The Director of Technical Services submitted the above application for consideration.

On a motion by Councillor Dave Mitchell and seconded by Councillor John Salter it was;

Resolved (11:1) – That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

1. The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

2. Before any construction commences, samples of the facing, roofing and window materials to be used in the external construction of this development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved materials shall then be used in the construction of the development and retained as such thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

3. No development (including geotechnical, geo-chemical site investigations, alteration of existing/new Statutory undertakes equipment) will take place at the site until the appli­cant, or their agents or successors in title, has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted by the applicant and approved by the Local Planning Authority. All works shall be carried out and completed as approved, unless otherwise agreed, in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

The written scheme of investigation shall include the following components:

i. An archaeological evaluation;

ii. An archaeological recording programme the scope of which will be informed by the results of the evaluation.

iii. The programme for post investigation assessment.

iv. Provision for the:

• Analysis,
• Publication, dissemination and,
• Deposition of the archive of the site investigations and records

4. No development shall be commenced until full details of soft and hard landscaping have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The landscaping scheme shall detail the locations, species and heights of all existing and proposed trees, shrubs and hedge planting and all existing and proposed grassed and hard surfaced areas and any other natural or proposed features. Such landscaping works shall be completed prior to the first use of the building hereby permitted.

5. Any trees or shrubs removed, dying or severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased within five years from the completion of the scheme shall be replaced by trees or shrubs of a similar size and species to those originally required to be planted unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

6. Development shall not commence until a scheme for the provision of cycle parking has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority.  The cycle parking facility shall be erected in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved and retained as such thereafter.

7. No development shall commence until details of works to assist pedestrians crossing Broadway at its junction with Claremount Road have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The works shall be implemented in accordance with the approved plans prior to first occupation of the development and retained as such thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

8. No development shall commence until details works to provide vehicle access onto Broadway have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The works shall be implemented in accordance with the approved plans prior to first occupation of the development and retained as such thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.