Agenda item

APP/20/00437: ALDI PRENTON, 374 WOODCHURCH ROAD, PRENTON, CH42 8PG. Demolition of existing commercial buildings and erection of a food store (Use Class A1), car park, access and landscaping.

Minutes:

The Director of Regeneration and Place submitted the above application for consideration.

 

The Applicant addressed the Committee.

 

Two Ward Councillors addressed the Committee

 

A Ward Councillor from Oxton Ward addressed the Committee.

 

It was moved by the Councillor B Kenny and seconded by Councillor P Stuart that the application be approved subject to the following conditions.

 

The motion was put and carried (8:2).

 

Resolved (8:2) – That the application be approved with 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 (unless otherwise stated) on 19 March 2020:

 

1944NES-110 Location Plan

1944NES-114 Demolition Plan

1944NES-116 Proposed GA Plan

1944NES-117 Proposed Elevations

1944NES-118 Proposed Roof Plan

1944NES-119 Proposed Roller Shutter Details

1944NES-120B Proposed Boundary Treatment

 

Received 16 September 2020:

 

200915-GA-02 Woodchurch Road Access and Egress (prepared by Cameron Rose)

Aldi, Prenton Management Plan (prepared by JLL)

 

Received 13 September 2020:

 

1944NES-115F Proposed Site Plan

 

3. Before any above ground 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.

 

4. Prior to occupation of the food store a full scheme of works and timetable for the construction of the following shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority:

 

i.  The formation of the new vehicular accesses to the development from Duck Pond Lane and Woodchurch Road and the provision of a turning facility to the existing alleyway parallel to Woodchurch Road.

ii.  The provision of dropped kerbs and tactile paving at all new access points

iii.  The provision of a minimum 2m wide footway along the development boundary to Duck Pond Lane

iv.  Any necessary amendments to the existing traffic regulation orders on Woodchurch Road and Duck Pond Lane to facilitate the highway works.

v.  Any new or repositioned street lighting columns or highway drainage works necessary to facilitate the above highway works.

 

5. No development shall commence until the ‘Confirmed/ Final’ Sustainable Drainage Strategy1 and method of implementation satisfying the Terms of Condition below and in accordance with the submitted surface water drainage assessment (29 September 2020/ Aldi Prenton/ Drainage Assessment / Final Report V1.3/ Weetwood) is submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, in consultation with the Lead Local Flood Authority.  The surface water discharge rate for the development is limited to 15 l/s.

 

6. 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, 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, 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, prior to occupation.

 

7. No above ground construction works 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.

 

8. All boundary treatment to be erected, including the positions, design and materials, shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the approved plan.  The boundary treatment as approved shall be completed before the building hereby approved is first brought into use.

 

9. The hard and soft landscaping scheme hereby approved shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with a timetable to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.  Any trees or plants that within a period of five years after planting, are removed, die or become, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, seriously damaged or defective shall be replaced with others of a species, size and number as originally approved in the first available planting season unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

 

10.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.

 

11. 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.

 

12. The supermarket shall be closed for trade between 22.00 and 08.00 hours Monday to Saturday and between 18.00 and 10.00 hours on Sundays and Bank Holidays. 

 

13. Servicing and deliveries shall not take place between the hours of 22.00 hours and 06.00 hours Monday to Saturday and 18.00 hours and 10.00 hours on Sundays and Bank Holidays. No vehicle shall arrive before the start time or leave after the finish time.

 

14. Foul and surface water drainage shall be drained on separate systems.

 

15. No above ground construction until details of the level and intensity of lighting within the development, including inside the store hereby approved, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

16. No removal of any trees, shrubs or hedges or any ground clearance or building work shall be carried out on site between 1 March and 31 August inclusive in any year unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  If it is necessary to undertake works during the bird breeding season then all trees, shrubs and hedges shall first be checked by an appropriately qualified/experienced ecologist, as agreed with the Local Planning Authority, to ensure no breeding birds are present.  In the event of breeding birds being present, full details of mitigation and protection measures shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before any such works commence.

 

17. Prior to occupation of the foodstore the following is to be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority;

 

A servicing management plan– controlling the west arrival, and east departure of service vehicles on Woodchurch Road.

 

i). The formation of the new vehicular accesses to the development from Duck Pond Lane and Woodchurch Road and the provision of a turning facility to the existing alleyway parallel to Woodchurch Road.

ii). The provision of dropped kerbs and tactile paving at all new access points

iii). The provision of a minimum 2m wide footway along the development boundary to Duck Pond Lane

iv). Any necessary amendments to the existing traffic regulation orders on Woodchurch Road and Duck Pond Lane to facilitate the highway works.

v). Any new or repositioned street lighting columns or highway drainage works necessary to facilitate the above highway works.

 

18. Following completion of the off-site highway works and prior to the first opening of the amended store access off Woodchurch Road a Stage 3 Road Safety Audit shall be provided for assessment by the Local Highway Authority.

 

 

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