Agenda item

Full planning application for the erection of 3x detached dwellinghouses including driveways and garages and landscaping following removal of 7 existing buildings and hardstanding at the site

 

Full planning application for the erection of 3x detached

dwellinghouses including driveways and garages and landscaping

following removal of 7 existing buildings and hardstanding at the

site

 

The Committee noted:

 

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

· The comments of Warfield Parish Council, recommending refusal.

·         A total of 16 letters of objection, as summarised in the Agenda papers.

·        A total of 19 comments of support, as summarised in the Agenda papers.

·        The further comments received through Councillor Virgo as detailed in the supplementary report.

 

The criteria for public speaking had been met in respect of this application and the

Committee was addressed by John Andrews, objecting to the application and

Nick Blair speaking in response.                

 

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]:

Location Plan: D1297-01

Site Location Plan: D1297-02p Rev. 4

Existing Site Layout Plan: D1297-12p Rev.5

Plot 1 Planning Proposals Floor Layout Plans: D1297-03 Rev.3

Plot 1 Panning Proposals Elevations: D1297-04p

Plot 2 Planning Proposals Floor Layout Plans: D1297-05p

Plot 2 Planning Proposals Elevations: D1297-06p

Plot 3 Planning Proposals Floor Layout Plans: D1297-07p

Plot 3 Planning Proposals Elevations: D1297-08p

Typical Garage Details: D1297-09p

Front Boundary Fence Details: D1297-14a

Tree Protection Details (demolition): D1297-02p Rev.3

Tree Protection Details (construction): D1297-02p Rev. 3

GS Ecology Scheme to Mitigate the impact on Nesting birds during construction. Dated 24 January 2020

GS Ecology Ecological Assessment dated February 2020

GS Ecology Bio-diversity Enhancements Plan dated February 2020

Remediation and Verification Strategy by Santec dated 24 February 2020

  

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

 

03. The dwellings hereby approved shall be constructed out of Vandersanden, Bromley and red multi stock bricks; Dark Antique Priory plain roof tile; oak wooden beams and white render. 

REASON: In the interests of the visual amenities of the area.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN20, Core Strategy DPD CS7]

 

04. No dwelling shall be occupied until details of the materials and height of walls, fences and any other means of enclosure have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  All boundary treatments should provide for the free movement of wildlife to and from the site and retained as such. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full before the occupation of any of the dwellings approved in this permission.

REASON: - In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and bio-diversity

[Relevant Plans and Policies: BFBLP EN20, Core Strategy DPD CS1, CS7]

 

05. Prior to the practical completion of any dwelling, the Warfield byway 20 shall be returned to its former condition, of which the council hold record.

REASON: To ensure that the byway remains in an acceptable state to be enjoyed by all users.

[Relevant Policies: Core Strategy DPD Policy CS24]

 

06. No dwelling hereby approved shall be occupied until a scheme depicting hard and soft landscaping has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include a 3 year post planting maintenance schedule.

  

All planting comprised in the 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 hard landscaping works shall be carried and completed prior to the occupation of any part of the approved 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 bio-diversity and visual amenity of the site

[Relevant Plans and Policies: CSDPD CS1, CS7]

 

07. No dwelling shall be occupied until a means of vehicular access has been constructed in accordance with details which have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

[Relevant Policies: Core Strategy DPD CS23]

 

08. Prior to the first occupation, the parking and turning areas shown on plan D1297-02P Rev 4 shall be constructed in accordance with details submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The area will be retained for parking thereafter.

REASON: To ensure adequate on-site parking is provided

[Relevant Policy: BFBLP M9]

 

09. The garages shall be retained for the use of the parking of cycles at all times.

REASON: To ensure that the Local Planning Authority's cycle parking standards are met.

[Relevant Policy: BFBLP M9]

 

10. During construction the site shall be laid out and operated in accordance with the Site Organisation Plan dated 18.02.20. The approved scheme shall be performed, observed and complied with.  No other areas on the site, other than those in the approved scheme shall be used for the purposes annotated.

REASON: In the interests of amenity and road safety.

[Relevant Policy: BFBLP M9]

 

11. The parking and turning areas 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.

 

12. 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, C, 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 and the site is affected by a Tree Preservation Order/contains trees which are a feature of the site where strict control over development is required by the policies of the development to ensure their protection.  

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP GB1, EN1, Core Strategy DPD CS9]

 

13. The areas shown for bat roost purposes on the approved plans shall thereafter be retained as such and shall not be used for any other purpose.

REASONS: In the interest of nature conservation.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD CS1]

 

14. All ecological measures and/or works shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained in GS Ecology Ecological Assessment dated February 2020 and GS Ecology Biodiversity Enhancements Plan dated February 2020 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, and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, prior to occupation of any dwelling hereby approved.

REASONS: In the interest of nature conservation.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD CS1]

 

         15. No external lighting shall be installed on the site or affixed to any buildings on the site.

REASONS: In the interest of Bio-diversity.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD CS1]

 

         16. Should any trees, shrubs or hedgerows be removed during the main bird nesting period of 1^st March to 31^st August inclusive, the works shall be undertaken following the methodology contained within the GS Ecology ‘Scheme to minimize the impact on nesting birds during construction’ dated 24 January 2020.

REASONS: In the interest of Bio-diversity.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD CS1]

 

         17. A Site Completion Report shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority upon completion of the remediation/mitigation work in accordance with the agreed implementation timetables.  The report shall include confirmation that all remediation measures have been carried out fully in accordance with the approved remediation scheme and detail the action taken and verification methodology used (including details of the sampling and analysis programme) at each stage of the remediation/mitigation works to confirm the adequacy of decontamination. The Site Completion Report must also include details of future monitoring and reporting if this is deemed necessary, or a statement to the effect that no future monitoring is required, with an explanation as to why future monitoring is not necessary. No dwelling shall be occupied until this report has been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: The proposed development is located on a potentially contaminated site, due to its historic land use.  To ensure the development is suitable for its end use and the wider environment and does not create undue risks to occupiers of the site or surrounding areas.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN25]