Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 16/01430/F for a proposed accommodation block, which was an alteration to the previously approved application 15/00185/F, at The Lion, Main Street, Wendlebury for Mrs Sarah Robinson-Smith.

Parish Councillor Tim Hibbert, on behalf of Wendlebury Parish Council, addressed the committee in objection to the application.

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

Resolved

That application 16/01430/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 Form submitted with the application;

·         Design and Access Statement by Oxford Architects dated June 2016 submitted with the application;

·         Drawing Numbers: 010 Revision P1; and 022 Revision P1 submitted with the application; and

·         Drawing Numbers; 020 Revision P2; 021 Revision P2; 025 Revision P2; and 026 Revision P2 received from the applicant's agent by e-mail on 11th November 2016.

3.            The development hereby approved shall only proceed and be occupied in accordance with the recommendations contained in Sections 7 (Flood Warning and Dry Route of Escape) and 8 (Emergency Planning) of the Flood Risk Assessment prepared by Infrastruct CS Ltd dated October 2014 received from the applicant's agent by e-mail on 25th March 2015.

4.            The external roofs of the development shall be constructed in accordance with the slate samples inspected on site by the Local Planning Authority on 18th November 2016, unless samples of alternative slates are first submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to their use in the development.

5.            The external walls of the development shall be laid, dressed, coursed and pointed in strict accordance with the stone sample panel inspected on site by the Local Planning Authority on 18th November 2016.

6.            Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of a drainage strategy for the entire site, detailing all on and/or 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.

7.            Prior to the commencement of the development, full details of the doors and windows hereby approved, at a scale of 1:20 including a cross section, cill, lintel and recess detail and colour/finish, shall be submitted to and 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.

8.            Full details of any external lighting to be fixed on the buildings hereby approved and on the ground shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to their installation. Thereafter the external lighting shall only be installed in accordance with the approved details.

9.            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, reduceddig areas, crossing points and steps. Thereafter, the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved landscaping scheme.

10.         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.

11.         The rain water goods to be used shall be constructed from cast iron or profiled aluminium and shall be painted or finished black, unless alternative details are submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.