Agenda item

APP/17/01295: Land at ACRE LANE AND MEADOWSIDE ROAD, BROMBOROUGH, CH62 7BX - Detailed application for the erection of 217 dwellings, with associated access (off Acre Lane and Meadowside Road) and landscaping and other ancillary works.

Minutes:

The Corporate Director for Delivery Services submitted the above application for consideration.

 

As there were two separate petitions, each of the Lead Petitioners addressed the Committee.

 

The Applicant addressed the Committee.

 

A Ward Councillor addressed the Committee

 

On a motion by Councillor Kelly and seconded by Councillor Lewis it was moved that the application be refused on the following grounds:

 

“It is the opinion of the Local Planning Authority that the proposed development would have an unacceptable impact upon the character and amenity of the area by virtue of the layout, density and scale of the proposed development. The proposal is therefore contradictory to Unitary Development Plan Policy HS4 – Criteria for New Housing Development.

 

It is the opinion of the Local Planning Authority that the proposed access from Meadowside Road would result in an unacceptable impact upon highway safety as a result of the introduction of a significant number of additional vehicular movements to the locality which would exceed the capacity of the existing local transport infrastructure and is thereby contrary to the planning brief for the Acre Lane site and to Unitary Development Plan Policy HS4 – Criteria for New Housing Development.

 

It is the opinion of the Local Planning Authority that the proposal would result in an unacceptable impact upon highway safety in Dawpool Drive, Greenfields Avenue and Allport Lane as a result of the introduction of a significant number of additional vehicular movements to the locality which would exceed the capacity of the existing local transport infrastructure and is thereby contrary to Unitary Development Plan Policy HS4 – Criteria for New Housing Development.”

 

The motion was put and lost (6:7)

 

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

 

Resolved (7:6) That the application be approved subject to a 106 legal agreement and 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 as received by the local planning authority on the  24 October 2017, 28 February 2018 and listed as follows:

N1016/P/PL01 (Rev L) dated 04/10/16, N1016/P/SS01 dated 04/10/17, N1016/P/MD01 dated 14/09/17, N1106/P/LP01 House Type Country Style drawings N1016/HTALD/02, N1016/P/HTAPP/02, N1016/P?HTBEX/02, N1016/P/HTBRA/02, N1061/P/HTBRE/02, N1016/P/HTDUN/05, N1016/P/HTOU/02, N1016/P/HTMAL/02, N1016/P/HTRUF/02, N1016/P/HTSTAU/02, N!)!^/P/HTSTR/02, N1016/P/HTSUT/02, N1016/P/HTWHA/02, N1016/P/HTWIL/02 AND N1016/HTWILSA/04 DTAED 14/09/17, Landscape Structure Plan M2925.01 dated 10.2017and House Type Edwardian Style N1016/HTALD/02, N106/P/HTAPP/02, N1016/P/HTBEX/02, N1016/P/HTBRA/02, N1016/P/HTBRE/02, N1016/P/HTDUN/05, N1016/P/HTHOU/02, N1016/P/HTMAL/02, N1016/P/HTRUF/02, N1016/P/HTSTAU/02, N1016/P/HTSTR/02, N1016/P/HTSUT/02, N1016/P/HTWA/02, N1016/P/HTWIL/02, N1016/HTWILSA/04 dated 14/09/17

 

3. NO DEVELOPMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE until 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. PRIOR TO FIRST OCCUPATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT details of a scheme for all boundary treatment shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The agreed scheme shall be implemented in full and retained as such thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2008 (or any subsequent Order or statutory provision revoking or re-enacting the provisions of that Order), no garages, outbuildings or other extensions to a dwelling shall be erected unless expressly authorised.

 

6. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2008 (or any subsequent Order or statutory provision re-enacting or revoking the provisions of that Order), no window or dormer window shall be added to the property unless expressly authorised.

 

7. NO DEVELOPMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE until a datum for measuring land levels shall be agreed in writing. Full details of existing and proposed ground levels and proposed finished floor levels shall be taken from that datum and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plans. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

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

 

9. 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.

 

10. PRIOR TO THE FIRST OCCUPATION OF THE DWELLINGS 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.

 

11. NO DEVELOPMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE UNTIL a Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP)  and a Method Statement for the construction of the development hereby approved has been submitted to, and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The CEMP should address and propose measures to minimise the main construction effects of the development and shall include details of ecological mitigation, construction and demolition waste management, pollution prevention and soil resource management. The Plan shall include the agreed method statements to mitigate or avoid adverse environmental impacts:

 

·  Invasive species remediation scheme;

·  Ecological mitigation plan/measures;

·  Waste Audit or similar mechanism;

·  Measures to Prevent Pollution of Control Waters.

 

The CEMP should be compiled in a coherent and integrated document and should be accessible to site managers, all contractors and sub-contractors working on site as a simple point of reference for site environmental management systems and procedures. 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.

 

12. NO DEVELOPMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE until a full scheme of works and timetable for the construction of the new highways and/or amendment of the existing highway made necessary by this development, including new carriageways, footways, street lighting, surface water drainage, traffic signs, road markings, traffic calming, tactile paved pedestrian crossings, street furniture, access onto the adjacent highway, road safety audit and monitoring has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority,  The approved works shall be completed in accordance with the Local Planning Authority's written approval prior to the occupation of the development.

