Agenda item

APP/15/00983: Chestnut House, KINGS DRIVE, CALDY, CH48 2JF - Re-design of existing dwelling with proposed extensions to include a new swimming pool, gymnasium, habitable spaces. Proposed External works and re-model of the elevations and new external detached double garage and landscaping works.

Minutes:

The Assistant Chief Executive submitted the above application for consideration.

 

A Ward Councillor addressed the Committee

 

It was moved by Councillor Elderton and seconded by Councillor Boult that the application be refused on the following grounds:

 

‘ The proposed development, by reason of its size and scale, represents overdevelopment of the site and is likely to affect the privacy of neighbours, contrary to policies HS11, CH2 and CH11 of the Wirral Unitary Development Plan; the Caldy Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.’

 

The motion was put and lost (3:9)

 

It was then moved by Councillor Foulkes and seconded by Councillor T Johnson and

 

Resolved (9:3) 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 31st July 2015 and listed as follows: 13-125-134 A (Dated 10.15), 13-125-131 E (Dated 06.15), 13-125-132 E (Dated 06.15), 13-125-133 D (Dated 06.15), 13-125-160 F (Dated 06.15), 13-125-161 E (Dated 06.15), 13-125-110 B (Dated 06.15),

 

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

 

i.  Construction work shall only take place between 8am and 6pm.

ii.  Any holes or trenches left open overnight must have a means of escape provided.

iii.  All construction materials, especially those containing lime, must 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 shall be left for the badgers to move around between gardens.

v.  No fires to be lit in the vicinity of the sett

vi.  No heavy plat machinery to be driven or used in the vicinity of the sett

vii. Any obvious badger paths to be left clear of obstruction

viii.  The boundary fences allow for the free movement of badgers

 

4. 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.

 

5. 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 with the demolition of buildings, structures and surfacing within or adjacent to the RPAs of retained trees (section 7 BS 5837).

K.  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)

L.  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.

M.  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.

N.  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).

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

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

 

6. 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.

 

7. No works or development shall take place until a specification of all proposed tree planting has been approved in writing by the LPA.  This specification will include details of the quantity, size, species, position and the proposed time of planting of all trees to be planted, together with an indication of how they integrate with the proposal in the long term with regard to their mature size and anticipated routine maintenance.  In addition all shrubs and hedges to be planted that are intended to achieve a significant size and presence in the landscape should be similarly specified. All tree, shrub and hedge planting included within that specification shall be carried out in accordance with that specification and in accordance with BS 3936 (parts 1, 1992, Nursery Stock, Specification for trees and shrubs, and 4, 1984, Specification for forest trees); BS4043, 1989, Transplanting root-balled trees; and BS4428, 1989, Code of practice for general landscape operations (excluding hard surfaces).

 

8. 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.

 

9. 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.

 

10. 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.

 

11. 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.

 

The detailed landscaping plans shall include:

 

(i)  details of boundary treatments and hard surfaces

(ii)  the location, size and species of all trees to be planted

(iii)  the location, size, species and density of all shrub and ground cover planting

(iv)  a schedule of implementation

 

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