Agenda item

APP/14/00942: 3 GRAMMAR SCHOOL LANE, NEWTON, CH48 8AY - Erection of 3 new dwellings (AMENDED PLANS).

Minutes:

Having previously declared a personal and prejudicial interest, Councillor David Elderton left the meeting during consideration of this item.

 

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

 

On a motion by Councillor Daniel 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. No development shall take place until samples of the materials to be used in the external construction of this development, including facing bricks and roofing tiles, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

3. No development shall take place before details of the proposed finished floor levels, ridge and eaves heights of the buildings hereby approved have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The submitted levels details shall be measured against a fixed datum and shall show the existing and finished ground floor levels, eaves and ridges heights of surrounding property.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order1995 (or any subsequent Order or statutory provision revoking, revising or re-enacting the provisions of that Order with or without modification), there shall be no enlargement or extension of the dwelling(s) hereby permitted, including any additions or alterations to the roof, without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority.

 

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any subsequent Order or statutory provision revising, revoking or re-enacting the provisions of that Order with or without modification), no new windows, doors or other openings other than those expressly authorised by this permission shall be added to the property unless expressly authorised.

 

6. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any Order revising, revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no new building or enclosure shall be constructed within the application site without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority.

 

7. Notwithstanding the approved plans, no development shall take place before full details of the new access arrangements, including a 2 metre wide footway across the frontage of the site, have been submitted to, and approved in writing, by the Local Planning Authority.  The footway shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details and before construction of the new dwellings hereby approved is commenced.  The footway shall be retained and maintained permanently thereafter.

 

8. No development  (including any demolition, earthworks or vegetation clearance) shall take place before  a scheme of landscaping, phased in relation to any phasing of the development, which shall include full details of both hard and soft landscaping works and earthworks, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The details of the scheme shall include:

 

a.  indications of all existing trees, shrubs and hedgerows on the lands;

b.  details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection throughout the course of the development;

c.  details of all species, planting sizes and densities of all proposed enhancement and/or replacement planting;

d.  finished levels and contours;

e.  all proposed means of enclosure;

f.  hard surfacing materials for footpaths, driveways and all other areas of hard-standing.

 

The scheme shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

9. All soft landscaping comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the completion of each development phase.  Any trees, shrubs or plants that die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased within a period of five years from the completion of each development phase shall be replaced (and if necessary continue to be replaced) in the first available planting season with others of a similar size and species, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  All hard landscaping shall also be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with a programme to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

10. The detailed landscaping plans to be submitted pursuant of Condition 8 above shall include a plan at not less than 1:200 scale, showing the position of any trees proposed to be retained. 

 

a.  No retained tree shall be cut down, uprooted or destroyed, nor shall any retained tree be topped or lopped other than in accordance with the approved plans and particulars detailed in the landscaping plan(s) pursuant of Condition 8.  Any topping or lopping approved shall be carried out in accordance with British Standard 3998 (Tree Work).

b.  If any retained tree is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies, another tree shall be planted at the same place and that tree shall be of such size and species and shall be planted at such time, as may be specified in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

c.  No equipment, machinery or materials shall be brought onto the site for the purpose of the development until a scheme showing the exact positioning of protective fencing to enclose all retained trees beyond the outer edge of the overhang of their branches in accordance with British Standard 5837 (2005): (Trees in Relation To Construction) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and; the protective fencing has been erected in accordance with the approved details.  This fencing shall be maintained until all equipment, machinery and surplus materials have been removed from the site.  Nothing shall be stored or placed in any area fenced in accordance with this condition and the ground levels within those areas shall not be altered, nor shall any excavation be made, without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

 

In this condition, "retained" tree means an existing tree which is the be retained in accordance with the approved plans and particulars; and paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall have effect until the expiration of five years from the first occupation or the completion of the development, whichever is the later.

 

11. No development shall take place 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.

 

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 of the dwellings 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 to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved details shall be implemented in full unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

14. No development shall take place (including any demolition works) UNTIL a Construction Management Plan or Construction Method Statement for the demolition and/or construction of the development hereby approved has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.  The demolition and construction works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. 

 

Details submitted in respect of the method statement shall provide for routes for construction traffic, the provision of parking facilities for contractors and visitors during all stages of the development, hours of operation, the provision of a means of storage and/or delivery for all plant, site huts, site facilities and materials and shall provide for wheel cleaning facilities during the demolition, excavation, site preparation and construction stages of the development and/or method(s) of prevention of mud being carried onto the highway.

 

15. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 6 May 2015 and listed as follows: Proposed Site Plan Revision F (received 06.05.2015); Proposed Site Plan & Grammar School Lane Elevation Revision F (received 06.05.2015); Proposed Plans & Elevations: Plot 1 Revision F (Received 06.05.2015);  Proposed Plans & Elevations: Plot 2 Revision F (Received 06.05.2015) and  Proposed Plans & Elevations: Plot 3 Revision F (Received 06.05.2015)

 

16. No removal of trees/scrub/hedges shall be carried out on site between 1st March and 31st August inclusive in any year, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority unless searched beforehand for birds' nests and nesting activity by a suitably qualified ecologist. Where nests are found in trees, scrub or hedgerows, clearance of vegetation within a 5 metre radius of the nest must be postponed until the young are confirmed to have fledged.

 

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