The Director of Technical Services submitted the above application for consideration.

On a motion by Councillor Salter and seconded by Councillor Mitchell it was -

Resolved - That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

1.  The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

2.  Before any 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.

3.  Development shall not commence until a scheme for the provision of cycle parking has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority. The cycle parking facility shall be erected in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved and retained as such thereafter.

4.  Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced, a datum for measuring land levels shall be agreed in writing. Full details of existing and proposed ground levels and proposed finished floor levels shall be taken from that datum and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plan(s). The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained as such thereafter.

5.  No development shall be commenced until full details of soft and hard landscaping have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The landscaping scheme shall detail the locations, species and heights of all existing and proposed trees, shrubs and hedge planting and all existing and proposed grassed and hard surfaced areas and any other natural or proposed features.

6.  Any trees or shrubs removed, dying, being severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased within five years from the completion of the scheme shall be replaced by trees or shrubs of a similar size and species to those originally required to be planted unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

7.  All hard and soft landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details as set out in Condition 5. The works shall be carried out:

In accordance with a programme to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority.

8.  Prior to the commencement of the development details of the proposed access onto Mulberry Road shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the local planning authority. The occupation of the development shall not begin until those works have been completed in accordance with the local planning authority's approval and have been certified in writing as complete by or on behalf of the local planning authority.

9.  Prior to the first occupation of the development the obsolete access shall be reinstated to standard footway levels, details of which shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority and retained as such thereafter.

10.  The development shall not begin until a scheme for the provision of affordable housing as part of the development has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The affordable housing shall be provided and retained, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority in accordance with the approved scheme. The scheme shall include:

1) The numbers, type, tenure and location of the site of the affordable housing provision to be made;

2) The timing of construction of the affordable housing;

3) The occupancy criteria to be used for determining the identity of prospective and successive occupiers of the affordable housing and the means by which such occupancy can be enforced.

11.  No part of the development shall be brought into use until sight lines of 2.4m by 38m at the proposed junction with Mulberry Road have been provided clear of obstruction to visibility at or above a height of 0.6m above the carriageway level of Mulberry Road. Once created, these sight lines shall be maintained clear of any obstruction and retained for their intended purpose at all times.

12.  No part of the development shall be brought into use until visibility splays of 2.4m x 2.4m measured down each side of the access and the back edge of the footway have been provided clear of  obstruction to visibility at or above a height of 0.9m above the footway level of Mulberry Road. Once created, these visibility splays shall be maintained clear of any obstruction and retained for their intended purpose at all times.

13.  A detailed remediation strategy as indicated in the Ground Investigation and risk report (points 9.2, 9.3 & 9.4) to bring the site to a condition suitable for the intended use by removing unacceptable risks to human health, buildings and other property and the natural and historic environment, must be prepared and is subject to the approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority. The strategy must include all works to be undertaken, proposed remediation objectives and remediation criteria, timetables of works, site management procedures and roles and responsibilities. The strategy must ensure that the site will not qualify as contaminated land under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 after remediation.

14.  The approved remediation strategy must be carried out in accordance with its terms prior to the commencement of the development other than that required to carry out remediation, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority. The local planning authority must be given two weeks written notification of commencement of the remediation works.

15.  Following completion of the remedial works identified in the approved remediation strategy, a verification report  (referred to in PPS23 as  a validation report) that demonstrates the effectiveness of the remediation carried out must be produced, and is subject to the approval in writing of the local planning authority, prior to the commencement of the development.

16.  Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any order revoking and re-enacting that order with or without modification) the enlargement, of the dwelling(s) or any addition to the roof or the erection or construction of a porch shall not be carried out.

17.  Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any order revoking and re-enacting that order with or without modification) once the dwellings have been erected no new windows shall be introduced nor shall any existing windows be altered without prior approval of the Local Planning Authority.