Agenda item

APP/14/01198: Land adjacent to The Rectory, MARK RAKE, BROMBOROUGH, CH62 2DH - Erection of 10 Dwellings including Construction of Access- Additional information received

Minutes:

The Assistant Chief Executive submitted the above application for consideration.

 

The Lead Petitioner addressed the Committee.

 

The Applicant addressed the Committee.

 

A Ward Councillor addressed the Committee.

 

On a motion by Councillor Foulkes and seconded by Councillor Elderton it was:

 

Resolved (11:2) That the application be approved subject to a 106 legal agreement and the following conditions:

 

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of 3 years from the date of this permission.

 

2. 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.

 

3. 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 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)

K.  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.

L.  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.

M.  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).

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

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

 

4. 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 Root Protection Area (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 Local Planning Authority.

 

5. No works or development shall take place until full details of all proposed tree planting, and the proposed times of planting, have been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and all tree planting shall be carried out in accordance with those details and at those times.

 

6. If within a period of five years from the date of the planting of any tree that tree, or any tree planted in replacement for it, is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies, [or becomes, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, seriously damaged or defective] another tree of the same species and size as that originally planted shall be planted at the same place, unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

 

7. No development shall commence until full details of a scheme for a sustainable drainage systemto serve the site, and method of implementation including arrangements to secure funding and maintenance for the lifetime of the development through an appropriate legally binding agreement have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with Lead Local Flood Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details and timetable.  Thereafter the sustainable drainage system shall be managed and maintained in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

8. 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.

 

9. Prior to the commencement of development details of the works to the sandstone wall shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the local planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full.

 

10. Details of the new vehicular access onto Mark Rake shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority prior to commencement of the development. The approved plan shall be implemented in full prior to first occupation and retained as such thereafter.

 

11. Prior to the commencement of development details of the required flush kerbs to be provided at accesses on Mark Rake between the site and Bromborough Village Road shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be completed to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority prior to the first occupation of the dwellings.

 

12. Prior to the commencement of development a Construction Management Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The provisions of the Construction Management Plan shall be implemented in full during the period of construction and shall not be varied unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

13. 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.

 

14. No development shall take place on the application site until the applicant or their agent or successors in title has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

15. No development shall take place until a site waste management plan. confirming how construction waste will be recovered and re-used on the site or at any other site has been submitted to and approved in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

16. Prior to the commencement of development arrangements for the storage and disposal of refuse, and vehicular access thereto, shall be made for inclusion 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 before the development hereby approved is brought into use unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

17. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on the October 2014  and listed as follows: W12/2238/03 & W12/2238/01 AND W12/2238/03 received by the Local Planning Authority on 11th November 2015

 

18. Prior to any works commencing on site, details of the installation of bat boxes and bat bricks, including their locations, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

 

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