Agenda item

20-00172-FUL Royal Berkshire Polo Club, North Street, Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 4TH

Section 73 application to vary condition 4 (time limit for works) of planning application 16/01284/FUL for levelling and extension to No. 6 Ground and creation of irrigation pond. (For clarification; this application is to extend the time limit for levelling the field and removing the haul road to 31 October 2020.)

 

Minutes:

Section 73 application to vary condition 4 (time limit for works) of planning application 16/01284/FUL for levelling and extension to No. 6 Ground and creation of irrigation pond. (For clarification; this application is to extend the time limit for levelling the field and removing the haul road by 6 months.)

 

The Committee noted:

 

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

· The comments from Winkfield Town Council as detailed in the agenda.

· A total of 7 objections received, as summarised in the Agenda papers.

· The 1 additional objection received as detailed in the supplementary report.

 

RESOLVED that the application is APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

 

01. The developer shall notify the Local Planning Authority in writing within 21 days of the commencement of works on site. The levelling of the field authorised by this permission shall cease and the haul road (shown on the Block Plan) shall be removed and the land over which it extended returned to its former condition within 6 months of the site works commencement date.

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]

 

02. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out only in accordance with the following approved plans and other submitted details as originally approved under planning permission 16/01284/FUL.

 

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)

 

Additional approved details under reference 18/00176/COND:

 

Letter from Julian Thornber, BSc (Hons) MCIEEM, AA Environmental Limited, dated 9 August 2018. 02.

A Biodiversity Enhancement Plan (BEP) has been prepared by AA Environmental Limited. Ref: 173409 Dated September 2018 03.

Drawing 890.03 Landscape Plan prepared by Weller Designs Limited dated 7th September 2018.

Surface Water Drainage Assessment prepared by HydroGeo Limited, Groundwater and Environmental Consultants dated 02/08/18.

 

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

 

03. Details shall be submitted upon completion of the project confirming the maintenance and management of the approved SUDS features.

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. 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]

 

05. 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]

 

06. 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]

 

07. The approved wheel washing facilities detailed within the approved construction management plan for construction traffic connected with the development hereby permitted shall remain fully operational for the duration of this project to prevent mud and other debris being deposited on the public highway during the construction of the development. This shall be supported by frequent deployment (minimum of twice per day and more during inclement weather) of a vacuum road sweeper to ensure the entire length of highway between Orsett House on the A330 up to the junction with Drift Road and Lovel Road up to the junction with Hatchet Lane as a minimum is kept free of any deposits from the site.

REASON: To ensure that the proposed development does not prejudice the free flow of traffic or the conditions of general safety along the neighbouring public highway

 

08. 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 remain insitu in the locations shown on the plan 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]

 

09. The approved scheme of biodiversity enhancements shall be performed, observed and complied with.

REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1, CS7]

 

10. All planting comprised in the approved 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]

 

11.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 without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority. 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]

 

12. The acoustic barriers shall remain 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]

 

 

 

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