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

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

Resolved (12:00) – 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. All existing trees which are not directly affected by the buildings and works hereby granted permission shall be clearly located and described in the landscaping scheme required. Such trees shall be retained and shall not be lopped, topped, felled, pruned, have their roots severed or be uprooted without prior approval of the Local Planning Authority.  Any such tree which subsequently dies, becomes seriously diseased or has to be removed as a result of carrying out this development shall be replaced with a tree of a species and size and in such position, as the Local Planning Authority may require, in conjunction with the general landscaping required herein.

Prior to the commencement of construction the trees to be retained on the site shall be protected by chestnut paling fences 1.5 metres high erected to the full extent of their canopies or such lesser extent as may be approved by the Local Planning Authority, the fencing to be removed only when the development (including pipelines and other underground works) has been completed; the enclosed areas shall at all times be kept clear of excavated soil, materials, contractors' plant and machinery.

6. 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.

7. The development hereby permitted shall not be commenced until such times as a scheme for the provision and implementation of a surface water regulation system has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. Prior to the submission of those details, an assessment shall be carried out into the potential for disposing of surface water by means of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and the results of the assessment provided to the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved scheme.

8. The development hereby permitted shall not be commenced until such time as a scheme for the management of overland flow from surcharging of the site's surface water drainage system is submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include details of the proposed ground levels and proposed finished floor levels. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved scheme..

9. No development shall commence until details of the proposed measures to be incorporated within the development to achieve 10% of the predicted energy requirements of the site from renewable sources have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, unless it can be demonstrated by the applicant, having regard to the type of development involved and its design, that this is not feasible or viable. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details and operated as such thereafter.

10. 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.

11. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the plans received by the Local Planning Authority 29th September 2011.

12. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(Amendment)(No.2) Order 2008 (or any subsequent Order or statutory provision re-enacting or revoking the provisions of that Order), no window or dormer window shall be added to the first floor rear elevations of properties at Plots 6-9 or Plots 53-62.