Agenda item

Conversion of 2 areas of grass to provide 7 parking spaces.

Conversion of 2 areas of grass to provide 7 parking spaces.

The Committee noted:

•             The supplementary report tabled at the meeting

•             There were no objections received.

RECOMMENDATION That the Assistant Director: Planning be recommended to APPROVE the application subject to the following conditions:

1. 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.

2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out only in accordance with the following approved plans and documents received by the Local Planning Authority:

Layout – 4817/388 – received 15.06.2021

Design and Access Statement – Received 18.01.2021

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

3. The development shall not be begun 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 parking spaces being brought into use, whichever is sooner. All hard landscaping works shall be carried out and completed prior to the parking spaces being brought into use. 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]

4.            The development hereby permitted shall not be begun until a detailed scheme for the protection of existing trees, hedgerows and groups of mature shrubs to be retained, in accordance with British Standard 5837 (2012) 'Trees In Relation To Construction Recommendations' (or any subsequent revision), has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Protection measures shall be phased as necessary to take into account and provide protection during demolition/site clearance works - all construction works - hard landscaping works. Details shall include an approved development layout plan at a minimum scale of 1:200, showing 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 location/s of 2m high (minimum) protective barrier/s, supported by a metal scaffold framework, constructed as a minimum in accordance with Section 6 (Figure 2), to include appropriate weatherproof tree protection area signage (such as "Keep Out - Construction Exclusion Zone") securely fixed to the outside of the protective fencing structure at regular intervals.

e) Illustration/s of the proposed protective barriers to be erected.

f) Proposed location/s and illustration/s ground protection measures within the main root protection areas of retained trees, designed as necessary for pedestrian light traffic or heavy plant machinery, as necessary to prevent contamination and ground compaction.

g) Annotated minimum distances between protective barriers and trunks of retained trees at regular intervals.

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 existing trees and other vegetation considered worthy of retention.

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