Agenda item

APP/15/00829: Unilever Plc, QUARRY ROAD EAST, BEBINGTON - Proposed combined research and development building with ground & first floor offices, conference facilities, warehousing and pilot plant chamber for R & D projects. Constructed within the existing Unilever campus / site to the south west of the Port Sunlight conservation area. All associated highway access / egress to remain as existing. The proposed development retains the quantity of vehicle parking facilities, cycle parking and also pedestrian access arrangements on site on completion of this development.

Minutes:

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

 

On a motion by Councillor Elderton and seconded by Councillor Mitchell 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. A scheme of planting to provide a screen for the site shall be carried out in accordance with details to be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority before any work is commenced and the screen to be provided shall be subsequently maintained to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.  The approved scheme shall be fully implemented in the first planting season following commencement of any part of the approved development, and replacement planting shall be provided as necessary until the screen is fully established.

 

3. 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.

 

4. 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.

 

5. Following the full commissioning of the new facilities a BS 4142:2014 (Method for Rating Industrial Noise Affecting Mixed Residential and Industrial Areas) survey should be carried out to ensure compliance with the agreed sound levels as detailed in:-Acoustic Report - R02 Rev 1-REP-UN-10-05828-PM-26052015-R1. Acoustics: Initial assessment for planning application.  The BS4142 assessment should be copied to Environmental Health for approval. Any exceedances measured together with remedies to be implemented should be detailed in the document.

 

6. Plans detailing the procedures and facilities for controlling fugitive emissions (particularly odour) to atmosphere from the new facility should be submitted to and approved by the Planning Authority prior to plant commissioning.

 

7. Development shall not be commenced until a Travel Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The provisions of the Travel Plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the timetable contained therein unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

8. No part of the development shall be brought into use until space and facilities for cycle parking of a type and in a location previously submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority have been provided and these facilities shall be permanently retained thereafter.

 

9. No development shall commence until a scheme for the disposal of foul and surface waters for the entire site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. For the avoidance of doubt, surface water must drain separate from the foul and no surface water will be permitted to discharge directly or indirectly into existing public sewerage systems. The details shall be completed, maintained and managed in accordance with the approved details.

 

10. The overall maximum sound pressure levels for fixed plant, equipment and machinery associated with the development shall not exceed the following levels1m from the nearest residential window 07:00 to 23:00hrs 37 (L aeq dB) and 23:00 to 07:00hrs 33 (L aeq dB)

 

11. No tree felling or scrub clearance shall take place between March to April. If work has to be carried out during this period all trees and scrub on the site are to be first checked to ensure there are no breeding birds present, If present details of how they are to be protected must be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

12. If any Badger Setts are discovered during site clearance, all work within 30m of the Badger sett should stop and a suitably experienced ecologist contacted immediately.

 

13. If the single mature Peduncular Oak tree within the woodland is to be felled, further surveys for bats will be required prior to felling.

 

14. No trees indicated in the approved plan(s) or documentation to be retained shall be cut down, uprooted or destroyed, nor shall any trees be pruned other than in accordance with the approved plans and particulars, without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority.  Any agreed pruning shall be carried out in accordance with British Standard 3998 (Tree Works). 

 

15. Prior to the commencement of development, details of the number and species of trees to be planted should be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Department. The agreed scheme shall be implemented in full.

 

16. Prior to the development commencing, an archaeological evaluation or watching brief shall be submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This must be undertaken by a professionally qualified archaeologist who is a member of the Institute of Archaeologists at Practitioner grade or above. The approved programme of works shall subsequently be implemented and where appropriate, completed in accordance with the approved details. The programme shall include written schemes of investigation for evaluation and watching briefs.

 

17. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the Local Planning Authority on 11th June 2015 and listed as follows:-

 

2013-214/101 revB; 2013-214/102 revB; 2013-214/107 revB; 2013-214/108 revA; 2013-214/109 revA; 2013-214/110 revA; 2013-214/111 revA; 2013-214/112 rev A; 2013-214/113 revA; 2013-214/822 revB; 2013-214/823 revA; 2013-214/824 rev A; 2013-214/850 revB;  2013-214/851 revD; Site Plan Rev B; Entrance Courtyard Plan rev B

 

18. Any trees and shrubs planted in accordance with the landscaping scheme which, within 5 years of planting  are removed, dying, seriously damaged or become diseased shall be replaced to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority, by trees and shrubs of similar species and size to those they are replacing.

 

 

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