Agenda item

18/01116/3 Street Record - Bay Road, Bracknell, Berkshire

Formation of 15 no. additional off-street parking bays in various locations on existing grass amenity areas.

Minutes:

Formation of 15 no. additional off-street parking bays in various locations on existing grass amenity areas.

 

The Committee noted:

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

·        The comments of Bracknell Town Council raising no objection.

·        The three letters of representation, 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 received by the Local Planning Authority on 7 June 2019:

5172/005: Proposed layout

Bay Road landscape plan

Bay Road planting specification

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

 

03. The soft landscaping works shown on the approved landscaping plan 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. As a minimum, the quality of all hard and soft 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 of good landscape design and the visual amenity of the area.

[Core Strategy DPD CS7, BFBLP 'Saved' Policies EN2 and EN20]

 

04. For pedestrian safety and visibility purposes, the proposed hedging shown on the

approved plan shall be kept at a maximum height of 0.6 metres.

REASON: In the interests of pedestrian and highway safety.

[Relevant Policies: Core Strategy DPD CS23]

 

05. No hard surfaced area of any description within the minimum Root Protection Areas of any trees to be retained (calculated in accordance with Section 4 of British Standard 5837:2012 or any subsequent revision) shall be constructed until a detailed site specific construction method statement has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Details shall be based on a porous ‘No-Dig’ principle of construction, avoiding any excavation of existing levels in all areas concerned, and shall include:-

a) an approved development layout plan identifying all areas where special

construction measures are to be undertaken; and

b) materials including porous surface finish; and

c) construction profile(s) showing existing /proposed finished levels together with any

grading of levels proposed adjacent to the footprint in each respective structure; and

d) a programme and method of implementation and arboricultural supervision.

The hard surfaced areas shall be constructed in full accordance with the approved

scheme, under arboricultural supervision, prior to the first use of the development. The approved surfacing shall be retained thereafter.

REASON: In order to alleviate any adverse impact on the root systems and the long

term health of retained trees, in the interests of the visual amenity of the area.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN1 and EN20, CSDPD CS7]

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