Agenda item

Approved, subject to various requirements to be set out in the minutes

The Committee considered application 15/00180/F for the variation of Conditions 2, 3, 15 and 18 of 14/00403/F

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

Resolved

That application 15/00180/F be approved subject to the following conditions:

1.            That the development to which this permission relates shall be begun not later than 31 December 2017 being the date of the expiration of 14/00403/F.               

2.            Except where otherwise stipulated by conditions attached to this permission, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: Drawing nos. P-001 and P-303A (proposed materials) received with the application and nos. 003C, 100B, 101B, 102B, 103B, 104B, 105B, 200B, 201B, 300B, 301B, 302B and 304C received on 12th November 2014 and the amended Mayer Brown drawings LSHBICESTER.1/05 Rev B & TCRBICESTER2.2/04 Rev M.

3.            Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, full details of the external lighting shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local planning Authority. Thereafter, the lighting shall be carried out and retained in accordance with the approved details.

4.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of the refuse bin storage for the site, including location and compound enclosure details, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Thereafter and prior to the first occupation of the development, the refuse bin storage area shall be provided in accordance with the approved details and retained unobstructed except for the storage of refuse bins.

5.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a landscaping scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme for landscaping the site shall include:-

            (a)       details of the proposed tree and shrub planting including their species, number, sizes and positions, together with grass seeded/turfed areas,

            (b)       details of the hard surface areas, including pavements, pedestrian areas, reduced-dig areas, crossing points and steps.

6.            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.

7.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, including any demolition, and any works of site clearance, a plan for enhancing biodiversity on site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the biodiversity enhancement measures shall be carried out and retained in accordance with the approved details.

8.            Prior to each phase of development approved by this planning permission no development (or such other date or stage in development as may be agreed in writing with the local planning authority), shall take place until a scheme that includes the following components to deal with the risks associated with contamination of the site shall each be submitted to and approved, in writing, by the local planning authority:

            (1) A preliminary risk assessment which has identified:

• all previous uses

•potential contaminants associated with those uses

•a conceptual model of the site indicating sources, pathways and receptors

•potentially unacceptable risks arising from contamination at the site.

(2) A site investigation scheme, based on (1) to provide information for a detailed assessment of the risk to all receptors that may be affected, including those off site.

(3) The results of the site investigation and the detailed risk assessment referred to in (2) and, based on these, an options appraisal and remediation strategy giving full details of the remediation measures required and how they are to be undertaken.

(4) A verification plan providing details of the data that will be collected in order to demonstrate that the works set out in the remediation strategy in (3) are complete and identifying any requirements for longer-term monitoring of pollutant linkages, maintenance and arrangements for contingency action.

Any changes to these components require the express written consent of the local planning authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved.

9.            No occupation of each phase of development shall take place until a verification report demonstrating completion of works set out in the approved remediation strategy and the effectiveness of the remediation shall be submitted to and approved, in writing, by the local planning authority. The report shall include results of sampling and monitoring carried out in accordance with the approved verification plan to demonstrate that the site remediation criteria have been met. It shall also include any plan (a "long-term monitoring and maintenance plan") for longer-term monitoring of pollutant linkages, maintenance and arrangements for contingency action, as identified in the verification plan. The long-term monitoring and maintenance plan shall be implemented as approved.

10.         If, during development, contamination not previously identified 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 a remediation strategy to the local planning authority detailing how this unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with and obtained written approval from the local planning authority. The remediation strategy shall be implemented as approved.

11.         The development hereby permitted shall not be commenced until such time as a scheme to dispose of surface water has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved.

12.         Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of a drainage strategy for the entire site, detailing all on and off site drainage works required in relation to the development, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the drainage works shall be carried out and completed in accordance with the approved strategy, until which time no discharge of foul or surface water from the site shall be accepted into the public system.

13.         Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Thereafter, the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved CTMP.

14.         Prior to the first use or occupation of the development hereby permitted, cycle parking facilities shall be provided on the site in accordance with details which shall be firstly submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Thereafter, the cycle parking facilities shall be permanently retained and maintained for the parking of cycles in connection with the development.

15.         Prior to the first use of the development hereby approved, full design and operational details of the method of the air conditioning, extract ventilation and refrigeration systems shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, and prior to the first use of the building, the systems shall be installed, brought into use and retained and maintained in accordance with the approved details.

16.         That prior to the commencement of the development, the provision of a suitable scheme of public art shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be completed prior to the occupation of the development and thereafter retained in accordance with the approved details.

17.         No external lights shall be erected on the land without the prior express consent of the Local Planning Authority.

18.         Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, details of the measures to be incorporated into the development to demonstrate how "Secured by Design" (SBD) accreditation will be achieved will be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, unless otherwise agreed in writing. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, and shall not be occupied until confirmation has been sent in writing to the Local Planning Authority the SBD accreditation has been received, unless otherwise agreed in writing.