The Development Management Manager presented the report of the Director of Regeneration and Place in relation to the above application for consideration.

Mark Craig, an objector to the application, addressed the committee.

Ben Green, the agent to the applicant, addressed the committee.

The solicitor read out a statement submitted by Ward Councillor Jo Bird.

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

Resolved - 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 received by the local planning authority on 8 December 2024 and listed as follows:

Overall Development Plans

Drainage Strategy Report

1829-JMA-ZZ-00-DR-A-0110 Rev 04 (site plan)

1829-JMA-ZZ-00-DR-A-0450 Rev 04 (whole site elevations)

1829-JMA-ZZ-00-DR-A-0117 Rev 03 (common green space)

1829-JMA-ZZ-00-DR-A-0118 Rev 03 (boundary treatments)

Apartments

1829-JMA-ZZ-00-DR-A-0257 Rev 03

1829-JMA-ZZ-00-DR-A-0258 Rev 03

1 829-JMA-ZZ-00-DR-A-0256 Rev 03

1829-JMA-ZZ-00-DR-A-0451 Rev 03

Housing

1829-JMA-00-ZZ-DR-A-0250 Rev 03

1829-JMA-00-ZZ-DR-A-0251 Rev 03

1829-JMA-00-ZZ-DR-A-0252 Rev 03

1829-JMA-00-ZZ-DR-A-0255 Rev 03

1829-JMA-00-ZZ-DR-A-0254 Rev 03

1829-JMA-00-ZZ-DR-A-0253 Rev 03

3 No above ground development involving the use of any facing materials shall take place until samples of the materials to be used in the construction of external surfaces of the building have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details

4 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 (where practical) but not be limited to, species of local provenance and native and non-native flowering perennial species and features such as bird boxes, log piles, bug boxes, solitary bee houses and hedgehog homes to encourage net gains in biodiversity and 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.

5 No tree felling, scrub 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 buildings, trees, scrub 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.

6 Prior to first occupation, notwithstanding the information included in plan 1829-JMA-ZZ-00-DR-A-0118, details of the heights and materials to be used in the construction of the boundary treatments shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The boundary treatments as agreed shall then be implemented and maintained as such.

7 Detailed drawings shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority following site clearance to indicate the finished site and ground floor levels intended at the completion of the development in relation to the existing site levels and the levels of the adjoining land and the development shall be carried out and completed in accordance with the details so approved.

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8 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2008 (or any subsequent Order or statutory provision revoking or re-enacting the provisions of that Order), no garages, outbuildings or other extensions to a dwelling shall be erected unless expressly authorised.

9 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2008 (or any subsequent Order or statutory provision revoking or re-enacting the provisions of that Order), no fencing, gates or other types of enclosures to a dwelling shall be erected unless expressly authorised.

10 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 Drainage Strategy as detailed in the following submissions:

• Drainage Strategy Report, New Ferry, Wirral – Site A / ref: 221-166 / dated 31 July 2023 / by AJP

For the avoidance of doubt, the surface water discharge rate from the development shall be no more than 5l/s.

The approved scheme shall be fully constructed prior to occupation in accordance with the approved details, phasing and timetable embodied within the approved 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.

11 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, to be submitted for each development phase, 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, phasing 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, in accordance with any approved phasing, prior to occupation.

12 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.

13 No development shall take place until a full scheme of works and timetable for the construction of the new adoptable highways and/or amendment of the existing adopted highway made necessary by this development, including new carriageways, footways, street lighting, surface water drainage, traffic signs, TRO’s, road markings, traffic calming, tactile paved pedestrian crossings, street furniture, access onto the adjacent highway has 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 and in accordance with the approved development phasing plan.