Agenda item

APP/13/00828: Trepassey Residential Home, 26 HILLSIDE ROAD, GAYTON, CH60 0BW - Extension and refurbishment of existing residential care home and gardens to upgrade and improve accommodation (amended).

Minutes:

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

 

A replica model was produced for the Committees reference.

 

On a motion by Councillor Foulkes and seconded by Councillor Boult it was:

 

Resolved (12:0) 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. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 1st October 2013 and listed as follows: 1221-AL-101 rev F (Dated 06.06.13), 1221-AL-201 rev F (Dated 06.06.13), 1221-AL-202 rev F (Dated 06.06.13),1221-AL-203 rev F (Dated 06.06.13),1221-AL-204 rev G (Dated 06.06.13),1221-AL-205 rev F (Dated 06.06.13),1221-AL-206 rev F (Dated 06.06.13),1221-AL-301 rev F (Dated 10.06.13), 1221-AL-302 rev E (Dated 10.06.13),1221-AL-303 rev D (Dated 10.06.13), 1221-AL-304 rev D (Dated 10.06.13), 1221-AL-305 rev C (Dated 10.06.13), 1221-AL-306 rev C (Dated 10.06.13), 1221-AL-307 rev B (Dated 10.06.13), 1221-AL-308 rev C (Dated 10.06.13),13124-PL-500 rev B (Dated 13.06.13) & 13124-PL-600 rev B (Dated 13.06.13)

 

3. Before any construction commences, samples of the facing/roofing/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.

 

4. The area(s) so designated within the site shall be suitably landscaped in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority before any works commence on site, the landscape work to be completed during the first available planting season following completion of the development hereby approved and shall be maintained thereafter to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.

 

5. Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced, a datum for measuring land levels shall be agreed in writing. Full details of existing and proposed ground levels and proposed finished floor levels shall be taken from that datum and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plan(s). The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained as such thereafter.

 

6. No works or development shall take place until a scheme for the protection of the retained trees- The Tree protection plan (section 5.5, BS 5837:2012,Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction - Recommendations) has been agreed in writing with the LPA.  This scheme shall include:

 

A.  the details of each retained tree as required at section. 4.4 of BS5837 in a separate schedule.

B.  a plan or relevant drawings, including proposed site layout plans, to a scale and level of accuracy appropriate to the proposal that shows constraints posed by existing trees (section 5.2 BS 5837), the position, crown spread and Root Protection Area (section 4.6 of BS5837) of every retained tree on site and on neighbouring or nearby ground to the site in relation to the approved plans and particulars. The positions of all trees to be removed shall be indicated on this plan.

C.  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, 2010, Tree work-Recommendations.

 

An arboricultural method statement (section 6 BS 5837) containing;

 

D.  the details and positions (shown on the plan at paragraph (a) above) of the Tree Protection Barriers (section 6.2 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.

E.  the details and positions (shown on the plan at paragraph (a) above) of the Ground Protection Zones (para 6.2.3 of BS5837).

F.  the details and positions (shown on the plan at paragraph (a) above) of the Construction Exclusion Zones (section 6 of BS5837).

G.  the details and positions (shown on the plan at paragraph (a) above) of the underground service runs (para 5.5.6 of BS5837).

H.  the details of any changes in levels or the position of any proposed excavations within 5 metres of the Root Protection Area (para. 5.5.6 of BS5837) of any retained tree, including those on neighbouring or nearby ground.

I.  the details of any special engineering required to accommodate the protection of retained trees (section 7 of BS5837), (e.g. in connection with foundations, bridging, water features, surfacing)

J.  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 (section 7.4 BS 5837)

K.  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.

L.  the details of the method to be employed for the stationing, use and removal of site cabins within any RPA (para. 6.2.2.3 of BS5837).

M.  the details of tree protection measures for site works, landscaping operations and management (section 8 of BS5837).

N.  the timing of the various phases of the works or development in the context of the tree protection measures.

 

7. In order to protect habitats of special local importance for nature conservation:

 

  I.  Work is only allowed between 8am and 6pm.

  II.  Any holes or trenches left open overnight to have a means of escape provided.

  III.  All materials, especially those containing lime, to be stored so that badgers cannot access them, and to the front of the house, not the rear.

  IV.  When fencing to the garden is installed, access left for the badgers to move around between gardens. Badger gates can be installed if necessary. Residents to be reminded that this access cannot be blocked.

 

8. Before the development hereby permitted is brought into use the south facing bathroom windows serving bedroom G30 on plan reference 1221-AL-203 rev D (dated 06.06.13) and bedroom  LG01 1221-AL-202 rev D (dated 06.06.13) shall be  fixed up to a distance of 1.7m from finnished floor level and obscurely glazed with frosted glass and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

9. Those roofs hereby approved marked; planted roof or sedum roof as indicated on plan references: 1221-AL-202 rev F, 1221-AL-203 rev F and 1221-AL-204 rev F shall not be occupied at any time.

 

10. No development shall take place until a method statement for the construction of the development hereby approved has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The construction works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved method statement.

 

Details submitted in respect of the method statement shall provide for site preparation and construction phases of the development. The method statement shall also include:

 

a.  details of the provision of parking facilities for contractors, site personnel & visitors during all stages of development;

b.  details of loading and unloading of plant & materials;

c.  details of on-site storage of plant & materials;

d.  details of a programme of works (including measures for traffic management and times of access to the site by heavy goods vehicles);

e.  details of boundary hoarding(s) behind any visibility zones; and

f.  details of the provision of wheel-cleaning facilities during the excavation, site preparation and construction stages of the development to prevent the deposit of mud and other materials onto the highway.

 

 

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