Agenda item

APP/16/01088: LAND AT CONWAY STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH61 6EN - A mixed use community/ commercial/shop/financial service and public space to
the ground floor, with 132 one and two bed apartments to upper storeys with private garden terraces.

Minutes:

The Assistant Director for Environmental Services submitted the above application for consideration.

 

The Development Control Manager advised that the following amendments to the conditions list had been made:

 

Condition 12 :Construction of the development authorised by this permission shall not begin until the Local Planning Authority has approved in writing 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 the development approved, including new vehicle crossing accesses in accordance with the local highways authority commercial crossing specifications, all necessary road markings, traffic signs and street furniture and associated traffic regulation orders and the reinstatement to standard footway levels of all existing vehicle crossings made obsolete by this development.  The approved works shall be completed in accordance with the Local Planning Authority’s written approval and prior to occupation of the development.

 

Condition 18: The ground floor use hereby permitted shall be made available for commercial occupation and marketed for its intended use before the 40th apartment has been occupied.

 

Councillor P Clearly requested that an amendment be made to condition 17 as follows:

 

Prior to the first occupation of the dwellings, arrangements for the storage and disposal of refuse, including provision for recycling facilities, and vehicle access thereto, shall be made within the curtilage of the site, in accordance with details to be submitted to and approved 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.

 

On a motion by Councillor Davies and seconded by Councillor R Abbey it was:

 

Resolved (13:0) that the application be approved subject to the conditions as amended as follows:

 

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 25th April 2018 listed as follows: 472 A002 A (20/07/16), 472 A101 C (Dated 24/01/18), 472 A110 B (Dated 24/01/18), 472 102 B  (Dated 24/01/18), 472 A103 B (Dated 24/01/18) 472 A104 B (Dated 24/01/18), 472 A105 B (Dated 24/01/18), 472 A106 B (Dated 24/01/18), 472 A107 B (Dated 24/01/18), 472 A108 B (Dated 24/01/18) and 472 A109 B (Dated 24/01/18)

 

3. 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.

 

4. 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

 

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

 

·  Conway Street, Birkenhead –Drainage Strategy (28th July 2017/ First issue/ Waterco Ltd).

 

6. No development shall commence until the confirmed full and final design for a surface water sustainable drainage system1 to serve the entire site and method of implementation have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with the 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 maintenance and inspection schedule.

 

7. Prior to first occupation details of mechanical ventilation for all the dwellings together with suitable façade treatments such as the installation of acoustic high performance double-glazed window units and a background ventilation system will need to provide adequate ventilation with closed windows shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority . The agreed details shall be implemented in full prior to first occupation and retained as such thereafter. 

 

8. Prior to first occupation openable windows should be limited within the sensitive habitable rooms, particularly for facades on the inner courtyard which are screened to a degree from road traffic noise (the perceived noise level from the Fireman's Arms may be greater in these areas) to minimise impact from commercial noise and patron noise. Internal noise levels from mechanical ventilation must be balanced so as not to adversely affect the internal noise climate. Details of which shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the LPA prior to first occupation and retained as such thereafter. 

 

9. Prior to first occupation a noise assessment should be carried out to ascertain if the World Health Organisation guideline values for community noise in outside amenity areas can be achieved. In order to cause no more than 'moderate annoyance, daytime and evening' the outside amenity areas such as balconies and garden areas should be designed to achieve a sound level of 50dB LAeq,16 hour, details of which shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the LPA prior to first occupation.

 

10. Prior to commencement of development a scheme for monitoring ground-level air quality including Nox2 levels shall  be undertaken to obtain further information on the local air quality and to determine the necessity for the incorporation of measures within the building design for air quality mitigation. The details of which shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority prior to commencement including detailed design proposals regarding location of mechanical ventilation air intake proposals. The agreed details shall be implemented in full prior to first occupation and retained as such thereafter.

 

11. No development shall take place until an assessment is carried out in accordance with authoritative technical guidance (CLR11). 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 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. If during the course of development any contamination poising unacceptable risk 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

 

12. Construction of the development authorised by this permission shall not begin until the Local Planning Authority has approved in writing 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 the development approved, including new vehicle crossing accesses in accordance with the local highways authority commercial crossing specifications, all necessary road markings, traffic signs and street furniture and associated traffic regulation orders and the reinstatement to standard footway levels of all existing vehicle crossings made obsolete by this development.  The approved works shall be completed in accordance with the Local Planning Authority’s written approval and prior to occupation of the development.

 

13. Prior to commencement of development details of pedestrian dropped kerbs at the junction of Oliver Street East and Walton Street shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Department. The agreed details shall be implemented in full prior to fist occupation and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

14. Prior to commencement of development details of all external ground floor doors, including secure access arrangements, shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The agreed details shall be implemented in full prior to first occupation and retained as such thereafter.

 

15. 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.

 

16. 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.

 

17. Prior to the first occupation of the dwellings, arrangements for the storage and disposal of refuse, including provision for recycling facilities, and vehicle access thereto, shall be made within the curtilage of the site, in accordance with details to be submitted to and approved 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.

 

18. The ground floor use hereby permitted shall be made available for commercial occupation and marketed for its intended use before the 40th apartment has been occupied.

 

 

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