 

13. WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF THE FIRST OCCUPATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT a Travel Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The provisions of the Travel Plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the timetable contained therein unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

14. PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT full details of permanent replacement bat roosting provision and bird nesting boxes shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.  The details shall include bat boxes to be erected on the retained trees and integrated into the brickwork of new dwellings with a plan to show the position, number, type and location and timetable for implementation of both the bat and bird boxes.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

15. No tree felling or building works shall take place during the period 1 March to 31 August inclusive.  If it is necessary to undertake works during the bird breeding season, then all buildings and trees shall be checked first by an appropriately experienced ecologist to ensure that no breeding birds are present. If present, details of how they will be protected will be required.

 

16. PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT, full details of a scheme for the eradication of Montbretia (Crocosmia x crocosmifolia) an invasive species, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The scheme shall include a timetable for implementation and clearly identify the extent of the invasive species on a scaled plan. It shall include measures that will be used to prevent the spread of Montbretia during any operations e.g. mowing, strimming or soil movement. It shall also contain measures to ensure that any soils brought to the site are free of the seeds / root / stem of any invasive plant listed under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended. Development shall proceed in accordance with the approved method statement.

 

17. NO DEVELOPMENT SHALL COMMENCE ON SITE UNTIL a scheme of phasing of landscaping, in accordance with the details shown on the submitted landscaping plan (Landscape Structure Plan, Barnes Walker, October 2017, M2925.01) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The scheme submitted shall detail a timetable for all landscaping works to be phased across the site and the landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following occupation of the dwelling(s) within that particular phase; any trees or plants which within a period of five years die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased, shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

18. No development shall take place until an assessment of the nature and extent of contamination has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This assessment must be undertaken by a competent person, and shall assess any contamination on the site, whether or not it originates on the site. Moreover, it must include:

1.  a survey of the extent, scale and nature of contamination;

2.  an assessment of the potential risks to: human health, property (existing or proposed) including buildings, crops, livestock, pets, woodland and service lines and pipes, adjoining land, ground waters and surface waters, ecological systems, archaeological sites and ancient monuments.

The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved assessment.

 

19. Where land affected by contamination is found which poses unacceptable risks, no development shall take place until a detailed remediation scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme must include an appraisal of remediation options, identification of the preferred option(s), the proposed remediation objectives and remediation criteria, and a description and programme of the works to be undertaken including the verification plan. As a minimum, the scheme must ensure that the site will not qualify as contaminated land under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 in relation to its intended use.  he approved remediation scheme shall be implemented and a verification report submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, prior to the development (or relevant phase of development) being brought into use.

 

20. In the event that contamination is found at any time when carrying out the approved development that was not previously identified it must be reported immediately to the Local Planning Authority. Development on the part of the site affected must be halted and a risk assessment carried out and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Where unacceptable risks are found remediation and verification schemes shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These shall be implemented prior to the development (or relevant phase of development) being brought into use.

 

21. Where required by the Local Planning Authority, a monitoring and maintenance scheme of the effectiveness of the proposed remediation must be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented, and any reports produced as a result, shall be submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

22. No development shall commence until detailed plans and particulars of the sustainable drainage system, in the form of a ‘Confirmed/ Final’ Sustainable Drainage Strategy1, for the management and disposal of surface water from the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, in consultation with the Lead Local Flood Authority. The surface water discharge rate must be limited to 43 l/s and details of the ‘Confirmed / Final’ Sustainable Drainage Strategy1 must be based on the principles and details identified in the Proposed Development & Drainage Layout <Mar16 / 30179/AppH / Revision C/ Ironside Farrar>, be accompanied by a completed Operation and Maintenance Plan and meet all requirements specified in the Terms of Condition.

 

1Terms of condition

 

‘Confirmed/ Final’ Sustainable Drainage Strategy to include:

 

·  Justification of final design

·  Designer risk assessment

·  Drawings to include:

·  Final layout of roads and properties including plot numbers, finished floor levels and boundaries

·  Final layout of sewers; outfalls; SuDS; flow controls and overland flow paths (designed for exceedance)

·  Longitudinal sections showing existing and proposed ground levels, invert levels (to OS datum), manhole and pipe sizes; pipe gradients; SuDS; emergency overflows and annotation that correlates to the hydraulic calculations

·  Hydraulic modelling for final drainage strategy to include:

·  Pipe network design

·  Explicit attenuation/SuDS (to demonstrate robustness)

·  Holistic modelling, combining pipe network and SuDS into one model

·  System performance for following return periods; 1, 30, 100, 100 plus appropriate climate change allowance, pre and post development

·  Runoff volume from the development in the 1 in 100 year, 6 hour rainfall event pre and post development

·  Design criteria summary, Full network details table, Contributing area summary, Control/storage structure details, Results summary print outs

·  Volumetric runoff co-efficient (Cv) should be set to ‘1’

·  Rainfall model should be FEH

·  Sensitivity checking for climate change at 40% if lower allowance used

·  Urban creep allowance of 10% must be included

 

·  Maintenance statement explaining who will own the SuDS and how maintenance and replacement will be funded over the lifetime of the development

·  Construction phase surface water management plan for each construction phase

 

23. Prior to the occupation of any properties the applicant must submit ‘as built’ drainage design/layout drawings and an updated Operation and Maintenance Plan as necessary.

 

 

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