Belt setting.
[Relevant Plans and Policies: BFBLP GB1, Core Strategy DPD CS9]

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.  If within a 5 year period of the completion of the development any soft landscaping that is removed, uprooted, is destroyed or dies shall be replaced by plants of the same species and size as that originally planted in the same place.

REASON:  In the interests of good landscape design and the visual amenity of the area.
[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN2 and EN20, CSDPD CS7]

10. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the mitigation measures specified in the approved Great Crested Newt Mitigation Plan dated 6 May 2019, which shall thereafter be retained in accordance with the approved details. Within three months of occupation of the development an ecological site inspection report shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: Core Strategy DPD CS1, CS7]

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), 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. REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1, CS7]