Agenda item

The Committee considered a report of the Head of Development Control and Major Developments for the renewal of application 06/02499/OUT for residential building land.

The Committee were satisfied with the evidence presented.

In reaching their decision, the Committee considered the Officers report, presentation and written update.

Resolved

That application 10/00388/OUT be approved subject to the following:

         I.              Linking this application to the existing s106 application relating to the site (advice awaited from the Head of Legal and Democratic Services)

       II.              The comments of Natural England

      III.              The comments of the Council’s Head of Urban and Rural Services in relation to the impact of the proposal upon the trees in the site

   IV.              The following conditions and planning notes:-

 Conditions:

 Conditions 1 – 15 of 06/02499/OUT (change policies)

 and the following additional conditions:

 16)      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.

17)      If a potential risk from contamination is identified as a result of the work carried out under condition 16, 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.

18)    If contamination is found by undertaking the work carried out under condition 17, 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 Authority has given its written approval of the scheme of remediation and/or monitoring required by this condition.

19)    If remedial works have been identified in condition 18, the remedial works shall be carried out in accordance with the scheme approved under condition 18. The development shall not be occupied until a verification report (referred to in PPS23 as a validation report), that demonstrates the effectiveness of the remediation carried out, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  

20)     Except where otherwise stipulated by condition, the application shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: Site Location Plan, Interim Protected Species Report (Sept 2008)