Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 16/00585/F for proposed alterations to form 3 no 1bed flats with parking and ancillary space.

Mandy Pipkin, a local resident, addressed the committee in objection to the application.

In reaching their decision, the committee considered the officers report and presentation and written update and the address of the public speakers.

Resolved

That application 16/00585/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 carried out strictly in accordance with the details provided by the following plans and documents: Application Form, Location Plan, drawing numbers 2035-2-95,  2035-2-100,  2035-2-101,  2035-2-110,  2035-2-111,  2035-2-120,  2035-2-200, 2035-2-210 and  2035-2-220 submitted with the application.

3                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 shrub planting including their species, number, sizes and positions, together with grass seeded/turfed areas;

(b)     details of the existing trees and hedgerows to be retained as well as those to be felled, including existing and proposed soil levels at the base of each tree/hedgerow and the minimum distance between the base of the tree and the nearest edge of any excavation; and

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

Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved landscaping scheme.

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 occupation of any part of the development hereby approved, full details of the enclosures along all boundaries of the site and to divide the communual amenity space in the interests of residential amenity, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the approved means of enclosure shall be erected, in accordance with the approved details, prior to the first occupation of any of the units.

6                Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the parking areas shall be provided in accordance with the plan approved (Drawing No: 2035-2-95), and shall be constructed from porous materials or provision shall be made to direct run-off water from the hard surface to a permeable or porous area or surface within the curtilage of the site. Thereafter, the parking areas shall be retained in accordance with this condition and shall be unobstructed except for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles at all times.

7                Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted full details of the location, type, design, and appearance of the proposed cycle parking serving the dwellings shall be submitted and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The cycle parking shall be provided in accordance with the approved details prior to the first occupation of any part of the development.

8                Prior to the first occupation of any of the dwellings hereby approved, the ground floor window serving the living/dining area in the side (west) elevation of Flat 1 (as shown on drawing number 2035-2-100) shall be fully glazed with obscured glass that complies with the current British Standard, and retained as such thereafter.