Agenda item

The Committee considered a report for reserved matters (ref: outline 05/01563/OUT) B1 Office development with associated parking, turning and landscaping areas.

The Committee considered the impact to the conservation area and also expressed concern regarding the eco standards of the proposed development.

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

Resolved

That application 09/01659/REM be approved subject to the following conditions:

i)         the applicant entering into an agreement to link the existing Section 106 to this permission to secure the required contributions.

ii)         Any further conditions as recommended by the EA (to be delegated to officers)

iii)   Except where otherwise stipulated by conditions attached to this permission, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the application site plan drawing no. JJG014/101 submitted with the application.

And the following conditions:

(1)       Except where otherwise stipulated by conditions attached to this permission, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following approved plans:

            Location Plan                                    Drawing no-2354-25

            Site Plan                                            Drawing no-2354-12B

            Elevations/Floor Plans-Unit A          Drawing no-2354-13B

            Elevations/Floor Plans-Unit B          Drawing no-2354-14B

            Elevations/Floor Plans-Unit C1       Drawing no-2354-15B

            Elevations/Floor Plans-Unit C2       Drawing no-2354-26

            Elevations/Floor Plans-Unit D         Drawing no-2354-16B

            Elevations/Floor Plans-Unit E          Drawing no-2354-17B

            Elevations/Floor Plans-Unit F          Drawing no-2354-18B

            Elevations/Floor Plans-Unit H          Drawing no-2354-27

            Elevations/Floor Plans-Unit I            Drawing no-2354-21B

            Cycle and Refuse Store                   Drawing no-2354-22

            Pole Sign                                           Drawing no-2354-23

            Landscape Framework Proposals  0385.1.3

            Soft Landscape Proposals                0385.1.4

            Schematic Surface Water Drainage Strategy-Drawing 3284.410 Rev B

            Floodplain compensation (option 2)-Drawing 3284.502 Rev A

 (2)      That the external walls and roof(s) of the proposed  individual buildings shall be constructed in accordance with a schedule of materials and finishes which, together with samples of all facing materials, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the works hereby approved.

 (3)      All plant, machinery, mechanical ventilation equipment and ducting, other than that shown on the approved plans, shall be installed internally. No other plant, machinery, mechanical ventilation equipment, flues or ducting shall be placed on the outside of the building without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority.

 (4)      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.

 (5)      That, before any part of the development is first occupied the vehicle access via the Skimmingdish Lane Roundabout and the complete internal roads and footpaths network shall be constructed, surfaced, laid and marked out, drained, lit 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.

 (6)      That before the development is first occupied, the parking and manoeuvring areas shall be provided in accordance with the plan hereby approved and shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced, 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, and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles at all times thereafter.

(7)       (i) Before the use commences screened provision for the storage of refuse and recycling facilities shall be made in accordance with details as shown on the approved plans. Thereafter the facilities shall be retained solely for their intended purpose and refuse and recycling items shall be placed and stored only in this storage area.

            (ii) Before the use commences screened provision for the storage of cycles shall be made in accordance with details as shown on the approved plans. Thereafter the facilities shall be retained solely for their intended purpose and cycles shall be placed and stored only in this storage area.

 (8)      The development permitted by this planning permission shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) comprising:

            (i) FRA dated Nov 2009 ref 3284.FRA&DS produced by Stuart Michael Assoc.

            (ii) Letter dated 11 Aug from RME Hewitt at Stuart Michael Assoc.

            (iii) Letter dated 12 Nov form RME Hewitt at Stuart Michael Associates providing

·       micro drainage calculations dated Nov 2010

·       drawings: 3284.410 Rev B dated 12 Nov 2010 ‘Schematic Surface water Drainage Strategy’

·       SUDS checklist

            (iv) Letter dated 17 Dec from Tim Wood at Stuart Michael Associates providing:

·       Drawing 3284.502 Rev A dated 12 Nov 2010 ‘floodplain compensation (option 2)’

·       Floodplain compensation calculations

            and the following mitigation measures detailed within the FRA:

            1. Limiting the surface water run-off following development to less than greenfield rates as set out in the letter from Stuart Michael Associates dated 11 Aug 2010

            2. floodable voids will be utilised under the buildings to ensure that flood flows are not obstructed and Provision of compensatory flood storage on / or in the vicinity of the site to a 1 in 100 year plus climate change standard as set out in the letter from Stuart Michael Associates dated 17 Dec 2010

            3. Finished floor levels are set no lower than 70.075 m above Ordnance Datum (AOD) as set out in the letter dated 11 August 2010

 (9)      No development approved by this planning permission shall take place until a surface water drainage scheme for the site, based on sustainable drainage principles and an assessment of the hydrological and hydro geological context of the development, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall subsequently be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

            The scheme shall also include:

            - Details of how the scheme shall be maintained and managed after completion

            - Greenroofs on all buildings, use of porous paving as shown on drainage plan 3284.410 Rev B

            - Limiting the surface water run-off following development to less than greenfield rates as set out in the letter from Stuart Michael Associates dated 11 Aug 2010