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

On a motion by Councillor Mitchell and seconded by Councillor Johnson 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.  Prior to the commencement of development details of the proposed cctv system, all fencing, walls and boundary treatment to the site and auto gates to the proposed car park shall be submitted to an agreed in writing with Police Architectural Liaison Officer. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full and retained as such thereafter.

4.  No part of the development shall be brought into use until space and facilities for cycle parking of a type and in a location previously submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority have been provided and these facilities shall be permanently retained thereafter.

5.  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.

6.  The hard and soft landscaping scheme hereby approved shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with a timetable to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. Any trees or plants that within a period of five years after planting, are removed, die or become, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, seriously damaged or defective shall be replaced with others of a species, size and number as originally approved in the first available planting season unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

7.  Before any part of the development hereby approved is first occupied, the existing fence to the west of the site on The Dell shall be removed. Details of a replacement fence and footway shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority and retained as such thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing.

8.  Before any part of the development hereby approved is first occupied, the road markings, traffic signs and posts and pedestrian guardrail on The Dell associated with the development sites’ previous use as a primary school shall be removed and the carriageway and footway reinstated. Details of which shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority and retained as such thereafter.

9.  Before any part of the development hereby approved is first occupied, the traffic sign and post on New Chester Road associated with the development sites’ previous use as a primary school shall be removed and the footway reinstated. Details of which shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority and retained as such thereafter.

10.  Before development commences a Residential Travel Plan will be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The provisions of the Travel Plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the Residential Travel Plan and shall not be varied other than through agreement with the local planning authority.

11.  Prior to the commencement of development details of a boundary screen built to a minimum height of 1.8m to be located on the eastern boundary of the balcony of plot 57 facing 28 and 30 Thorburn Avenue shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full prior to the first occupation and retained as such thereafter.

12.  Notwithstanding the details of condition 7, prior to the commencement of development details of the 3m high minimum acoustic fence/barrier running along boundary and the bypass together with measures to mitigate any adverse impact upon the existing properties opposite shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The noise barrier shall have a minimum superficial density of 12.5kg/m2, be imperforate, continuous and sealed at the base. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full and retained as such thereafter.

13.  No development shall take place until full details of a scheme for sound insulation, providing the specifications for both the double/secondary glazing and any passive ventilation to be provided to those rooms of dwellings facing the Bypass, should be submitted to and agreed in writing with the local planning authority and retained as such thereafter.

14.  The surface water drainage scheme shall be fully implemented and subsequently maintained, in accordance with the timing/phasing arrangements embodied within the scheme and shall be retained as such thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.