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

On a motion by Councillor Mitchell and seconded by Councillor Elderton it was –

Resolved – 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 No development shall commence until details of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The details shall include the construction of a sample panel of proposed brickwork and pointing on site. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved materials and sample panel detailing. The approved sample panel shall be retained on site until removal is authorised by the local planning authority.

3 No part of the development shall be brought into use until space and facilities for cycle parking of a type and in a location previously submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority have been provided and these facilities shall be permanently retained thereafter.

4 The site of the proposed development has been identified as a site of archaeological interest. No development shall take place until at least 14 days notice of the commencement of the works has been given in writing to the Local Planning Authority and the Director of National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EN. Access shall be afforded at all reasonable times to allow an archaeologist nominated by the Director of Museums to carry out a watching brief throughout the development.

5 No development shall take place until details of landfill gas monitoring of the site, together with a scheme for gas exclusion control relating to the construction of the building and/or the application site, have been submitted to, and, in the case of the scheme, approved by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme be implemented before the building is occupied.

6 No development shall take place 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

7 The erection of fencing for the protection of trees shall be undertaken before any equipment, machinery or materials are brought onto the site for the purposes of the development, and shall be maintained until all equipment, machinery and surplus materials have been removed from the site. The above mentioned fencing shall consist of 1.5 metre high chestnut paling fence (or other approved fence) erected at the full extent of each tree. Nothing shall be stored or placed in any area fenced in accordance with this condition and the ground levels within those areas shall not be altered, nor shall any excavations be made without the written permission of the Local Planning Authority.

8 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 grassed and hard surfaced areas and any other natural or proposed feature.

9 Any trees or shrubs removed, dying, being severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased within 5 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.

10 All hard and soft landscaping works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details as set out in Condition 8. The works shall be carried out:

- Prior to occupation of any part of the development.