The Senior Planning Officer presented the report of the Director of Regeneration and Place in relation to the above application for consideration.

The Chair made reference to the addendum to the report.

The Lead Principal Lawyer advised in respect of a correction to the addendum in that Section 93(2) of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 would not come into force until regulations were made by the Secretary of State.  Therefore Members were asked to disregard this.

The Chairman of Friends of Mayer Park, Mr Dennis Boyd addressed the Committee.

Ward Councillor, Ed Lamb addressed the Committee.

The applicant’s representative, Mr Armstrong addressed the Committee.

On a motion by the Chair and seconded by Councillor Kathy Hodson it was –

Resolved (10:1) – That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

1. The development hereby permitted shall begin not later than 3 years from the date of this decision.

2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and document received by the local planning authority on 07/03/2023, 19/09/2023, 03/10/2023 and 19/10/2023 and listed as follows: -

- 21-048-110 Revision Fand 21-048-111 Revision E received on 07/03/2023;

- 21-048-130 Revision P received on 19/09/2023;

- the tree protection outlined in the Arboricultural Method Statement Ref. TRE/71TV/Rev F received on 03/10/2023; and

- 21-048-122 Revision G, 21-048-120 Revision Q, 21-048-141 Revision B and 21-048-121 Revision F received on 19/10/2023.

3. The construction of the rear extension and car port shall not take place until samples of the materials to be used in the construction of external surfaces of the buildings have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

4. The construction of the rear extension shall not take place until sample panels of all new facing brickwork showing the proposed bricks, face-bond and pointing mortar have been provided on site and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved sample panels shall be retained on site until the work is completed and the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved sample panels.

5. Before development commences on the approved re-instatement of piers and wall to front, full details and specifications of the approved re-instatement of piers and stone wall to front shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The information submitted shall include details of all new materials (including reconstruction with the use of original material as a far as practicable), designs, stone samples, coping samples and finishes. The re-instatement of the pier and stone wall shall then be completed in accordance with the agreed details within six months of the date of this decision.

6. Before the windows and doors hereby approved are installed, details of their material (including the material of the lintel above), design, specification, method of opening, method of fixing and finish, in the form of drawings and sections of no less than 1:20 scale, shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out only in accordance with the agreed details.

7. Details of the species mix, height and density of new planting to the boundary shown on the approved site plan ref. 21-048-130 Revision P shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to first occupation of the proposed extension. All planting, seeding and/or turfing comprised in the approved details shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of the extension or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner, and any planting 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.

8. The measures contained in the approved arboricultural method statement ref. TRE/71TV/Rev to protect the health of existing trees during construction shall be implemented in full throughout the construction phase.