Agenda item

Outline application (with all matters reserved) for redevelopment of the site for up to three dwellings (Class C3) following demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings.

Outline application (with all matters reserved) for redevelopment of

the site for up to three dwellings (Class C3) following demolition of

existing dwelling and outbuildings.

 

The Committee noted:

 

·       The comments from Bracknell Town Council objecting to the proposal.

·       The 4 objections received as summarised in the agenda.

 

Following the completion of planning obligation(s) under Section 106 of the Town and

Country Planning Act 1990 relating to the following measures;

 

- avoidance and mitigation of the impact of residential development upon the Thames

Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (SPA);

 

RESOLVED that the Assistant Director: Planning be authorised to APPROVE the application 22/00671/OUT subject to the following conditions amended, added to or deleted as the Assistant Director: Planning considers necessary:

 

01. Application for approval of the details of the landscaping, layout, scale, access

and appearance of the development (hereinafter called "the reserved matters")

shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years

from the date of this permission. The plans and particulars in relation to the

Reserved Matters shall be submitted in writing to the Local Planning Authority and

shall be carried out as approved. REASON: To comply with Section 92 of the

Town and Country Planning Act 1990

 

02. The development hereby permitted shall be begun not later than the expiration of

two years from the final approval of the reserved matters, or, in the case of

approval on different dates, the final approval of the last such matter to be

approved. REASON: To comply with Section 92 of the Town and Country

Planning Act 1990.

 

03. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out only in accordance with

the following approved plan received by the Local Planning Authority on 10th

November 2022:

 

10 (Revision B)

 

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

Local Planning Authority.

 

04. All ecological measures and/or works shall be carried out in accordance with the

details contained in Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (Tim Moya Associates,

August 2022) as already submitted with the planning application and agreed in

principle with the Local Planning Authority prior to determination. An ecological

site inspection report shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority prior to

practical completion of any dwelling hereby approved.

REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1]

 

05. If more than 18 months elapse between the previous ecological assessment and

the due commencement date of works, an updated ecological assessment shall

be carried out by a suitably qualified ecologist. A report confirming the results and

implications of the assessment, including any revised mitigation measures, shall

be submitted to the Local Planning Authority before construction works

commence on site.

REASON: To ensure the status of protected habitats or species on site has not

changed since the last survey.

 

06. No development 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]

 

07. No development shall commence until a detailed scheme for the protection of

existing trees, hedgerows and groups of mature shrubs to be retained has been

submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, in

accordance with British Standard 5837:2012 ‘Trees in relation to design,

demolition and construction - Recommendations’. Protection measures shall be

phased as necessary to take into account and provide protection during

demolition/site clearance works/building construction works/hard landscaping

works. Details shall include an approved development layout plan at a minimum

scale of 1:200 and show the following:

 

a) Accurate trunk positions and canopy spreads of all existing trees within the site

and on adjoining land adjacent to the development within influencing distance of

the development.

b) Positions and spreads of existing hedgerows and groups of mature shrubs.

c) All proposed tree, hedge or shrub removal; shown clearly with a broken line.

d) Proposed locations of protective barriers, that are a minimum height of 2.0

metres and supported by a metal scaffold framework, constructed in accordance

with Section 6 (Figure 2) and which include appropriate weatherproof signage

(such as “Keep Out - Construction Exclusion Zone”) affixed at regular intervals to

the outside of the protective fencing structure.

e) Illustrations of the proposed protective barriers to be erected.

f) Proposed location and illustration of ground protection measures within the root

protection areas of retained trees, designed as necessary for pedestrian light

traffic or heavy plant machinery, as necessary to prevent ground compaction and

contamination.

g) Annotations at regular intervals, of the minimum protective distances between

barriers and trunks of retained trees.

h) All fenced-off areas clearly annotated as Tree Protection Areas/Construction

Exclusion Zones.

i) Notes regarding restrictions which apply to Tree Protection Areas/Construction

Exclusion Zones.

 

The development shall be carried out in full accordance with the approved

scheme.

 

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

 

08. The protective fencing and other protection measures specified by condition 7

shall be erected in the locations agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority

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

anydescription;

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

 

09. No development shall take place 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 plant and vehicles

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

(d) Wheel cleaning facilities

(e) Temporary portacabins and welfare for site operatives

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 (e) above.

REASON: In the interests of amenity and road safety.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN20, Core Strategy DPD CS23]

 

10. No construction works shall take place until an Energy Demand Assessment

demonstrating that at least 10% of the development's energy will be provided from

on-site renewable energy production, has been submitted to and approved in

writing by the Local Planning Authority. The dwelling as constructed shall be

carried out in accordance with the approved assessment and retained as such

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

resources. [Relevant Policy: Core Strategy DPD CS12

 

11. No development shall commence 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

 

12. The development (including parking and driveways) shall incorporate surface

water drainage that is SuDS compliant and in accordance with DEFRA

"Sustainable Drainage Systems - Non-statutory technical standards for

sustainable drainage systems" (March 2015). It shall be operated and maintained

as such thereafter. 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]