Agenda item

APP/13/01510 : 10 THE RIDGE, HESWALL, CH60 6SP : Construction of two detached houses.

Minutes:

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

 

On a motion by Councillor Mountney and seconded by Councillor Brightmore it was:

 

Resolved (13:0) 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 4th December 2013 and listed as follows: A101 Rev B (dated 11.13), A102 Rev A (dated 11.13), A103 Rev A (dated 11.13), A104 Rev B (dated 11.13), A105 Rev A (dated 11.13), A106 (dated 11.13), A107 (dated 02.13) & A108 (dated 02.13).

 

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. Before the development hereby permitted is brought into use the south facing windows in the first floor of the dwelling located on plot 1 facing 36 Oldfield Way shall be obscurely glazed with frosted glass and non opening and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

5. 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.

 

6. Before development takes place 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) shall be submitted and 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;

 

E; 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.

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

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

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

I; 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.

J; 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)

K; the details of the working methods to be employed with the demolition of buildings, structures and surfacing within or adjacent to the RPAs of retained trees (section 7 BS 5837).

 

7. 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 LPA.

 

8. Prior to any works taking place, the site, and 30m zone around the site should be surveyed for badger setts. This is to be detailed within a construction environmental management plan which is to be submitted to and agreed in writing prior to commencement on site. The construction environmental management plan shall detail any mitigation measures required as a result of the survey and shall be implemented in full in accordance with the approve scheme.

 

9. In accordance with the ecological survey (The Tyrer partnership) mitigation measures for the loss of Badger habitat and details of boundary fencing/walls to allow badgers to access the site shall be submitted to and agreed in writing prior to the commencement of development. The approved scheme and shall be implemented in full and retained as such thereafter.

 

10. No tree, shrub or hedgerow felling, or any vegetation management and/or cutting operations should take place during the period 1st March to 31st August inclusive unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

11. 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.

 

12. 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.

 

13. Prior to the first occupation or use of the development, arrangements for the storage and disposal of refuse, and vehicle access thereto, shall be made within the curtilage of the site, in accordance with details previous submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, prior to the first occupation of the building.

 

 

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