Agenda item

APP/13/00844: Bridge Court, BRIDGE ROAD, WEST KIRBY, WIRRAL CH48 4HT - Phased new build construction of development of:(A) Forty eight apartments consisting 8 no. 1-bedroom and 40 no. 2- bedroom, with associated car parking and landscaping; (B) Healthcare facility with associated car parking and landscaping.

Minutes:

The Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment submitted the above application for consideration.

 

On a motion by Councillor Elderton and seconded by Councillor Realey it was:

 

Resolved (13:0) That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

 

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

 

 

No development shall commence until such time as a datum for measuring land levels has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Full details of existing and proposed ground levels and proposed finished floor levels shall be taken from that datum, notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plans. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained as such thereafter.

 

 

Full details of all fencing, walls, gateways and means of enclosure shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority before the development hereby approved is completed and the work shall be carried out prior to first occupation of any part of the development unless an alternative timescale has previously been agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority, in accordance with the details so approved, and retained as such thereafter.

 

 

No works or development to any part of the development site shall take place until a detailed Method Statement for the protection of the retained trees (section 7, BS59837, the Tree Protection Plan) has been agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved method statement. For the avoidance of doubt, the method statement shall include:

 

A; a schedule of tree works for all the retained trees in paragraphs (a) and (b) above, specifying pruning and other remedial or preventative work, whether for physiological, hazard abatement, aesthetic or operational reasons. All tree works shall be carried out in accordance with BS3998, 1989, Recommendations for tree work. B; the details and positions (shown on the plan at paragraph (a) above) of the Ground Protection Zones (section 9.3 of BS5837). C; the details and positions of the Tree Protection Barriers (section 9.2 of BS5837), identified separately where required for different phases of construction work (e.g. demolition, construction, hard landscaping). The Tree Protection Barriers must be erected prior to each construction phase commencing and remain in place, and undamaged for the duration of that phase. No works shall take place on the next phase until the Tree Protection Barriers are repositioned for that phase. D; the details and positions (shown on the plan at paragraph (a) above) of the Construction Exclusion Zones (section 9 of BS5837). E; the details and positions (shown on the plan at paragraph (a) above) of the underground service runs (section11.7 of BS5837). F; the details of any changes in levels or the position of any proposed excavations within 5 metres of the Root Protection Area (para. 5.2.2 of BS5837) of any retained tree, including those on neighbouring or nearby ground. G; the details of any special engineering required to accommodate the protection of retained trees (section10 of BS5837), (e.g. in connection with foundations, bridging, water features, surfacing) H; the details of the working methods to be employed for the installation of drives and paths within the RPAs of retained trees in accordance with the principles of "No-Dig" construction. I; the details of the working methods to be employed with regard to the access for and use of heavy, large, difficult to manoeuvre plant (including cranes and their loads, dredging machinery, concrete pumps, piling rigs, etc) on site. J; the details of the working methods to be employed with regard to site logistics and storage, including an allowance for slopes, water courses and enclosures, with particular regard to ground compaction and phytotoxicity.K; the details of the method to be employed for the stationing, use and removal of site cabins within any RPA (para. 9.2.3 of BS5837). L; the details of tree protection measures for the hard landscaping phase (sections 13 and 14 of BS5837). M; the timing of the various phases of the works or development in the context of the tree protection measures.

 

 

The following activities must not be carried out under any circumstances:

a, No fires shall be lit within 10 metres of the nearest point of the canopy of any retained tree. b, No works shall proceed until the appropriate Tree Protection Barriers are in place, with the exception of initial tree works. c, No equipment, signage, fencing, tree protection barriers, materials, components, vehicles or structures shall be attached to or supported by a retained tree. d, No mixing of cement or use of other materials or substances shall take place within a RPA, or close enough to a RPA that seepage or displacement of those materials or substances could cause then to enter a RPA e, No alterations or variations to the approved works or tree protection schemes shall be carried out without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority.

 

 

 

All excavations within the crown spreads of existing trees, situated on or off site, shall be undertaken manually by hand with the use of hand tools and only upon the prior written approval of the local authority shall the use of a mechanical digger be permitted within the crown spreads of trees. Severance of tree roots is to be avoided and under no circumstances shall roots of a diameter 25mm or greater be removed, severed or damaged.

 

 

 

No development shall commence 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.

 

 

 

 

No development shall take place until a Site Waste Management Plan, confirming how demolition and construction waste will be recovered and re-used on the site or at other sites, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved Plan shall be implemented in full unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

 

Arrangements for the storage and disposal of refuse, and vehicle access thereto, shall be made within the curtilage of the site to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority prior to the occupation of the building.

