Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 16/00866/F for the erection of 1 no. dwelling.

Christine French, the applicant, addressed the committee in support to the application.

Councillor Kerford-Byrnes proposed that application 16/00866/F be refused as it would cause cramping form of development and would go against the Neighbourhood plan. Councillor Randall seconded the proposal.

Councillor Reynolds proposed that application 16/00866/F be approved. Councillor Clarke seconded the proposal.

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

Resolved

That application 16/00866/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 condition, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: Application Forms and Drawing Numbers: FRE/16/01 A and FRE/16/02 A.

3.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a stone sample panel (minimum 1m² in size) shall be constructed on site in Hornton stone, which shall be inspected and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the external walls of the development shown on the approved plans to be constructed in stone shall be laid, dressed, coursed and pointed in strict accordance with the approved stone sample panel.

4.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, samples of the slate to be used in the construction of the roofs of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the samples so approved.

5.    Prior to the commencement of the development an arboricultural survey and method statement, 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 the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved survey recommendations and method statement.

6.    Prior to the commencement of the development, full details of the doors and windows hereby approved, including a cross section, cill, lintel and recess detail and colour/finish, shall be submitted to an approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the doors and windows and their surrounds shall be installed within the building in accordance with the approved details.

7.    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 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,

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

(d)    details of means of enclosure along the boundaries of and within the site.

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

8.    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.

9.    Notwithstanding the provisions of Classes A to D (inc.) of Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 and its subsequent amendments, the approved dwelling shall not be enlarged or extended without the prior express planning consent of the Local Planning Authority.

10.Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the first floor window in the east elevation of the dwelling shall be fixed shut, other than the top hung opening element, and shall be fully glazed with obscured glass that complies with the current British Standard, and retained as such thereafter.