Agenda item

APP/20/01257: PURLEY, KINGS DRIVE, CALDY, CH48 2JH - New building within the grounds of Purley, to be ancillary to the main property. Amendment from application as originally submitted, which was for a self-contained dwelling. July 2021 - Further amendments reducing height of proposed building and omitting new access.

Minutes:

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

 

An objector on behalf of The Caldy Society addressed the Committee.

 

The Applicant’s Agent was unable to attend the meeting having regard to limiting numbers due to Coronavirus.  Mr M Neal, Legal Advisor to the Committee, therefore read out to the Committee the Agent’s written representation.

 

It was moved by the Chair and seconded by Councillor S Foulkes that the application be approved subject to the following conditions with the inclusion of conditions relating to a Construction Management Plan and that no walls, fences or other means of enclosure shall be removed on any part of the land lying between any main wall of the building fronting a highway and the highway boundary.

 

The motion was put and carried (11:0). 

 

Resolved (11:0) – That the application be approved with 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 5 July 2021 and listed as follows: 2024/010 Rev C, 2024/102 Rev B, 2024/100 Rev C, 2024/101 Rev C, 2024/200 Rev E.

 

No works shall proceed on site until details of pollution control and protection measures for the adjacent woodland areas have been submitted to the local planning authority for approval. All site works shall then proceed only in accordance with the approved measures. 

 

Prior to the first occupation of the development details of the proposed lighting scheme shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.  The information submitted shall include details of the type of lights and an estimate of the light levels at the site boundaries of the site.  The lighting shall thereafter be installed and operated in accordance with the approved details. 

 

No tree felling, hedgerow or shrub removal 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, hedgerows and vegetation are to be checked first by an appropriately experienced ecologist to ensure no breeding birds are present. If present, details of how they will be protected are required to be submitted for approval.

 

The development hereby permitted shall not be first bought into use until details of bird and bat boxes to include number, type and location on an appropriately scaled plan as well as timing of installation, has been provided for approval to the local planning authority and implemented in accordance with those details.  The approved details shall thereafter be implemented before first occupation of the building.

 

The following measures/precautions should be taken during building works to protect wild animals: 

 

·  A pre-commencement check for the presence of wild animals.

·  Any holes or trenches left open overnight should either be covered at the end of each working day and/or include a means of escape (sloped banks or ramps) in case any animal should fall in.

·  Any open pipes should be temporarily capped at the end of each working day to prevent any animals gaining access.

·  Construction work is limited to daylight hours and should only take place between 8am and 6pm.

·  All building materials to be stored so that animals cannot access them.

·  The use of chemicals (such as herbicides & fertilisers) should be avoided wherever possible.

·  Should any chemicals be used and stored on site these should be kept in secure compounds away from access by animals. 

·  Any obvious animal paths to be left clear of obstruction.

·  The property boundaries allow for the free movement of wildlife after construction.

·  Fencing shall be erected surrounding the construction site during the building work to prevent animals from entering the site. 

 

Before any construction commences, details of the facing (colour, texture and specification) and roofing 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.

 

Development of the relevant parts of the building shall not commence until full details of the windows and external doors including sliding doors throughout the development have been submitted for written approval by the local planning authority prior to the commencement of works. These shall include cross sectional drawings at 1:1 and elevation details at 1:5 scale (or similar) and should incorporate sill, lintel, jamb and reveal details or similar. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details

 

All rainwater goods shall be of the material aluminium or of a similar quality; profile details and colours are to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to their installation. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the agreed detail and retained thereafter.

 

No retained tree shall be cut down, uprooted, destroyed, pruned, cut or damaged in any manner during the development phase and thereafter within 5 years from the date of occupation of the building for its permitted use, other than in accordance with the approved plans and particulars or as may be permitted by prior approval in writing from the local planning authority.

 

Prior to the commencement of site clearance, demolition, storage of plant (non-tree related), materials, machinery, including site huts and WCs, Tree Protection Barriers shall be installed immediately following tree works and Barriers shall confirm to the specification within the method statement. The Tree Protection Barriers and Ground Protection shall not be removed, breached or altered without prior written authorisation from the local planning authority or client arboriculturist, but shall remain in a functional condition throughout the entire development, until all development related machinery and materials have been removed from site. If such protection measures are damaged beyond effective functioning, then works that may compromise the protection of trees shall cease until the protection can be repaired or replaced with a specification that shall provide a similar degree of protection.

The tree protection measures shall not be dismantled until all construction related machinery and materials have been removed from site and not without written authorisation from the local planning authority or client arboriculturist. Once authorisation has been given the protection measures can be removed by hand and transported off site. During which time, no machinery or vehicles shall enter the area previously protected. No excavations, storage of materials, soil stripping, the raising or lowering of levels or the laying of hard surfacing without prior approval of the arboricultural consultant and / or the local planning authority. Any issues regarding tree protection should be agreed and implemented prior to commencement of development.

 

The following activities must not be carried out under any circumstances:

a,  No fires to be lit within 20 metres of existing trees and shrubs to be retained.

b,  Storage of removed topsoil should be located outside of the Root Protection Areas of retained trees and away from those parts of the site allocated for soft landscaping.

c,  No equipment, signage, fencing, tree protection barriers, materials, components, vehicles or structures  shall be attached to or supported by a retained tree.

d,  No builders debris or other materials to be stored within the Root Protection Areas.

e,  No mixing of cement, associate additives, chemicals, fuels, tar and other oil based liquids and powders shall occur within 10 metres of any tree Root Protection Area. A dedicated washout area shall be a used and located not within 10 metres of any Root Protection

f,  No alterations or variations to the approved works or tree protection schemes shall be carried out without the prior written approval of the LPA.

g, No excavations, trenches, stripping, cultivation with a rotavator or changes in surface level to occur within the Root Protection Area, unless authorised.

 

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.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order) no walls, fences or other means of enclosure shall be removed on any part of the land lying between any main wall of the building fronting a highway and the highway boundary.

 

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