Agenda item

Proposed reconstruction of existing footway/cycleway plus creation of additional shared use footway/cycleway to connect to existing.

Proposed reconstruction of existing footway / cycleway plus creation of additional shared use footway / cycleway to connect to existing.

 

The Committee noted:

 

·       That there were no objections from Bracknell Town Council.

·       That one letter had been received supporting the improvement to cycle facilities.

 

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 on 13.09.2022 and 02.05.2023:

5291-001/H

5291-002/A

5291-003

5291-201

Arboricultural Impact Assessment and BS5837 Tree Survey at South Road.

Stage 2 Road Safety Audit South Road - Shared footway/cycleway

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

local Planning Authority.

 

03. No development shall take place (including ground works and vegetation

clearance) until a construction environmental management plan (CEMP:

Biodiversity) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning

Authority. The CEMP (Biodiversity) shall include the following:

a) Risk assessment of potentially damaging development activities

b) identification of "biodiversity protection zones"

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c) practical measures (both physical measures and sensitive working practices)

to avoid or reduce impacts during development (may be provided as a set of

method statements)

d) the location and timing of sensitive works to avoid harm to biodiversity features

e) the times during development when specialist ecologists need to be present on

site to oversee works

f) responsible persons and lines of communication

g) the role and responsibilities on site of an ecological clerk of works or similarly

competent person

h) the use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs

The approved CEMP (Biodiversity) shall be adhered to and implemented

throughout the development period strictly in accordance with the approved

details.

REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1]

 

04. 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. An ecological site inspection report demonstrating the

implementation of the approved measures shall be submitted within three months

of practical completion of the works.

The approved scheme shall be performed, observed and complied with.

REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1, CS7]

 

05. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General

Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) or any Order

revoking and re-enacting that order, no external lighting shall be installed 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 with vertical calculation planes 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. Under no circumstances should any other external

lighting be installed without prior consent from the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: In the interests of nature conservation

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1, CS7]

 

06. The development hereby permitted shall not be begun until a detailed scheme of

proposed tree planting has been submitted to and approved in writing by the

Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include the following comprehensive

details of all trees to be planted: -

a) Full planting specification.

b) Positions of all proposed species.

c) Comprehensive details of ground preparation.

d) Staking/tying method/s.

e) 5 year post planting maintenance schedule.

All tree-planting shall be carried out in full accordance with the approved scheme

in the nearest planting season (1st October to 31st March inclusive) to the

completion of the approved development. The quality of all approved landscape

works shall be in accordance with British Standard 4428:1989 'Code of Practice

For General Landscape Operations' or any subsequent revision. All trees

included within the approved scheme shall be healthy, well formed specimens

with single leading shoots and shall be of a minimum quality compatible with

British Standard 3936:1992 (Part 1) 'Specifications For Trees & Shrubs' and

British Standard 4043 (where applicable) or any subsequent revision. Any trees

which within a period of 5 years from the completion of all tree planting die, are

removed, uprooted are significantly damaged, become diseased or malformed

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]

 

07. The scheme shall be constructed in accordance with the approved drawings and

Road Safety Audit including 'Designer Responses' and the following signage

shall be provided:

(a) A cycle warning sign (TSRGD diagram 950) marked on the carriageway

within the crematorium approaching the exit gate to warn drivers of the presence

of cyclists in accordance with drawing number 5291/001/H submitted 29 March

2023;

(b) Pedestrian priority, 'Share with care' or similar signage where the cycleway

narrows to below 3.0 metres in width;

(c) Shared use signage (TSRGD diagram 956) along the route to make it clear

to both pedestrians and cyclists that the route is shared;

(d) 'Slow' markings on the cycleway for northbound cyclists on the western

side at the point where the footway/cycleway crosses South Road;

(e) Cycle warning signs (TSRGD diagram 950) facing West Road and the car

park for the South Road allotments to warn drivers entering and leaving the

parking area of the presence of cyclists; and

(f) Dropped kerbs with tactile paving where the cycleway is required to cross

vehicular routes.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

[RELEVANT POLICIES: Core Strategy CS23, Local Plan M6]

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