Agenda item

The Committee considered a report which sought an extension of the time-limit originally attached to application 04/01395/F – Change of use of Penrose House from offices to residential to create 12 No. flats, erection of three storey residential unit to create 12 No. flats, associated parking, alterations of existing access and works to trees under TPO 12/90.

The Committee was satisfied with the evidence presented.

In reaching their decision, the Committee considered the officers report and presentation.

Resolved

That application 10/01877/F be approved subject to:

(i)         the applicants entering into a Section 106 legal agreement with the District and County Councils to secure financial contributions towards;

a)     the provision and maintenance of outdoor sports facilities in the locality/town and the financial equivalent of maintaining a local area of play in accordance with current standards

b)     the improvement of education and library facilities in the locality/town

(ii)        the imposition of the following conditions;                                                                         

(1)               SC 1_4A (Time limit for implementation)

(2)               That the development hereby permitted shall be constructed in accordance with a full schedule of materials and finishes (including samples where appropriate) which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the works hereby approved.

(3)               That full design details of the fenestration to be used on the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

(4)               No development shall take place until samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained thereafter unless agreed in writing with the local planning authority.

(5)               That samples of the clay tiles to be used in the covering of the roof of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the samples so approved.

(6)               That no development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a scheme for landscaping the site which shall include:-

·        details of the proposed tree and shrub planting including their species, number, sizes and positions, together with grass seeded/turfed areas,

·        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,

·        details of the hard surface areas, walls, trellis screens, pavements, pedestrian areas, crossing points and steps.

(7)               That all planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out 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;  and that any trees 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 next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent for any variation.

(8)               The protection of any existing tree to be retained in accordance with the approved plans and particulars shall be achieved as follows:

·        no equipment, machinery or material shall be brought onto the site for the purposes of the development until fencing has been erected in accordance with plans and particulars which shall have been previously approved by the Local Planning Authority in writing;

·        if that fencing is broken or removed during the course of carrying out the development, it shall be promptly repaired or replaced in accordance with the approved plans and particulars;

·        the fencing shall be maintained in position during the course of construction and until all equipment, machinery and surplus material has been moved from the site;

·        within any area fenced in accordance with this condition, nothing shall be stored, placed or disposed of on above or below the ground, the ground level shall not be altered, no excavation shall be made, nor shall any fires be lit, without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority; and

·        no tree to be retained in accordance with the approved plans and particulars shall be cut-down, up-rooted, topped, lopped or destroyed, nor any hedge within the site cut down or grubbed out without the prior approval in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

(9)               Prior to the commencement of any works on the site, full details of all service trenches, pipe runs or drains and any other excavation, earth movement or mounding required in connection with the development hereby permitted shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the details so approved.

(10)          That prior to the construction of the new building, the existing means of access between the land and the highway shall be improved, laid out and constructed strictly in accordance with the specification of the means of access attached hereto, and that all ancillary works therein specified shall be undertaken in accordance with the said specification.

(11)          That prior to the first occupation of the proposed flats, the proposed pedestrian access between the land and the highway shall be formed, laid out and constructed strictly in accordance with the approved plans.

(12)          That, before the development is first occupied the access drive shall be constructed, surfaced, laid and marked out, drained and completed in accordance with specification details to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development.

(13)          That prior to the first occupation of the block of 12 new residential apartments granted planning permission under reference 04/01395/F on the land to the south of the existing Penrose House building, the parking spaces numbered F1-F15 on Drawing Number SK100 Rev. A, submitted with application Ref. 06/01797/F shall be laid out and made available for car parking in connection with the block of 12 new residential apartments, the details of which of these parking spaces shall be firstly submitted for the prior approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority, and these parking space shall thereafter be fully implemented as approved.

(14)          That prior to the first occupation of the 12 residential units created through the conversion of Penrose House into residential use, granted planning permission under reference 04/01395/F, 15 parking spaces shall be laid out and made available for car parking in connection with the 12 residential units created in the converted Penrose House, the details of which of these parking spaces shall be firstly submitted for the prior approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority, and these parking space shall thereafter be fully implemented as approved.

(15)          That prior to the first occupation of the block of 12 new residential apartments granted planning permission under reference 04/01395/F on the land to the south of the existing Penrose House building, and prior to the first occupation of the 12 residential units created through the conversion of Penrose House into residential use, also granted planning permission under reference 04/01395/F, full details shall be submitted for the prior approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority of the arrangements for the provision of cycle parking facilities and refuse facilities, and thereafter these facilities shall be fully implemented as approved.  These facilities shall be constructed and made available for use by residents prior to the occupation of the residential units in the new block or in the converted Penrose.

(16)          Prior to the construction of the new building vision splays measuring 2.4 metres x 33 metres shall be provided to each side of the access and retained unobstructed thereafter.

(17)          Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a detailed scheme for the surface water and foul sewage drainage of the development shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.  The approved surface water and foul sewage drainage schemes shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of any building to which the scheme relates.  All drainage works shall be laid out and constructed in accordance with the Water Authorities Association's current edition "Sewers for Adoption". 

(18)          The development shall not begin until a scheme for protecting the habitable rooms in the new building from noise from Oxford Road to achieve an internal sound level of 35 dB (A) with windows closed at night has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and all works which form part of the approved scheme shall be completed before any of the flats in the new building are occupied and thereafter the scheme shall be permanently retained in accordance with the approved details.

(19)          All construction traffic for the development shall enter and leave the site in accordance with a detailed scheme and method statement to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted.  The method statement shall include temporary access arrangements, the construction operating hours on site, arrangements for deliveries to the site, the location of any temporary compounds and site offices, the design/location of any hoardings, the storage of building materials, the arrangement for the parking of contractors' vehicles and details of wheel-washing or road sweeping arrangements.  The construction of the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and all temporary buildings or structures shall be removed on completion of the development and the land restored to its former condition or in accordance with the approved plans, as appropriate.