Agenda item

APP/17/01217: LORD STREET & CLEVELAND STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 6BL: Alteration of the existing building to create a roof and a side extension. Conversion of the existing building to create 200 student units with associated facilities, including external landscaping and recreational area and internal communal areas.(sui generis)

Minutes:

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

 

On a motion moved by Councillor D Realey and seconded by Councillor S Foulkes it was:

 

Resolved (13:0) That the application be approved subject to the following conditions.

 

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

 

2. The units of student accommodation hereby permitted shall not be occupied until, samples of the 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.The units of student accommodation hereby permitted shall not be occupied 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. The units of student accommodation hereby permitted shall not be occupied 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.

 

5.The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 5th December 2017 and listed as follows:  Location Plan (dwg. number 01);  Existing Block Plan (dwg. number 02);  Proposed Block Plan (dwg. number 03);  Existing Basement Plan (dwg. number 04);  Existing Ground Floor Plan (dwg. number 05);  Existing First Floor Plan (dwg. number 06);  Existing Second Floor Plan (dwg. number 07);  Existing Roof Plan (dwg. number 08);  Existing External Elevations (dwg. number 09);  Existing Courtyard Elevations (dwg. number 10);  Proposed Basement Plan (dwg. number 11);  Proposed Ground Floor Plan (dwg. number 12)

 

6. The development shall not be occupied until details of the acoustic fence to be provided between the application site and those properties on Brunswick Mews has been submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full and retained in perpetuity 

 

7. The units of student accommodation hereby permitted shall not be occupied until details of a tenant management plan has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the LPA. The approved plan shall be implemented in full.

 

 

8.1  The units of student accommodation hereby permitted shall not be occupied until an assessment is carried out in accordance with authoritative technical guidance (CLR11), has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

8.2  If any contamination posing unacceptable risks is then found, a report specifying the measures to be taken to remediate the site to render it suitable for the approved use shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The end use of this site is considered residential for the purpose of land contamination risk assessment and management.

8.3  The site shall be remediated in accordance with the approved measures and a verification report shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.

8.4  If, during the course of development, any contamination posing unacceptable risks is found, which has not been previously identified, additional measures for the remediation of the land shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The remediation of the site shall incorporate the approved additional measures and a verification report shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.

 

9. The units of student accommodation hereby permitted shall not be occupied until acoustic details of the mechanical ventilation equipment including installation shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The equipment shall be operated and maintained in accordance with he approved scheme for the duration of the use herby permitted.  

 

10. The units of student accommodation hereby permitted shall not be occupied until details of a building management scheme have been submitted to and agreed in writing with the LPA. The agreed scheme shall include arrangements for the permanent presence of a manager and formal procedures for engaging with local residents in the event of disputes relating to the operation of the use. This should include, but not limited to :-

details of how the management team will liase with local residents generally

should provide a telephone helpdesk, available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, to all members of the local community as well as the residents to deal with all issues relating to the day to day management and reporting and possible general Anti-Social Behaviour (e.g. noise, general disturbance).

Time limit on the use of the proposed outdoor space to protect the residential amenities of adjacent residential occupiers

 Compliance with the actions detailed on the submitted manufacturers specification for the noise measuring equipment 

 Details of the management strategy for dealing with any possible issues of anti-social behaviour.

 

The scheme shall be fully implemented upon the first occupation of any of the units of student accommodation herby permitted and continued for the full duration of the use.

 

11. All windows fitted to the units of student accommodation herby permitted shall only open to a maximum of 100mm and shall continue for the full duration of use.

 

12. The units of student accommodation hereby permitted shall not be occupied until 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.

 

13. The units of student accommodation hereby permitted shall not be occupied until a full landscaping scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme 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.

 

14. The units of student accommodation hereby permitted shall not be occupied until a full scheme of works for the reinstatement to standard footway levels of any existing vehicle accesses from the highway that are rendered obsolete by the development shall be submitted and approved in writing by the LPA. The development shall not be occupied until the approved works have been completed in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

15. The development hereby permitted by this planning permission shall be carried out in accordance with the principles and details specified in the following approved submissions, including limiting discharge rate and storage volumes:

Flood Risk Assessment – Works at the proposed Hamilton Hub (Revision B – January 2018 & Response to LLFA January 2018 in 99-Revised Submission Jan 2018).

12C Pro Ground.pdf Proposed Ground Floor Plan Drawing Number 12C

99-003 Layout Drawing Rev B – Proposed layout Rev B Feb 2018

99 – 010 Extreme Event Flooding  1:1000

 

16. Prior to the occupation of any properties the applicant must submit ‘as built’ drainage design/layout drawings and a confirmed Management and Maintenance Plan.

 

17. If the approved sustainable drainage system is not adopted by a public body or statutory undertaker then, prior to the first occupation, a Management and Maintenance Plan for the sustainable drainage system relating to the lifetime of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  This shall include: 

•  The arrangements for adoption by an appropriate public body or statutory undertaker or details of provision for management and maintenance by a resident's management company.

•  A schedule for on-going inspections relating to performance and condition.

•  Details for planned maintenance and a mechanism for remedial and urgent repair works.   

 

18. No live music, amplified music or live entertainment shall take place within or outside the premises.

 

 

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