Agenda item

APP/17/01606: Rock Station Hotel, HIGHFIELD ROAD, ROCK FERRY, CH42 2BU Demolition of existing 3 storey public house and adjacent building and erection of part 3 storey, part 4 storey apartment block containing 25 self-contained flats

Minutes:

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

 

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

 

Resolved (14:0) – 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. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 21 June 2019 and 11 September 2019 and  listed as follows: B101 Rev. B, B102 Rev. B, B103 Rev. B, B104 Rev.D and B106 Rev A.

 

3. 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

 

The stated details shall be approved in writing and such approved details shall be implemented in the development hereby approved in full:

 

4. 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

 

The stated details shall be implemented in full prior to first occupation and thereafter be permanently retained and maintained.

 

5. 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 mitigation measures as advised by the Council’s ecologist such as the integration of suitable hedgerow (hawthorn, holly, hazel, dog rose, elder blackthorn, birch, alder, ash, rowan, aspen, field maple and honeysuckle allowed to a height and spread of 2 metres) and tree (birch, alder, rowan, aspen, field maple being allowed to a height of 5 metres) species alongside 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.

 

6. No tree felling, scrub clearance, hedgerow removal, vegetation management, 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 are to be checked first by an appropriately experienced ecologist to ensure no breeding birds are present. If present, the appropriate measures specified by the licensed ecologist are to be undertaken

 

7. A sales/information pack highlighting the location of, and promoting the use of, alternative greenspaces within the area and explaining the importance, sensitivities and vulnerabilities of protected European Sites to recreational impacts, shall be provided to every new home buyer for the development hereby permitted.

 

8. 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.

 

9. No development shall take place until a full scheme of works for the reinstatement (to standard footway levels) of the existing vehicle accesses from the highway in Highfield Road that are rendered obsolete by the development and any other amendments to the existing highway made necessary by this development have 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.

 

10. The cycle parking area shown on drawing No. B101 Rev. B shall be implemented in full prior to first occupation of the proposed development and be permanently retained thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

11. No development shall commence until detailed plans and particulars of the sustainable drainage system, in the form of a ‘Confirmed/Final’ Sustainable Drainage Strategy, 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 details of the ‘Confirmed/Final’ Sustainable Drainage Strategy must be based on the principles and details identified in Flood Risk Assessment/Drainage Strategy <21-03-18/BWR/1376/Shape Consulting Engineers>, be accompanied by a completed Sustainable Drainage Operation and Maintenance Plan and meet all requirements, including submission requirements, of Wirral Council’s ‘Sustainable Drainage Technical Guidance’

 

12. Prior to occupation of any properties the applicant must submit ‘as built’ drainage design/layout drawings. The plans should be accompanied by an updated Operation and Maintenance Plan, if required.

 

13. Prior to commencement, a Noise Survey in relation to the impact of rail and road traffic noise on the dwellings hereby approved shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. For the avoidance of doubt, if such a survey identifies any dwellings as being in Noise Exposure Categories B or C then a scheme of noise insultation to the dwellings shall be agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

14. 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. 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 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.

 

15. 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 and additional measures for remediation shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 

 

 

16. Prior to first occupation, details of a screen to be erected along the southern axis of the first floor amenity area as shown on drawing No. B102 Rev. B shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. For the avoidance of doubt the details shall include its location, height and finished materials. The screening shall be completed before the amenity area is brought into use and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

 

 

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