 

 

No development shall commence within that part of the development site indicated within submitted plan AR-XX-WS-PL-100-006 as Phase A until details of works to provide a footpath linking Orrysdale Road and Bridge Court have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. For the avoidance of doubt, the details hereby submitted shall include a maintenance schedule. Prior to first occupation of any part of the Phase of development the works shall be completed in accordance with the written approval to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority and shall be retained as such thereafter and maintained in accordance with the approved maintenance schedule.

 

 

 

No development shall commence within that part of the development site indicated within submitted plan AR-XX-WS-PL-100-006 as Phase A until details of works to widen Bridge Court and provide a turning head at its southernmost extent have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. First occupation of any part of the Phase shall not commence until those works have been completed to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.

 

 

 

No development shall commence within that part of the development site indicated within submitted plan AR-XX-WS-PL-100-006 as Phase A until samples of the facing/roofing/window materials to be used in the external construction of this phase of the 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 phase of development.

 

 

 

Notwithstanding the submitted details, and having regard to the submitted Design Out Crime Advice, NO DEVELOPMENT SHALL COMMENCE  within that part of the development site indicated within submitted plan AR-XX-WS-PL-100-006 as Phase A until the Local Planning Authority has approved in writing the details of measures to be incorporated for the prevention of crime. The detail shall include the following measures:

 

·  CCTV cameras to be installed to the buildings and car parks;

·  Laminated glazing to be installed to ground floor vulnerable windows;

 

  The development shall be implemented in accordance with the   approved details, and retained as such thereafter.

 

 

 

No development shall commence within that part of the development site indicated within submitted plan AR-XX-WS-PL-100-006 as Phase B until details of a regime for servicing and deliveries for the Health Care Facility have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved details shall be implemented upon first occupation of the Health Care Facility and shall be retained as such thereafter. For the avoidance of doubt, all deliveries and servicing shall only take place between the hours of 07.00 and 22.00 Monday to Saturday. On Sundays and Bank Holidays, deliveries and servicing shall only take place between the hours of 09.00 and 17.00.

 

 

 

A Full Travel Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority within 6 months of occupation of Phase B of the development, as indicated within submitted plan AR-XX-WS-PL-100-006 hereby approved. The provisions of the Travel Plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the programme and shall not be varied other than through agreement with the Local Planning Authority. For the avoidance of doubt a travel plan should include, but shall not be limited to:

 

  • A commitment to the principals outlined in the draft Framework   Travel Plan;

  • Any changes to the existing transport services to the site;

  • Results of the initial staff travel survey;

  • Details of visitor travel patterns;

  • Revised targets for modal shift or split based upon the travel   survey;

  • Identification of a Travel Plan co-ordinator;

  • An action plan of measures with a timescale for implementation;

  • Detail of measures and resource allocation to promote the Travel   Plan; and

  • Mechanisms for monitoring (which include mode share and   exact numbers of staff) and   reviewing the Travel Plan,   including the submission of an annual review and action plan to   the Local Planning Authority.

 

 

Notwithstanding the submitted details, and having regard to the submitted Design Out Crime Advice, no development shall commence within that part of the development site indicated within submitted plan AR-XX-WS-PL-100-006 as Phase B until the Local Planning Authority has approved in writing the details of measures to be incorporated for the prevention of crime. The detail shall include the following measures:

 

·  CCTV cameras to be installed to the building and car park;

·  Roller shuttering or 6.4mm laminated glazing to be installed to ground floor vulnerable windows;

·  Bollards, planters or an alternative feature to the front and side elevations southwest and northwest facing) of the health centre capable of stopping a vehicular attack to the building.

 

The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details, and retained as such thereafter.

 

 

 

No development shall commence within that part of the development site indicated within submitted plan AR-XX-WS-PL-100-006 as Phase B until samples of the facing/roofing/window materials to be used in the external construction of this phase of the development have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved materials shall then be used in the construction of the development.

 

 

 

No development shall commence within that part of the development site indicated within submitted plan AR-XX-WS-PL-100-006 as Phase B until as samples of the materials to be used in the surfacing of the car parking areas and pedestrian and highway routes of this phase of the development have been 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 shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

 

 

No development shall commence within that part of the development site indicated within submitted plan AR-XX-WS-PL-100-006 as Phase B until details of works to widen the existing footway to 2.0 metres along the east side of Orrysdale Road from the junction with Bridge Road to the southernmost extent of the site have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. First occupation of the development in Phase B shall not commence until those works have been completed in accordance with the agreed details, to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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