Agenda item

Approved – Conditions etc. will be set out in the minutes

The Committee considered application 13/00566/F for the construction of a new switch house, access road, compound extension, attenuation pond and associated landscaping.

In reaching their decision, the committee considered the officers’ report and presentation.

Resolved

That application 13/00566/F be approved, subject to the following conditions:

1.                  The development to which this permission relates shall be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission. 

2.                  Except where otherwise stipulated by conditions attached to this permission, the development shall be retained for the use described and strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: BS8110859_SK03 Rev PA1; 102 Rev PA1; 01 Rev PA1, 02 Rev PA1 and 03 Rev PA1 submitted with the application.

3.                  The landscaping scheme shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the details shown on drawing no. BS8110859_102 Rev PA1 unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

4.                  All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in accordance with BS 4428:1989 Code of Practice for general landscape operations (excluding hard surfaces), or the most up to date and current British Standard, in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of the building(s) or on the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner. Any trees, herbaceous planting and shrubs which, within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the current/next planting season with others of similar size and species.

5.                  Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, an Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS), undertaken in accordance with BS:5837:2012 and all subsequent amendments and revisions shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, all works on site shall be carried out in accordance with the approved AMS.

6.                  Prior to any demolition and the commencement of the development a professional archaeological organisation acceptable to the Local Planning Authority shall prepare an Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation, relating to the application site area, which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

7.                  Prior to any demolition on the site and the commencement of the development and following the approval of the Written Scheme of Investigation referred to in condition 6, a staged programme of archaeological evaluation and mitigation shall be carried out by the commissioned archaeological organisation in accordance with the approved Written Scheme of Investigation. The programme of work shall include all processing, research and analysis necessary to produce an accessible and useable archive and a full report for publication which shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority.

8.                  The development permitted by this planning permission shall be carried out in accordance with the approved Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) (v3, 16 April 2013, Ref. BS8110859/DB/LR/004) and the following mitigation measures detailed within the FRA:

1.      Provision of fenced voids with ongoing maintenance so voids remain clear (Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4)

2.      Provision of permeable compound fencing (Section 2.10)

3.      Finished floor levels are set no lower than 67.04m above Ordnance Datum (AOD) plus 300mm. (Section 5.1)

The mitigation measures shall be fully implemented prior to occupation and subsequently in accordance with the timing / phasing arrangements embodied within the scheme, or within any other period as may subsequently be agreed, in writing, by the local planning authority.

9.                    If during development, contamination is found to be present at the site then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority) shall be carried out until the developer has submitted, and obtained written approval from the Local Planning Authority for, a Method Statement as to how to deal with this contamination

10.                The development hereby approved shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the recommendations with regards to minimising the impact on the adjacent watercourse set out in page 11 of the Ecological Assessment submitted with the application, which was prepared by ADAS dated November 2012.

11.                No removal of hedgerows, trees or shrubs, shall take place between the 1^st March and 31^st August inclusive, unless the Local Planning Authority has confirmed in writing that such works can proceed, based on the submission of a recent survey (no older than one month) that has been undertaken by a competent ecologist to assess the nesting bird activity on site, together with details of measures to protect the nesting bird interest on the site.

12.                No works, digging or storage of materials shall take place within 5m of the watercourse bank.

13.                Prior to any other works commencing all clearance of ground vegetation shall be carried out methodically from one side of the site to the other at a time when reptiles are active (not winter).