Agenda item

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

The Committee considered application 18/01881/F for the erection of 13 new affordable dwellings together with associated external works, car parking and landscaping at Land East of Jersey Cottages, Station Road, Ardley for Waterloo Housing Group Ltd.

 

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

 

Resolved

 

That application 18/01881/F be approved and that authority be delegated to the Assistant Director for Planning and Economy to grant permission subject to:

 

1.         The conditions set out below (and any amendments to those conditions as deemed necessary) and

 

2.         The completion of a planning obligation under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as substituted by the planning and compensation Act 1991, to secure the following (and any amendments as deemed necessary):

 

a)         Provision of 100% affordable housing on site (7 units for affordable rent and 6 units in shared ownership);

b)         Provision of highway works to mitigate the impact of the development;

c)         Payment of a financial contribution towards play areas in the locality of £29,989.18;

d)         Payment of a financial contribution towards the enhancement of Ardley with Fewcott Village Hall of £13,854.36;

e)         Payment of a financial contribution towards off-site outdoor sports and recreation provision in the locality of £5,302.15;

f)          Payment of a financial contribution towards off-site indoor sports and recreation provision of £10,854.31.

 

CONDITIONS

 

Time Limit

 

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.

 

Approved Plans

 

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:

 

•           Application form, including the supplementary information template submitted with the application;

•           Design and Access Statement by Oakley Architects dated October 2018 submitted with the application;

•           Drawing Numbers: 03; 12A; 13 submitted with the application;

•           Drawing Numbers 04C; 06A; 10B; 11A; 14B; 15B; 16B; 17B; 18B; and 19B received from the applicant’s agent by e-mail on 27th November 2018.

 

Noise Mitigation

 

3.         The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the recommendations set out in Section 10 (Mitigation) of Noise Risk Assessment & Acoustic Design Statement carried out by Noise.co.uk Ltd and prepared on 24th August 2018.

 

Written Scheme of Investigation (Archaeology)

 

4.         Prior to any demolition on the site, the commencement of the development hereby approved and any archaeological investigation, 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.

 

Stage Programme of Archaeological Evaluation and Mitigation

 

5.         Prior to any demolition on the site and the commencement of the development hereby approved, and following the approval of the Written Scheme of Investigation referred to in condition 5, 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.

 

Landscaping Plan

 

6.         Notwithstanding the landscaping details within Drawing Number ADL246 Revision A received from the applicant’s agent by e-mail on 28th November 2018, no development shall take place until a landscaping scheme has been 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)         full design details of the sheds including elevations

 

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

           

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.

 

Highway Works

 

7.         No development shall take place until full details of the works to the highway associated with this development has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. This shall include details of the crossing and footway. Prior to the first occupation of the dwellings hereby approved, the highways works shall be completed in accordance with the approved details.

 

Access Details

 

8.         Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, and notwithstanding the details submitted, full details of the means of access between the land and the highway and the parking and manoeuvring areas (including, position, layout, construction, drainage and vision splays) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the means of access shall be constructed and retained in accordance with the approved details.

 

Material Samples

 

9.         Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved above slab level, samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external walls and roofs of the dwellings (including a stone sample panel), shall be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in writing. The relevant works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved sample details and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

Window Details

 

10.       Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved above slab level, full details of the doors, windows and rooflights 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, windows and rooflights shall be installed within the building in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

Construction Traffic Management Plan

 

11.       No development shall take place until a Construction Traffic Management Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the approved Construction Traffic Management Plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the approved details.

 

Bat, Bird and Hedgehogs Boxes

 

12.       Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved above slab level, full details of a scheme for the location and design of hedgehog, bat and bird boxes shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter and prior to the occupation of any building, the hedgehog, bat and bird boxes shall be installed on the site in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

Trees

 

13.       Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, an Arboricultural Impact Assessment (AIA), 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.

 

14.       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.

 

Contaminated Land Conditions

 

15.       Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted a desk study and site walk over to identify all potential contaminative uses on site, and to inform the conceptual site model shall be carried out by a competent person and in accordance with DEFRA and the Environment Agency's ‘Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination, CLR 11’ and shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. No development shall take place until the Local Planning Authority has given its written approval that it is satisfied that no potential risk from contamination has been identified.

 

 

16.       If a potential risk from contamination is identified as a result of the work carried out under condition 15, prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a comprehensive intrusive investigation in order to characterise the type, nature and extent of contamination present, the risks to receptors and to inform the remediation strategy proposals shall be documented as a report undertaken by a competent person and in accordance with DEFRA and the Environment Agency's ‘Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination, CLR 11’ and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. No development shall take place unless the Local Planning Authority has given its written approval that it is satisfied that the risk from contamination has been adequately characterised as required by this condition.

 

17.       If contamination is found by undertaking the work carried out under condition 16, prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a scheme of remediation and/or monitoring to ensure the site is suitable for its proposed use shall be prepared by a competent person and in accordance with DEFRA and the Environment Agency's ‘Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination, CLR 11’ and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. No development shall take place until the Local Planning.

 

18.       If remedial works have been identified in condition 17, the development shall not be occupied until the remedial works have been carried out in accordance with the scheme approved under condition 17. A verification report that demonstrates the effectiveness of the remediation carried out must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

19.       If, during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site, no further development shall be carried out until full details of a remediation strategy detailing how the unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the remediation strategy shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.