Agenda item

Approved, subject to conditions

The Committee considered application 12/01224//F for an extension to the sports hall including landscaping and car-parking.

In response to Members’ comments regarding floodlights, the Development Control Team Leader confirmed that no further external lights were proposed.

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

Resolved

That application 12/01224//F be approved subject to the following conditions:

(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.

(2)               Except where otherwise stipulated by condition, the application shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: Application forms, Design and Access Statement and drawings numbered: [list amended drawing numbers once received].

(3)               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, samples of the brick, slate, stone and trhough colour render to be used in the construction of the walls and roof of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the samples so approved.

(4)               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of the doors and windows, including a cross section and colour/finish shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the door and windows shall be installed in accordance with the approved details.

(5)               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, full details of any external lighting required in association with the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the lighting shall be carried out and retained in accordance with the approved details.

(6)               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a plan showing the details of the finished floor levels of the proposed extensions in relation to existing ground levels on the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved finished floor levels plan.

(7)               Prior to the commencement of the development, a landscaping scheme shall be 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.

(8)               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;  and that 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, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent for any variation.

(9)               The development hereby approved shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the recommendations and specifications set out in the Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) and the Tree Protection Plan prepared by RGS Tree Services in May 2012.

(10)          Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, including the carrying out of any operation relating to the provision of services, full details of all service trenches, pipe runs or drains and any other excavation, earth movement or mounding required in connection with the development, including the identification and location of all existing and proposed trees, shrubs and hedgerows within influencing distance of such services, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

(11)          The sports facility hereby permitted shall be used only for purposes incidental to the use of Tudor Hall School and as such shall not be hired out for use by other parties.

(12)          Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, and notwithstanding the approved plans, full specification details (including construction, layout, surfacing and drainage) of the parking and manoeuvring areas shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, and prior to the first occupation of the development, the parking and manoeuvring areas shall be provided on the site in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles at all times thereafter.

(13)          Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the sewage disposal/drainage works to serve it shall be completed and operational and the development connected thereto.

(14)          No removal of hedgerows, trees or shrubs, shall take place between the 1March and 31 August inclusive, unless the Local Planning Authority has confirmed in writing that such works can proceed, based on the submission of a recent survey (no older than one month) that has been undertaken by a competent ecologist to assess the nesting bird activity on site, together with details of measures to protect the nesting bird interest on the site.

(15)          The columns proposed for the external elevation of the glazed entrance to the sports hall shall be in accordance with full details to be firstly submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.