Agenda item

Public Participation

Robin Reay (agent) spoke in support of the application

 

The Senior Planning Officer, Warren Simmons introduced the application for Construction of 10 semi-detached houses with associated parking, which was recommended for approval.

 

This was a Full application following on from a previous Outline application for 4 detached dwellings with detached garages, which had been approved last year. The application was now for five pairs of semidetached dwellings.

 

One of the conditions listed in the report was to extend the footway, linking up to longhedge. 

 

Attention was drawn to the late correspondence circulated at the meeting, relating to drainage and archaeology. It was noted that the conditions as listed in the report would need to be amended to support that new data, should the application be approved.

 

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the Officer. It was clarified that the houses would be approximately 9-10m from the rear elevation of the house and the gardens at the rear would have a varying width of around 8m.

 

The grassed area shown on the bottom of the plan, next to plot 10, was not a communal area, the Officer thought it to be associated with plot 10.

 

Members of the public then had the opportunity to present their view to the Committee as detailed above.

 

The Unitary Division Member, Cllr Ian McLennan then spoke in objection to the application, due to due to concerns in respect of the scale of development, visual impact upon the surrounding area relationship to adjoining properties, design (bulk, height, general appearance), environmental/highway impact and car parking. He also noted that the bin lorry seemed to be an issue with Highways as to whether it could access and turn on site.

 

Cllr McLennan then moved for Refusal, against Officer’s recommendation. This was seconded by Cllr Devine.

 

A debate followed where key issues raised included the scale of the development for the size of the plot. It was suggested that the proposal for 10 dwellings was cramped in comparison to the outline application. It was also noted that compared to the scale of development of the dwellings on the Longhedge site, the proposed dwellings on this development were similar.

 

The report detailed that there were no issues from Highways and that loss of amenity was not supported.

 

There had been much debate on the outline application, relating to the possibility of a cycle link going south from the site. Subsequently through discussions with Highways, it had been established that the land concerned was in the ownership of Wiltshire Council, and was therefore not in the applicants control. Any further links on that land would be for the Council to consider in the future, and did not form part of this application.

 

The Committee voted on the motion of Refusal, against Officer’s recommendation. The motion was not carried.

 

The Chairman then moved the motion of Approval, in line with Officer’s recommendation, this was seconded by Cllr Hewitt.

 

Resolved

That planning permission for 17/01880/FUL be approved, subject to all parties entering into a S106 legal agreement which secures the following:

 

A financial contribution towards Primary education places of £50,937.00

 

To then delegate to the Head of Development Management to APPROVE subject to the relevant conditions in line with Officer’s recommendation, with the following conditions:

 

01. 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.

 

02. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

 

Drawing number M293-200 Revision P5 dated Feb’17, as deposited with the local planning authority on 22.06.17, and

Drawing reference ‘Proposed site plan, revision F’ dated Feb’17, as deposited with the local planning authority on 26.05.17, and

Drawing reference ‘Plots 1 & 2 proposed floor plans and elevations, revision B’ dated Feb’17, as deposited with the local planning authority on 26.05.17, and

Drawing reference ‘Plots 3 & 4 proposed floor plans and elevations, revision B’ dated Feb’17, as deposited with the local planning authority on 26.05.17, and

Drawing reference ‘Plots 5 & 6 proposed floor plans and elevations, revision B’ dated Feb’17, as deposited with the local planning authority on 26.05.17, and

Drawing reference ‘Plots 7 & 8 proposed floor plans and elevations, revision B’ dated Feb’17, as deposited with the local planning authority on 26.05.17, and

Drawing reference ‘Plots 9 & 10 proposed floor plans and elevations, revision B’ dated Feb’17, as deposited with the local planning authority on 26.05.17, and

Drawing reference ‘Proposed site sections, revision C’ dated Feb’17, as deposited with the local planning authority on 26.05.17, and

Drawing reference ‘Site location plan, revision C’ dated Feb’17, as deposited with the local planning authority on 26.05.17.

 

REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning

 

03. No part of the development hereby permitted shall be first occupied until the turning areas and parking spaces have been completed in accordance with the details shown on the approved plans. The areas shall be maintained for those purposes at all times thereafter.

 

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

04. No part of the development shall be first brought into use until the visibility splays shown on the approved plans have been provided with no obstruction to visibility at or above a height of 0.9m above the nearside carriageway level. The visibility splays shall be maintained free of obstruction at all times thereafter.

 

Reason: In the interests of highway safety

 

05. No development shall commence on site until details of the access including improved junction radii, kerbs, surfacing (not loose stone or gravel), drainage and an extension to the existing footway have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  No part of the development shall be occupied until the access improvements detailed above have been provided in accordance with the approved details.

 

Reason: To ensure that the development is served by an adequate means of access.

 

06. No development shall commence on site until a scheme of acoustic insulation for the purposes of preventing the ingress of road traffic noise and noise from the proposed business park has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This scheme shall include details of acoustic glazing and ventilation systems. Any works which form part of the approved scheme shall be completed prior to the premises being occupied and shall be maintained in accordance with the approved details at all times thereafter.

 

REASON: In the interests of the amenities of future occupiers of the proposed dwellings.

 

07. No construction work shall take place on Sundays or Public Holidays or outside the hours of 07:30 to 18:00 Monday to Friday and 08:00 to 13:00 on Saturdays.

 

REASON: In order to limit the impact of works on residential amenity

 

08. No burning of waste shall take place on the site during the construction phase of the development.

 

REASON: In order to limit the impact of works on residential amenity

 

09. The programme of archaeological watching brief detailed in the submitted Written Scheme of Investigation (Thames Valley Archaeological Services, 17e17wb, January 2016) will be undertaken in line with that document. The approved programme(s) of archaeological work will carried out in accordance with the approved details and all post-excavation and reporting completed within six months of the archaeological field work being completed.

 

REASON: To safeguard the identification and recording of features of archaeological

interest.

 

10.Before development commences, a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority which secures protection of habitats and species during the construction period, including pollution prevention measures. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed CEMP.

 

REASON: In order to prevent pollution of the water environment and to protect habitats and species during the construction period so as to limit the impacts of the development.

 

11. No development shall commence on site until a scheme for the discharge of surface water from the site (including surface water from the access/driveway), incorporating sustainable drainage details, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall not be first brought into use/occupied until surface water drainage has been constructed in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

REASON: To ensure that the development can be adequately drained

 

12. The development authorised by this permission shall not begin until the local planning authority has approved in writing a full scheme of works for the creation of an appropriately kerbed, surfaced and finished new section of footway to link the entrance of the application site to the existing surfaced footway along the A345. The occupation of any part of the development shall not begin until those works have been completed in accordance with the local planning authority's approval and have been certified in writing as complete by or on behalf of the local planning authority.

 

Reason: To ensure the construction of a new section of footway linking the application site to the existing footway along the A345, in the interests of Highway/pedestrian safety and sustainability.

 

13. No development shall commence on site until details of the external materials to be used for the walls and roofs of the development 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.

 

14. No occupation of the development shall take place until the foul drainage serving the dwellings has been successfully connected to the mains foul sewer.

 

REASON: To prevent pollution of controlled waters. The site is within a source protection zone 1 and very close to a public drinking water borehole.  This condition is necessary to ensure that no pollution of the local groundwater, and thus the borehole, occurs.