Agenda item

Outline application for the erection of rural workers dwelling with associated parking (all matters reserved except for access).

 

Outline application for the erection of rural workers dwelling with associated parking (all matters reserved except for access).

 

The Committee noted:

·       The comments from Winkfield Parish Council as detailed within the agenda.

·       The comments from Warfield Parish Council as detailed within the agenda.

·       The comments from CPRE Berkshire objecting to the application.

·       The four letters of support received as summarised in the agenda.

·       That a site visit had taken place on 15 April 2023, with the following Councillors in attendance: Councillors Angell, Brossard, Brown, Mrs Hayes MBE, Dudley, Ms Gaw, Green, and Virgo.

 

RESOLVED that the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:-

 

01. Approval of the details of the scale of the buildings, the layout, appearance and

landscaping of the development (hereinafter called "the reserved matters") shall be

obtained from the Local Planning Authority in writing before development is

commenced. 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. Application for approval of the reserved matters shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

REASON: To comply with Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

 

03. 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.

 

04. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out only in accordance with the following approved plans and other submitted details, received 4th February 2021 by the Local Planning Authority,

Oaktree Nursery - Rural Workers Dwelling Site Location Plan.

Oaktree Nursery - Rural Workers Dwelling Site Plan.

Oaktree Nursery - Rural Workers Dwelling Site Plan (highway details)

REASON: To define the permission.

 

05. Any gates provided shall open away from the highway and be set back a distance of at least 6.0 metres from the edge of the carriageway of the adjoining highway.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

[Relevant Policies: Core Strategy DPD CS23]

 

06. No development (other than the construction of the access) shall take place until the access has been constructed in accordance with the details to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

[Relevant Policies: Core Strategy DPD CS23]

 

07. Prior to the commencement of development details of the proposed vehicles access including showing visibility splays of 2.4m by 43m in each direction along Bracknell Road shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. No other part of the development herby permitted shall be commenced before the proposed vehicular access is be formed. The land within the visibility splays shall be cleared of any obstruction exceeding 0.6 metres in height measured from the surface of the adjacent carriageway and maintained clear of any obstruction exceeding 0.6 metres in height at all times.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

[Relevant Policies: Core Strategy DPD CS23]

 

08. No building hereby permitted shall be occupied until associated cycle parking and

vehicle parking and turning space has been provided in accordance with details

approved as part of a Reserved Matters application. The spaces shall not thereafter

be used for any purpose other than parking and turning.

REASON: To ensure that the development is provided with adequate parking and

turning in the interests of highway safety.

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

 

09. 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]

 

10. The occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to a person solely working, or last

working, at the Oaktree Garden Centre, Oaktree Nursery and World of Water

(Bracknell), or a widow or widower of such person, and to any resident dependents.

REASON: The site is located within the Green Belt where it is the policy of the Local

Planning Authority to restrict severely the erection of new dwellings and planning

permission is only granted because the dwelling is intended to serve the needs of a

rural worker specific Oaktree Garden Centre.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP GB1, Core Strategy DPD CS9]

 

11. 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]

 

12. The development shall not be begun until an Energy Demand Assessment has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This shall

demonstrate that a proportion of the development's energy requirements will be

provided from on-site renewable energy production (which proportion shall be at least

10%). The buildings thereafter constructed by the carrying out of the development

shall be in accordance with the approved assessment and retained in accordance

therewith.

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

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD Policy CS12]

 

13. The development 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). The surface water drainage works shall be completed before occupation of the dwellings/buildings hereby permitted and 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]

 

14. 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, E, and F of Part 1 of the Second Schedule of the 2015 Order shall be carried out.

REASONS: The site is located within the designated Green Belt where strict controls

over the form, scale and nature of development apply.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP GB1, Core Strategy DPD CS9]