Agenda item

APP/11/00715 - Land at the junction of Laird Street, Bray Street & Park Road North, including no's 2-4 Laird Street, 212-214 Park Road North and 38, 39 and 40 Bray Street, Birkenhead, Wirral CH41 8BY - The demolition of 2 no. vacant community buildings and the creation of 8 no. residential units and associated car parking (AMENDED PLANS RECEIVED 14/02/12).

Minutes:

The Acting Director of Regeneration, Housing and Planning submitted the above application for consideration.

 

A petitioner addressed the meeting.

 

The applicant addressed the meeting.

 

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

 

Resolved (9:2) – 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, full details and samples of the all the facing and roofing 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.

 

3. No development shall commence until a ground contamination survey has been undertaken, taking into account any potential contaminants from all known previous land uses.  Should this survey identify any such contaminants, then a scheme of remediation to render the site suitable for use shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to such works being undertaken. A statement giving precise details of the nature and extent of any such remediation, together with certification that the site has been made suitable for its intended use, shall also be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

4. The remainder of the undeveloped land within the curtilage of the site shall be suitably hard and soft landscaped with in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority prior to commencement of any construction work on the site. Such landscaping work to be shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with an alternative timetable to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.  Any trees or plants that within a period of five years after planting, are removed, die or become, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, seriously damaged or defective shall be replaced with others of a species, size and number as originally approved in the first available planting season unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

 

5. No development shall take place until a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The boundary treatment shall be completed before the buildings are occupied and the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

6. The development hereby granted permission shall not be commenced until a full scheme of works for provision within the development of a traffic calming scheme, and the implementation of a 20mph speed limit including all appropriate signage and traffic regulation orders, has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full prior to the first occupation of any part of the development.

 

7. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the plans received by the Local Planning Authority 14th February 2012.

 

8. Prior to the commencement of demolition of 2-4 Laird Street and 212-214 Park Road North, a professional record of the building; drawings, photography and written record, should be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. For the avoidance of doubt the recording should be at Level 2 in accordance with English Heritage Guidance - Understanding Historic Buildings: A guide to good recording practice.

 

 

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