Agenda item

Public Participation

Mr Robin Buchanan (agent) spoke in support to the application.

Parish Councillor Charles Smith (Dinton Parish Council) spoke in objection to the application.

The Planning Officer presented his report to the Committee which recommended delegation to the Area Development Manager to Approve subject to the signing of a section 106 agreement for off-site adult recreation in accordance with saved policy R2.

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the officer. The ancillary use of the site within the planning history was raised.

An item of late correspondence was circulated at the meeting.

The need for a septic tank was raised and Members discussed the need to meet the shortage of housing in the area. The requirement for an informative in relation to the type of septic tank to be used was also discussed. Finally, the concerns of Wessex Water were considered by the Committee.

Resolved:

To approve planning permission subject to the following conditions and a section 106 agreement for off-site adult recreation in accordance with saved policy R2.

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

REASON:  To comply with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and

Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2.  No development shall commence on site until details and samples of the materials to be used for the external walls and roofs have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

3. No development shall commence on site until details of the design, external appearance and decorative finish of all railings, fences, gates, walls, and other means of enclosure have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to the development being occupied.

REASON:  In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

4. The development hereby permitted shall not be first brought into use until the first five metres of the access, measured from the edge of the carriageway, has been consolidated and surfaced (not loose stone or gravel). The access shall be maintained as such thereafter.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

5. The development hereby permitted shall not be first brought into use until splays have been provided on both its sides of the access in accordance with details that shall have been agreed in writing by the LPA.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

6. Any gates shall be set back 4.5 metres from the edge of the carriageway, such gates to open inwards only, in perpetuity.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

7. Demolition of the stables will be undertaken outside of the period 1^st April to 30^th September unless they have been checked by an ecologist within 48 hours of demolition and been found not to support nesting birds. Three artificial swallows nests will be erected in the barn in accordance with the details provided in Appendix D of the Phase 1 Bat Report and Ecological Assessment (PV Ecology, October 2013).

REASON: In the interest of ecology

8. The development hereby approved shall be carried out in complete accordance with the following list of documents and plans:

Phase 1 Bat Report and Ecological Assessment, dated October 2013, received 16/12/13

Planning Statement, dated December 2013, received 16/12/13

Drawing Ref no: 0787/05 Rev F Proposed site Plan, dated Nov 2013, received 10/01/14

Drawing Ref no: 0787/03 Rev C Proposed Elevations, dated Nov 2013, received 16/12/13

Drawing Ref no: 0787/02 Rev C Proposed Plans (Floor and Roof) dated Nov 2013, received 16/12/13

Drawing Ref no: 0787/04 Rev A Location Plan, dated Nov 2013, received 10/01/14

Reason: In the interest of clarity