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

A Petitioner addressed the Committee.

On a motion by Councillor S Foulkes and seconded by Councillor D Elderton it was -

Resolved (12:0) (1 abstention) – That the application be approved subject to a 106 agreement and the following conditions:

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

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 01 August 2018, 24 August 2018 and 14 February 2019 and listed as follows: 001, 010 Rev. C, 011 Rev. B, 012 Rev. A, BLKA.120.1 Rev. A, BLKA.120.2 Rev. A, BLKC/D.120.1 Rev. A, BLKC/D.120.2 Rev. A, BLKB.120.2 Rev. A, BLKB.120.1 rev. A

The development hereby permitted shall be finished in accordance with the Materials Schedule submitted to the Local Planning Authority. For the avoidance of doubt the materials are as follows; Ibstock Westbrick Red Purple Multi (0662), Ibstock Caledonian Buff Blend (0390),K Rend Silicone in Polar White, Marley Modern Interlocking Tile in Smooth Grey (MA104285), UPVC white windows, Grey Doors and black UPVC rainwater goods. There shall be no variation unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

All planting, seeding and/or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of the building(s) or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner, and any trees, shrubs, hedges or plants which within a period of five years from the completion of development die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

Notwithstanding the provisions of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), there shall be no enlargement or extension of the dwelling(s) hereby permitted, including any additions or alterations to the roof, without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority.

NO OCCUPATION OR USE OF THE DEVELOPMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE UNTIL all walls and fences indicated on the approved plans have been erected. Thereafter the hereby approved boundary treatment(s) shall be permanently retained and maintained.

The development hereby permitted by this planning permission, including all components of the sustainable drainage system, shall be carried out in accordance with the approved final Sustainable Drainage Strategy documents:

•  Grasswood Road, Birkenhead, Wirral: Drainage Strategy and Flood Risk Assessment (Revision B / ref CL8273/ SWF Consultants Ltd)

•  Grasswood Road, Woodchurch, Wirral: Proposed Drainage Layout (01.08.18/ Drawing no CL8273-01/ Revision B/ SWF Consultants Ltd)

Including any phasing embodied within and maintained in perpetuity in accordance with an agreed Operation and Maintenance Plan, to be submitted for each development phase, approved by the Local Planning Authority, in consultation with the Lead Local Flood Authority.

The approved drainage scheme shall be fully constructed prior to occupation in accordance with the approved details, phasing and timetable embodied within the approved final Sustainable Drainage Strategy, 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.  ‘As built’ drainage design/layout drawings, proof of adoption and a final Operation and Maintenance Plan, confirming asset details and maintenance arrangements, shall be submitted to the Lead Local Flood Authority, in accordance with any approved phasing, prior to occupation.

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, necessary amendments to existing traffic calming on Grasswood Road, any necessary TROs required as a result of the development, tactile paved pedestrian crossings, street furniture, access arrangements onto the adjacent highway, road safety audit and monitoring has been submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Department. The approved works shall be completed in accordance with the LPA written approval prior to occupation of the development.

Prior to the first occupation of the dwellings hereby approved, details of the proposed refuse storage including provision for recycling shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Prior to the first occupation of the flats hereby approved, 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 made available for use prior to the first use of the development hereby permitted and shall be retained for use at all times thereafter.

No foundations shall be poured/installed until detailed drawings have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority demonstrating the finished site and ground floor levels intended at the completion of the development in relation to the existing site levels and the levels of the adjoining land. Thereafter development shall be carried out as approved.