Agenda item

APP/15/01320: Barncroft, LARCHWOOD CLOSE, PENSBY,WIRRAL - 21 Extra Care apartments including support facilities, car parking and landscaped gardens

Minutes:

Having previously declared a prejudicial interest, Councillor S Foulkes left the meeting during consideration of this item.

 

The Assistant Chief Executive submitted the above application for consideration.

 

A Petitioner addressed the Committee.

 

The Applicant addressed the Committee.

 

A Ward Councillor addressed the Committee.

 

It was moved by Councillor Walsh and seconded by Councillor Johnson and

 

Resolved (11:0) 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 2 October 2015 and listed as follows: 14F098/001 dated Jul 14, 14G106/001 and 14G106/002 dated Aug 14, Barn/03 dated Sept 15, P4086 - 001B, P4086 - 002A, P4086 - 003G, P4086 - 004H, P4086 - 005D, P4086 - 006C, P4086 - 007F and P4086 - 008B dated September 2015

 

3. The hard and soft landscaping scheme shown on plan reference numbers  P4086 – 008B and Barn/03 dated September 2015 hereby approved shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with a timetable to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.  Any trees or plants that within a period of five years after planting, are removed, die or become, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, seriously damaged or defective shall be replaced with others of a species, size and number as originally approved in the first available planting season unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

 

4. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the proposed ground levels and proposed finished floor levels as shown on the approved plans, P4086 – 005D, P4086 – 006C dated September 2015, 14F098/001 dated Jul 14, 14G106/001 and 14G106/002 dated Aug 14 unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

5. Before any construction commences, samples of the facing and roofing 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.

 

6. 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.

 

7. Prior to the first occupation of the residential units, 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.

 

8. Before any equipment, machinery or materials are brought onto site, a 1 metre high fence or other barrier as agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority, shall be erected around the outer limit of the crown spread of all trees, hedges or woodlands shown to be retained on the approved plan.  Such fencing shall be maintained in a satisfactory manner until the development is completed.  During the period of construction, no material shall be stored, fires started or trenches dug within these enclosed areas without the prior consent in writing of the Local Planning Authority.

 

9. Foul and surface water shall be drained on separate systems.

 

10. Prior to the commencement of any development, a surface water drainage scheme, based on the hierarchy of drainage options in the National Planning Practice Guidance with evidence of an assessment of the site conditions (inclusive of how the scheme shall be managed after completion) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

The surface water drainage scheme must be in accordance with the Non-Statutory Technical Standards for Sustainable Drainage Systems (March 2015) or any subsequent replacement national standards. In the event of surface water draining to the public surface water sewer, the pass forward flow rate to the public sewer must be restricted to 5l/s.

 

11. Montbretia is an invasive species and if found on the site, full details of a scheme for its eradication shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before any building works are commenced.  The scheme shall include details that the Montebretia is mechanically grubbed up and buried by a depth of at least 1 metre within the boundary; a timetable for implementation and clearly identify the extent of the Montebretia on a scaled plan. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

12. No tree felling, scrub clearance, hedgerow removal, vegetation management or ground clearance shall take place during the period of 1 March to 31 August inclusive unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  If it is necessary to undertake works during the bird breeding season then all buildings, trees, scrub and hedgerows shall be checked by an appropriately experienced ecologist to ensure no breeding birds are present.  If present, details of how they will be protected shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

13. Prior to the commencement of development, a scheme for the provision of affordable housing to be provided, shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include the occupancy criteria to be used in determining the identity of prospective and successive occupiers of the affordable housing and the means by which such occupancy can be enforced. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full and in perpetuity unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

 

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