Agenda item

APP/19/00014: Kingsmead School, BERTRAM DRIVE, MEOLS, CH47 0LL, erection of a new sixth form block and full planning permission for the erection of 25 residential dwellings

Minutes:

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

 

On a motion by the Chair and seconded G Davies it was –

 

Resolved (13:0:1 abstention) – that the application be approved subject to the following conditions.

 

APP/19/00014 - THE APPLICATION RELATES TO A HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION PROPOSING OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW SIXTH FORM BLOCK AND FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF 25 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS ON A SECTION OF EXISTING PLAYING FIELDS AT KINGSMEAD SCHOOL - KINGSMEAD SCHOOL, BERTRAM DRIVE, MEOLS, CH47 0LL - APPROVED SUBJECT TO A SECTION 106 LEGAL AGREEMENT AND REFERRAL TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE

 

1. Insofar as this consent relates to the erection of the 25 dwellings, the development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

 

2. Insofar as this consent relates to outline consent for the erection of a sixth form block, the development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission or two years from the date of the approval of the last of the reserved matters, whichever is the later.

 

3. Insofar as this application relates to the outline consent for the sixth form block, details of the reserved matters set out below shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval within three years from the date of this permission:

 

(a) Layout

(b) Scale

(c) Appearance

(d) Access and

(e) Landscaping

 

Approval of all reserved matters shall be obtained from the Local Planning Authority in writing before any development is commenced and shall be carried out as approved.

 

4. Insofar as this consent relates to the erection of the 25 dwellings, prior to any development above ground level approval of the following details shall be obtained from the local planning authority;

 

i. Samples or details of all facing materials including all new windows and doors

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the materials shall take account of the mitigation measures outlined in paragraph 4.2.3 of the Residential Noise Survey report. The stated details shall be approved in writing and such approved details shall be implemented in the development hereby approved in full:

 

5. Insofar as this consent relates to the erection of the 25 dwellings, prior to first occupation approval of the following details shall be obtained from the local planning authority

 

I.  Details of all walls (including retaining walls), fences, gates or other means of enclosure to be erected in or around the development

 

For the avoidance of doubt any acoustic fencing is to be placed 1 metre from the railway boundary. The stated details shall be implemented in full prior to first occupation and thereafter be permanently retained and maintained.

 

6. A scheme of landscape proposals including a timetable of works shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to first occupation of the proposed development. The scheme shall include the mitigation measures as detailed in paragraph 5.4 of the Phase 1 Habitat Survey and shall include full plans and specifications for all hard and soft landscape works and indications of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land, including those to be retained.

 

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.

 

7. Prior to commencement of development, full details of a scheme for the eradication of Japanese Rose 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 Japanese Knotweed on a scaled plan.

 

8. Prior to the commencement of development, the approved scheme and timetable for the eradication of Japanese Rose referred to in condition 7 above, shall be implemented in full and a validation report confirming the remediation treatment carried out and that the site is free of Japanese Rose shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

9. Prior to first occupation, a “lighting design strategy for biodiversity” for the developed area shall be submitted to and approvedin writing by the local planning authority. The strategy shall:

 

(a) identify those areas/features on site that are particularly sensitive for bats and that are likely to cause disturbance in or around their breeding sites and resting places or along important routes used to access key areas of their territory, for example, for foraging;

 

And

 

(b) show how and where external lighting will be installed (through the provision of appropriate lighting contour plans and technical specifications) so that it can be clearly demonstrated that areas to be lit will not disturb or prevent the above species using their territory or having access to their breeding sites and resting places.

 

All external lighting shall be installed in accordance with the specifications and locations set out in the strategy, and these shall be maintained thereafter in accordance with the strategy. Under no circumstances should any other external lighting be installed without prior consent from the local planning authority.

 

10. Before any approved phase of development commences, a Site Waste Management Plan, confirming how demolition and construction waste will be recovered in relation to this phase 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.

 

11. The scheme shall include the mitigation measures as detailed in paragraph 4.2.3 of the Residential Noise Survey Report.

12. Prior to the commencement of any development of the proposed sixth form block and as part of an application for the approval of reserved matters for layout, appearance and landscaping, full and final details of a scheme for a sustainable surface water drainage system1 to serve the site, in accordance with the hierarchy of drainage options in national planning practice guidance and based on the principles and details identified in the following submitted documents:

 

·  Flood Risk Assessment & Drainage Strategy (December 2018/ Ref: w10776-181214/ Waterco)

·  Email titled: “Kingsmead School 6th Form” (including attachments)

From: Ian Phillips <Ian@forth-homes.com>

To: Allison Chapman <LLFA@wirral.gov.uk>

Email sent: Fri 29/03/2019 16:03

 

Shall be submitted for consideration by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with Lead Local Flood Authority.

 

13. No residential 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 documents has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, in consultation with the Lead Local Flood Authority:

 

·  Flood Risk Assessment & Drainage Strategy (December 2018/ Ref: w10776-181214/ Waterco)

·  Email titled: “Kingsmead School 6th Form” (including attachments)

From: Eddie Corke <Eddie@ShapeEngineering.co.uk>

To: Allison Chapman <LLFA@wirral.gov.uk>

Email sent: Fri 20/03/2019 12:34

 

14. 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, 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 surface water drainage system shall be offered for adoption to United Utilities at adoptable standards where adoption has been submitted in the drainage strategy.

 

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 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.

 

15. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 02 January 2018 and listed as follows: FH-KS-01-PL-01 Rev.A, KSH/MS/01 Rev. A, 4H2367EXT1, 4H2367EXT2, 4H2367PL, 4H1657EXT1, 4H1657PL, 4H2536EXT1, 4H2536EXT2, 4H2536EXT1, 4H179OEXT1, 4H179OEXT2, 4H1790PL

 

 

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