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

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

Resolved (11:00) – That the application be approved subject to a S106 legal agreement and the following conditions;

1. The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission or two years from the date of the approval of the last of the reserved matters, whichever is the later.

2. Details of the reserved matters set out below shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval within three years from the date of this permission:

(a)  Layout

(b)  Scale

(c)  Appearance

(d)  Access and

(e)  Landscaping

Approval of all reserved matters shall be obtained from the Local Planning Authority in writing before any development is commenced and shall be carried out as approved.

3. The detailed plans submitted as reserved matters shall include a survey of existing and proposed ground levels, sections across the site and details of the finished slab level for each property. The ground levels across the site and finished slab levels for each property shall be as per the approved plans.

4. The detailed landscaping plans submitted as reserved matters shall include:

(i)  details of boundary treatments and hard surfaces

(ii)  the location, size and species of all trees to be planted

(iii)  the location, size, species and density of all shrub and ground cover planting

(iv)  a schedule of implementation

5. Before any construction commences, samples of the facing (brick), 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.

6. Before any equipment, machinery or materials are brought onto site, a 1 metre high fence or other barrier as agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority, shall be erected around the outer limit of the crown spread of all trees, hedges or woodlands shown to be retained on the approved plan.  Such fencing shall be maintained in a satisfactory manner until the development is completed.  During the period of construction, no material shall be stored, fires started or trenches dug within these enclosed areas without the prior consent in writing of the Local Planning Authority.

7. Before the development is commenced, a method statement detailing measures to be taken during construction to protect the health of the existing trees shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The measures contained in the approved method statement shall be implemented in full throughout the construction phase.

8. A landscape management plan, including long term design objectives, management responsibilities and maintenance schedules for all landscape areas shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the occupation of the development or any phase of the development, whichever is sooner, for its permitted use.  The approved landscape management plan shall be carried out as approved.

9. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2008 (or any subsequent Order or statutory provision revoking or re-enacting the provisions of that Order), no garages, outbuildings or other extensions to a dwelling shall be erected unless expressly authorised.

10. 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 for each of the dwellings hereby approved as and when they are completed and before each relevant dwelling is first occupied. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained as such thereafter.

11. Prior to the demolition of the existing building/buildings a schedule of demolition works shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.  The demolition shall then be carried out strictly in accordance with the agreed schedule.

12. No development approved by this permission shall be commenced until a scheme for the disposal of foul and surface water drainage has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. No part of the development shall be brought into use until the drainage system has been constructed and completed in accordance with the approved plans.

13. No development shall take place, including any works of demolition, until a Construction Method Statement has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The approved Statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period.  The Statement shall provide for:

i.  the parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors;

ii.  loading and unloading of plant and materials;

iii.  storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development;

iv.  the erection and maintenance of security hoarding including decorative displays and facilities for  public viewing, where appropriate;

v.  wheel washing facilities;

vi.  measures to control the emission of dust and dirt during construction;

vii. a scheme for recycling/disposing of waste resulting from demolition and construction works.

14.The development shall not begin until a scheme for the provision of affordable housing as part of the development has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The affordable housing shall be provided in accordance with the approved scheme and shall meet the definition of affordable housing in Annex 2 of the National Planning Policy Framework or any future guidance that replaces it.  The scheme shall include:

i.  the number, type, tenure and location on the site of the affordable housing provision to be made which shall consist of not less than 5% of housing units;

ii.  the timing of the construction of the affordable housing and its phasing in relation to the occupancy of the market housing;

iii. the arrangements for the transfer of the affordable housing to an affordable housing provider/Registered Social Landlord;

iv. the arrangements to ensure that such provision is affordable for both first and subsequent occupiers of the affordable housing; and

v. the occupancy criteria to be used for determining the identity of occupiers of affordable housing and the means by which such occupancy criteria shall be enforced.

15. Before any work hereby authorised begins, steps shall be taken to secure the safety and stability of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd (which is to be permanently retained) to provide protection for the building during the progress of demolition works of the existing campus buildings and subsequent construction works of the new dwellings hereby approved.  Such steps shall, where necessary, include measures to support any wall or vertical surface; any floor, roof or horizontal surface.

16. The total gross footprint of all the dwellings hereby approved shall not exceed 4043 square metres.

17. No dwelling hereby permitted shall be occupied until surface water drainage works have been implemented in accordance with details that have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Before these details are submitted an assessment shall be carried out of the potential for disposing of surface water by means of sustainable drainage system in accordance with the principles set out in the National Planning Policy Framework and its Technical Guidance Note (or any subsequent version).  Where a sustainable drainage scheme is to be provided, the submitted details shall:

i.  provide information about the design storm period and intensity, the method employed to delay and control the surface water discharged from the site and the measures taken to prevent pollution of the receiving groundwater and/or surface water;

ii.  include a timetable for its implementation; and

iii. provide a management and maintenance plan for the lifetime of the development which shall include the arrangements for adoption by any public authority or statutory undertaker and any other arrangements to secure the operation of the scheme throughout its lifetime.

18. Prior to any works commencing on site, details of the installation of bat boxes and bat bricks, including their locations, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

19. Having regard to the sites location under the flight path to and from Liverpool John Lennon Airport, before development commences, details of a scheme of works to minimise noise pollution and disturbance to the new dwellings, including details of acoustic glazing, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and once approved shall only be carried out in full accordance with such details and all implemented measures (including any acoustic glazing) shall be permanently retained thereafter.

20. The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans, numbers A-05-010 Revision B; A-16-10 Revision B; A-05-012 Revision A & A-05-019 Revision A.