Agenda item

APP/18/0047: LAND AT NORTHBANK, DOCK ROAD WIRRAL - The erection of a specialist care village comprising 72 care spaces incorporated into six household clusters, 34 apartments and 3 guest bedrooms with ancillary facilities, associated car parking, landscaping and new vehicular and pedestrian access from the public highway

Minutes:

  Councillor G Davies declared a prejudicial interest in this matter and left the room during its consideration (minute 141 refers).

 

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

 

On a motion by Councillor T Jones and seconded by Councillor R Abbey it was –

 

Resolved – (11:0) 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/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.

 

3. No development shall be occupied 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, cycleways, street lighting, surface water drainage, traffic signs, road markings, street furniture, access onto the adjacent highway 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.

 

4. 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.

 

5. 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.

 

6. 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.

 

7. 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.

 

8. No development shall commence until the final detailed sustainable drainage design1 for the management and disposal of surface water from the site based on the principles and details identified in the following submission has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, in consultation with the Lead Local Flood Authority:

  Plot 2 Wirral Waters Birkenhead, Foul and Surface Water Drainage Strategy (Vol 1 Revision 3 for Belong Construction January 2019 Project 6910 TRP Consulting)

 

9. 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 and maintained in perpetuity in accordance with an Operation and Maintenance Plan approved by the Local Planning Authority, in consultation with the Lead Local Flood Authority.

The approved scheme shall be fully constructed prior to occupation in accordance with the approved details and timetable embodied within the approved 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.

Also prior to the occupation of any properties the applicant must submit ‘as built’ drainage design/layout drawings and a final Operation and Maintenance Plan detailing how any elements of the sustainable drainage system, not adopted by the Water and Sewerage Company, will be maintained in perpetuity.

 

10. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on  and listed as follows: P4455-1001 Planning - Location Plan

P4455-1100 Planning - Existing Site Layout, P4455-1101 Planning - Existing Site Elevations, P4455-1200 Planning - Proposed Site Plan, P4455-1201 Planning - Proposed Ground Floor, P4455-1202 Planning - Proposed First Floor, P4455-1203 Planning - Proposed Second Floor, P4455-1204 Planning - Proposed Third Floor, P4455-1205 Planning - Proposed Fourth Floor, P4455-1206 Planning - Proposed Fifth Floor, P4455-1207 Planning - Proposed Sixth Floor, P4455-1208 Planning - Proposed Roof Plan, P4455-1350 Planning - Proposed GA Elevations Sheet 1 of 3, P4455-1351 Planning - Proposed GA Elevations Sheet 2 of 3, P4455-1352 Planning - Proposed GA Elevations Sheet 3 of 3, P4455-1702 Planning - Site Perspectives Sheet 1 of 2, Design and Access Statement, D&A appendix

 

11. The proposed landscaping shall be completed before the accommodation hereby approved is occupied and thereafter shall be maintained to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.

 

12. Prior to the commencement of development a Construction Management Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The provisions of the Construction Management Plan shall be implemented in full during the period of construction and shall not be varied unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

13. The bistro, Library and hairdressers hereby approved shall be used only in conjunction with and ancillary to the approved specialist care village.

 

14. 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 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

 

15. A Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP) should be produced and agreed prior to any works commencing on site. The CEMP should provide the detail on how certain activities associated with all aspects of the works including remediation and construction, will be limited in time, location or noise level to minimise the risk of disturbance to SPA birds. This should include details of:

 

·  acoustic mitigation measures and appropriate noise monitoring to ensure that noise disturbance to interest features of the designated site(s) is reduced.

 

·  pollution prevention measures to reduce risk of pollutants entering the watercourse

·  lighting strategy during construction to reduce light spillage onto the designated site(s) and supporting functional habitat (e.g. dock waters).

·  temporary provision of cormorant roosting habitat in Winter 2019-20

 

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. No development shall commence until the applicant has submitted a written scheme of investigation for archaeological work for approval in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The work shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

18. Prior to the commencement of works, the installation of acoustic hoarding between the development of the site and dock wall to a specification agreed with the Council. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full.

 

19. Prior to the commencement of development, an updated Wirral Waters SPA Bird Mitigation Strategy to include an ornithological watching brief method statement and details of SPA qualifying species monitoring for agreement by the Council. The updated Mitigation Strategy shall be implemented in full.

 

20. The proposed works are to be timed to avoid periods of severe winter weather. Specifically, high disturbance works must be temporarily suspended if local temperatures (as recorded by the Met Office data and/or available site-specific measurements) are below zero degrees centigrade for a period of 7 consecutive days, and remain suspended until temperatures reach above zero degrees centigrade for a period of 3 consecutive days. The relevant nature conservation bodies should be informed of when works are suspended and recommenced.

 

 

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