Agenda item

DLS/18/00715 : Land at DOCK ROAD, SEACOMBE, CH41 1JW - Reserved Matters Application pursuant to Planning Permission OUT/09/006509 providing details of access, appearance, layout, scale and landscaping for the construction of 500 apartments (1 and 2 bedroom) (with ancillary accommodation), associated parking, landscaping and other associated

Minutes:

Having previously declared a prejudicial interest in respect of this item, Councillor G Davies left the meeting.

 

The Corporate Director for Economic and Housing Growth submitted the above application for consideration.

 

Amendments to conditions following publication of the agenda were as follows:

 

DELETE CONDITION 4 AND AMEND CONDITION 3 AS FOLLOWS:

 

3. PRIOR TO FIRST OCCUPATION, a full scheme of works and a timetable

for the construction of the new highways and/or amendment(s) of the

existing highway made necessary by this development shall be submitted

to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The scheme

shall include details of new carriageways, footways, cycle ways, street

lighting, surface water drainage, traffic signs, alterations to the existing

traffic signal junction, tactile paved pedestrian crossings, traffic regulation

orders, road markings, controlled pedestrian crossings, street furniture,

access onto the adjacent highway, amendments to existing bus stop

arrangement, road safety audit and monitoring. The approved works shall

be completed in accordance with the approved details.

 

AMEND CONDITION 4:

4. PRIOR TO FIRST OCCUPATION OF EACH BLOCK OF APARTMENTS,

details of secure covered cycle parking and/or storage facilities shall be

submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

These facilities shall be provided in accordance with the approved details

and shall be available prior to the first use/occupation of each of the

blocks approved as they are developed, having regards to the phased

nature of the development. The facilities as approved shall be retained

for use at all times thereafter.

 

ADD CONDITION:

16. PRIOR TO THE FIRST OCCUPATION OF THE DWELLINGS

arrangements for the storage and disposal of refuse, including recycling

facilities, 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.

 

On a motion by Councillor Tony Jones and seconded by Councillor David Elderton it was:

 

Resolved (10:0) 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. Before any construction commences, samples of the facing and 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. Prior to first occupation, a full scheme of works and a timetable for the construction of the new highways and/or amendment(s) of the existing highway made necessary by this development shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.  The scheme shall include details of new carriageways, footways, cycle ways, street lighting, surface water drainage, traffic signs, alterations to the existing traffic signal junction, tactile paved pedestrian crossings, traffic regulation orders, road markings, controlled pedestrian crossings, street furniture, access onto the adjacent highway, amendments to existing bus stop arrangement, road safety audit and monitoring.  The approved works shall be completed in accordance with the approved details.

 

4. Prior to first occupation of each block of apartments, details of secure covered cycle parking and/or storage facilities shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  These facilities shall be provided in accordance with the approved details and shall be available prior to the first use/occupation of each of the blocks approved as they are developed, having regards to the phased nature of the development.  The facilities as approved shall be retained for use at all times thereafter.

 

5. 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.

 

6. Development shall not be commenced until a Travel Plan has been 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.

 

7. Prior to the commencement of development a detailed report on the current condition of the Dock Wall and Dock shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and any work required to be undertaken as a result of the commissioned report shall be completed to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority prior to the occupation of any of the proposed units.

 

8. Following the commencement of development and for the lifetime of the development the owners shall monitor the structural condition of the dock walls and Lock Gates and issue a revised and updated report into the condition of the Dock Wall and Dock Gates to the Local Planning Authority not less than once every five years.

 

9. Prior to the commencement of development details of the allocations policy with regards to the affordable housing units shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Approved scheme shall be implemented in full. 

 

10. The units of 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.

 

11. Prior to the commencement of development an assessment shall be carried out in accordance with authoritative technical guidance (CLR11), shalle be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  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.  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 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.

 

12. Prior to the commencement of development a plan indicating how the 100 affordable units will be spread across the different blocks and will be an even mix of one and two bedroomed properties shall be submitted to and approved by the local planning Authority. The approved plan shall be implemented in full.

 

13. The mitigation measures set out within the submitted SPA Bird Mitigation Strategy, Wirral Waters, by TEP (Version 4.0) shall be implemented in full unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.  Prior to the commencement of any remediation or construction works on site, a Construction Environmental Management Plan which incorporates remediation and construction phase mitigation measures set out within the SPA Bird Mitigation Strategy (Version 4.0) shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority in accordance with Condition 9 of OUT/09/06509).  All monitoring shall be undertaken in line with the monitoring schedule set out within Section 4 of the SPA Bird Mitigation Strategy and Monitoring Reports will be provided to the Council for review as per the schedule set out within Section 4 of the Strategy.

 

14. The framework of measures (including the index linked contributions per residential unit towards Wirral Rangers Service, restrictions on dog ownership, home owners packs and Natural Environment Section on the Wirral Waters Website) together with the schedule of payment instalments set out within the Framework for Addressing Diffuse Recreational Pressure on Coastal Natural 2000 sites, Wirral Waters - Habitats Regulations Assessment (by TEP, November 2018, Version 4.0) shall be implemented in full unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

15. No tree felling, scrub clearance, vegetation management, ground clearance and/or building works is to 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 trees, scrub, hedgerows and vegetation shall be checked first by an appropriately experienced and qualified ecologist to ensure no breeding birds are present.  If any breeding birds are found to be present, details of how they will be protected shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

16. Prior to the first occupation of the dwellings arrangements for the storage and disposal of refuse, including recycling facilities, 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.

 

 

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