Agenda item

Approved, subject to conditions

The Committee considered application 12/00780/F for the erection of a warehouse and associated site works.

The Committee was satisfied with the evidence presented.

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

Resolved 

That application 12/00780/F be approved, subject to:

a)                 The applicants entering into an appropriate legal agreement to the satisfaction of the District Council to secure financial contributions as outlined in paragraph(s) 5.34 and 5.35

b)                 the following conditions:

(1)               Time

(2)               Except where otherwise stipulated by conditions attached to this permission, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the documents submitted with the application and the following drawings: M901P1 and amended drawing nos. D001P5, D002P4, D202P6, D201P7, D203P1 received 17/08/12.

(3)               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.

(4)               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 and landscape management of the site which shall include:-

-    tree and hedgerow protection measures

-  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.

(5)               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.

(6)               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 under condition no. 3 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.

(7)               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.

(8)               Before the development is first occupied the access road, parking and manoeuvring areas shall be provided in accordance with the plan (D001-P5) hereby approved and shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced (bound material), drained (in accordance with SUDS) in accordance with full details which shall be submitted for approval in writing by the Local Planning Authority and shall be completed and retained unobstructed except for the access, parking and manoeuvring of vehicles at all times.

(9)               That prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved full details shall be submitted for the prior approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority of the 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 prior to the occupation of the development and retained unobstructed thereafter.

(10)          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 drainage scheme shall incorporate oil interceptors in conjunction with permeable paving in the car parking areas.  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".

(11)          Prior to the commencement of the development and notwithstanding condition no. 17, a further survey shall be carried out to investigate the presence or otherwise of water voles, the survey and results shall then be submitted to the Local Planning Authority and if water voles are found to be present alongside the site, appropriate mitigation measures shall be agreed and implemented prior to the commencement of development to ensure they are not disturbed during the course of the development works.

(12)          Prior to the commencement of the development and notwithstanding condition no. 17, no works of site clearance or development are to commence until a precautionary bat method statement has been submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval. This is to detail how the three oak trees will be checked for bats prior to removal and provisions for them should they be found to be present. All works are to proceed in accordance with the approved document.

(13)          No removal or trees or hedgerows to take place between the months of March and August inclusive, unless checked for the presence of nesting birds immediately beforehand by a suitably qualified ecologist. Should nesting birds be present, they are to be left undisturbed until the chicks have left the nest.

(14)          That full details of the enclosures along all boundaries and within the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development, and such means of enclosure shall be erected prior to the first occupation of the development.

(15)          That prior to the commencement of the development, full design details of the proposed lighting to fixed to the buildings or within the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

(16)          That no goods, materials, plant or machinery shall be stored, repaired, operated or displayed in the open without the prior express planning consent of the Local Planning Authority.

(17)          The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the recommendations set out in the Phase 1 Habitat Scoping Survey and Protected Species Assessment by CP Ecology dated June 2011 and Reptile Survey Report by CP Ecology dated July 2011 unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

(18)          That all the means of access between the land and the highway shall be formed, laid out, constructed and drained in such position(s) and with such vision splays as shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development.

(19)          That the existing dropped kerbs along the boundary of the site onto Langford Locks (3 in total) must be reinstated to full-standing kerbs, details of which shall be submitted to and approved in writing the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development.

(20)          That a Travel Plan Statement shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the first use or occupation of the development hereby permitted. The approved Travel Plan Statement shall thereafter be implemented and operated in accordance with the approved details.

(21)          A Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development.  The CEMP shall include details of the measures to be taken to ensure construction works do not adversely affect the local road network around the site.  Construction work shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved CEMP.

(22)          That prior to the commencement of the above ground works, full details of the eastern boundary gates (public art scheme) 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.

(23)          If, during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority) shall be carried out until the developer has submitted a remediation strategy to the local planning authority detailing how this unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with and obtained written approval from the local planning authority. The remediation strategy shall be implemented as approved.

(24)          Prior to the commencement of the development, further details and or investigations shall be carried out to establish the potential source of ground gas risk from the underlying allumium, which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Where unacceptable levels of gaseous contamination are identified, a proposal for remediation/mitigation shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority and implemented in accordance with the approved details.

(25)          Prior to the commencement of development, a working method statement covering the diversion of the Thrupp Ditch culvert, in accordance with drawing no. D001 Revision P5, shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme and any subsequent amendments shall be agreed in writing with the local planning authority.

(26)          That the premises shall be used only for purposes falling within Class B8; specified in the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2005 and for no other purpose(s) whatsoever, and shall not be subdivided into separate units to be sold, leased or used by individual businesses.