The Principal Planning and Enforcement Team Leader presented the report of the Director of Regeneration and Place in relation to the above application for consideration.

Ward Councillor, Jennifer Johnson addressed the Committee.

The applicant’s agent, Mr Nellist addressed the Committee.

On a motion by Councillor Steve Foulkes and seconded by Councillor Kathy Hodson it was –

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

1. The development hereby permitted shall begin no 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 listed as follows:

LOC/01 rev. B (Location Plan)

PLAN/01 rev. E (Proposed Site Plan)

PLAN/02 rev. C (Proposed Ground & First Floor Plans)

PLAN/03 rev. C (Proposed Second Floor & Roof Plans)

PLAN/04 rev. D (Proposed West & South Elevations)

PLAN/05 rev. D (Proposed East & South Elevations)

PLAN/06 (Bin & Cycle Store Details)

PLAN/07 rev. A (Existing & Proposed Caldy Road Streetscene Sections)

PLAN/08 rev. A (Existing & Proposed Sections Through 11 Clady Road)

PLAN/09 rev. A (Existing Dwelling Plans Elevations)

Dusk Survey Results, Issue No. 1, Tyrer Ecological Consultants, 08.06.23

Updated Preliminary Ecological Appraisal, Tyrer Ecological Consultants 08.06.23

Preliminary Ecological Appraisal, Tyrer Ecological Consultants 13.02.21

Dusk Survey Results, Tyrer Ecological Consultants, 12.08.21

Arboricultural Impact Assessment & Method Statement, Tree Solutions. Arboricultural Consultants, ref. 20/AIA/WIRR/81, June 21

Topographical Survey, dwg. no. 8788/01

3. No development above ground shall take place until the adjacent dwelling at no.9 Caldy Road as shown on the hereby approved Location Plan (ref. LOC/01 rev. B) and Proposed Site Plan (PLAN/01 rev. E) and edged in blue has been demolished.

4. The facing materials to be used in the external construction of this development hereby approved and set out in the PLAN/4 Rev. D (Proposed West & North Elevations) & PLAN/5 Rev. D (Proposed East & South Elevations) shall be used in the construction of the development unless agreed otherwise in writing with the Local Planning authority.

5 Prior to occupation of the development hereby approved, all windows in both side elevations of the building hereby approved shall be fixed and obscurely glazed on installation and remain as such thereafter.

6. Prior to the commencement of any works to the superstructure (other than demolition), a detailed scheme for landscaping will be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority

The scheme shall comprise of a plan and specification and demonstrate:

a. The materials to be used for hard and soft surfacing;

b. Tree and hedge planting across the site (including a minimum of 10no. trees)

c. Detailed planting plan and specification for soft landscaping of land

d. The location and design of fences, gates, walls, railings or other means of enclosure

e. The timing of implementation of the scheme; and

f. The development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved details. The development shall not be first occupied until the landscaping scheme has been implemented in full and the scheme shall be retained for the life of the development.

7. Prior to first occupation of the development hereby approved, the secure cycle storage and refuse storage structures as shown on approved drawings PLAN 01 Revision B (Proposed Site Plan) and PLAN 06 (Refuse and Cycle Stores Plans and Elevations) shall be constructed strictly in accordance with the hereby approved plans, made available for use and be retained in situ in perpetuity.

8. No development shall commence (excluding any demolition works) until a drainage scheme for the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall provide for the disposal of foul, surface and land water, and include an assessment of the potential to dispose of surface and land water by sustainable means. Thereafter the scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of the development and retained as such thereafter.

9.Prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved, a lighting scheme designed to protect ecology and that does not result in excessive light spill onto the habitats in line shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority and shall be implemented in accordance with those details prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved and retained as such thereafter.

Further guidance is available at the Bat Conservation Trust website

https://www.bats.org.uk/news/2018/09/new-guidance-on-bats-and-lighting

10.Prior to first occupation, a scheme for the provision of bird nesting/bat boxes within the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The boxes so approved shall be completed and available for use prior to first occupation/use of the development and shall thereafter be retained.

11. No tree felling, scrub clearance, vegetation management, ground clearance or building works 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 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.

12. No development hereby approved shall take place (including ground works and vegetation clearance) until a method statement, prepared by a competent person, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The Method Statement shall include, but not limited to the following: • A plan showing the extent of the Three-cornered Leek, Himalayan Cotoneaster and Virginia Creeper;

• The methods that will be used to prevent the plant/s spreading further, including demarcation; • The methods of control that will be used, including details of post-control monitoring; and

• How the plants will be disposed of if treatment/removal is required.

Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved method statement

13. No plant or materials shall be brought onto site until Root Protection Area fencing and Ground Protection has been installed in accordance with the submitted tree protection plan and specification. (Drawing number 03) within the Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Method Statement by Tree solutions.

Thereafter:

Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and the fencing shall be retained until development subject to this consent is completed. There shall be no excavation or other alteration of ground levels, storage of materials or plant, parking of vehicles, deposit of soil or rubble, lighting of fires or disposal of liquids within any area fenced off as part of the tree protection plan and specification, without prior approval of the arboricultural consultant and / or the local planning authority.

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.

14. The Arboricultural Method Statement in Appendix 5 and Tree Protection plan 21/AIA/WIRR/81 03 submitted in support of the application shall be adhered to in full, subject to the pre-arranged tree protection monitoring and site supervision, detailed in page 13 of the report, by a suitably qualified tree specialist.

15. Prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved, a tree replacement strategy showing a minimum of 10 new replacement trees of a minimum heavy standard size shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Panning Authority. The tree replacement strategy shall comprise of a plan and specification of the number, species, size and location of all replacement trees and a method statement to secure the sustainable planting of trees.. The approved Tree replacement Strategy must be adhered to and implemented in full during the first planting season following the first occupation of the development or the completion of the development, whichever is sooner.

Any trees which die, become diseased, damaged or are removed within 3 years of planting shall be replaced with trees of similar sizes and species or as may otherwise be agreed with the local planning authority in the first available planting season thereafter, all works to be carried out to BS 4428: 1989 "Code of Practice for General Landscape Operation".