Agenda item

APP/17/00306: Land adjacent to SAUGHALL MASSIE ROAD, SAUGHALL MASSIE, WIRRAL A single-storey two-bay community fire station incorporating operational and welfare accommodation, offices and meeting space, external drill and training facilities and associated car-parking (Amendment following refusal of APP/16/00985)

Minutes:

The Managing Director for Delivery submitted the above application for consideration.

 

The Lead Petitioner against the motion addressed the Committee.

 

The Lead Petitioner for the motion addressed the Committee.

 

The Applicant addressed the Committee.

 

A Ward Councillor Addressed the Committee.

 

A motion to refuse was moved by Councillor D Elderton and seconded by Councillor I Lewis and was:

 

Lost (6: 7)

 

A motion to refuse was moved by Councillor D Elderton and seconded by Councillor K Hodson and was:

 

Lost (6:7)

 

On a motion moved by Councillor S Foulkes and seconded by Councillor T Johnson it was:

 

Resolved (9:4) That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

 

- APPROVED SUBJECT TO REFERRAL TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE

 

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of 3 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 28th March 2017 and listed as follows:

 

2864-01 3001 Revision P7; 2864-01 3603 Revision P2; 2864-01 3801 Revision P2; 2864-01 9001 Revision P5; 28042-615 Revision P4; 28042-620 Revision P4; 28042-691 Revision P4; 28042-692 Revision P4; 28042-693 Revision P4; 3371 02 Revision A; 3371 04 Revision A and Q10568-01

 

and the amended plans received on 6th June 2017 and listed as follows:

 

2864-01 1402 Revision P3; 2864-01 2001 Revision P14; 2864-01 3002 Revision P4; 2864-01 3601 Revision P5; 2864-01 3602 Revision P8; 2864-01 3901 Revision P3; 2864-01 3903 Revision P2; 2864-01 3904 Revision P2 and 3371 01 Revision B

 

3. 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.

 

4. The hard and soft landscaping scheme 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.

 

5. Surface water sustainable drainage works, comprising all components of the surface water drainage system, shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained within the submitted Flood Risk Assessment (March 2017/Revision 4/LRD28042/ Sutcliffe) and Foul and Surface Water Drainage Strategy (March 2017/Revision 2/LRD28042/ Sutcliffe) approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, in conjunction with the Lead Local Flood Authority.

 

The surface water sustainable drainage scheme shall be fully constructed prior to occupation and subsequently in accordance with the timing/phasing arrangements embodied within the approved Surface Water Drainage, or within any other period as may subsequently be agreed, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with the Lead Local Flood Authority.

 

6. No development shall commence until full details of a scheme for surface water sustainable drainage system to serve the site, and method of implementation 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 surface water sustainable drainage system shall be managed and maintained in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

7. No development shall commence until details of an appropriate management and maintenance plan, including arrangements to secure funding for the lifetime of the development through an appropriate legally binding agreement, for the surface water sustainable drainage system, comprising all components of the surface water drainage system, have been submitted to the Local Planning Authority, in conjunction with the Lead Local Flood Authority.

 

The plan shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details prior to first occupation of any of the buildings, or completion of the development, whichever is the sooner. Thereafter the surface water sustainable drainage system shall be managed and maintained in accordance with the approved details.

 

8. PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT, a full scheme of works for the construction of the new vehicle accesses from the highway and amendments to the existing highway made necessary by this development, proposed highway drainage and the reinstatement of the footway / cycleway adjacent to the development, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be completed in full prior to first use of the development.

 

9. 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.

 

10. 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.

 

11. The training tower hereby approved shall only be extended to its full height whilst training is being carried out and should be demounted at all other times unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority

 

12. NO DEVELOPMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE until details of secure covered cycle parking and/or storage facilities have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  These facilities shall be provided in accordance with the approved details and made available for use prior to the first use of the development hereby permitted and shall be retained for use at all times thereafter.

 

13. The training yard will only be operational for periods between 09:30 and 20:30

 

14. PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT details of the Proposed external plant shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The external plant shall be designed so that the rating level of noise is 5dB below the existing background noise level at 1m from the nearest dwelling house. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full.

 

15. PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT, full details of all external lighting, having regard to the Institute of Lighting Engineers Guidance Notes for the Reduction of Light Pollution 2000 and Bats and Lighting in the UK, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Any external lighting shall only be implemented in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained as such thereafter, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

16. PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT, full details of the proposed sedum roof, together with a maintenance schedule, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved roof shall be constructed concurrently with the remainder of the development in accordance with the approved details and shall be maintained as such thereafter

 

17. PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT a written scheme of investigation for archaeological work shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The work shall be carried strictly in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

18. Prior to the commencement of site clearance, demolition, storage of plant (non-tree related), materials, machinery, including site huts and WCs, Tree Protection Barriers shall be installed immediately following tree works and Barriers shall confirm to the specification within an approved method statement. The Tree Protection Barriers and Ground Protection shall not be removed, breached or altered without prior written authorisation from the local planning authority or client arboriculturist, but shall remain in a functional condition throughout the entire development, until all development related machinery and materials have been removed from site. If such protection measures are damaged beyond effective functioning then works that may compromise the protection of trees shall cease until the protection can be repaired or replaced with a specification that shall provide a similar degree of protection.

 

The tree protection measures shall not be dismantled until all construction related machinery and materials have been removed from site and not without written authorisation from the local planning authority or client arboriculturist. Once authorisation has been given the protection measures can be removed by hand and transported off site. During which time, no machinery or vehicles shall enter the area previously protected. No excavations, storage of materials, soil stripping, the raising or lowering of levels or the laying of hard surfacing without prior approval of the arboricultural consultant and / or the local planning authority. Any issues regarding tree protection should be agreed and implemented prior to commencement of development.

 

19. The following activities must not be carried out under any circumstances:

 

a.  No fires to be lit within 20 metres of existing trees and shrubs to be retained.

 

b.  Storage of removed topsoil should be located outside of the Root Protection Areas of retained trees and away from those parts of the site allocated for soft landscaping.

 

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 builders debris or other materials to be stored within the Root Protection Areas.

 

e.  No mixing of cement, associate additives, chemicals, fuels, tar and other oil based liquids and powders shall occur within 10 metres of any tree Root Protection Area. A dedicated washout area shall be a used and located not within 10 metres of any Root Protection

 

f.  No alterations or variations to the approved works or tree protection schemes shall be carried out without the prior written approval of the LPA.

 

g.  No excavations, trenches, stripping, cultivation with a rotavator or changes in surface level to occur within the Root Protection Area, unless authorised.

 

20. All tree, shrub and hedge planting proposed shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details 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).

 

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.

21. No works or development shall take place until a scheme of supervision and monitoring for the arboricultural protection measures in accordance with para. 6.3 of British Standard BS5837: 2012 - Trees in Relation to design, demolition and construction - recommendations has been approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme of supervision shall be carried out as approved and will be administered by a qualified arboriculturist instructed by the applicant. This scheme will be appropriate to the scale and duration of the works and will include details of:

 

a.  Induction and personnel awareness of arboricultural matters;

b.  Identification of individual responsibilities and key personnel;

c.  Statement of delegated powers;

d.  Timing and methods of site visiting and record keeping, including updates;

e.  Procedures for dealing with variations and incidents.

This condition may only be fully discharged on completion of the development subject to satisfactory written evidence of contemporaneous supervision and monitoring of the tree protection during construction by a suitably qualified and pre-appointed tree specialist.

 

22. NO DEVELOPMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE UNTIL a Construction Management Plan or Construction Method Statement for the construction of the development hereby approved has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.  The 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.

 

 

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