Minutes:
The Committee received a presentation by the Case Officer which set out the main issues in respect of the application. She introduced the report, which recommended approval, and drew Members’ attention to the late items.
Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions, after which the Committee received a statement from a member of the public as detailed below, expressing his views regarding this planning application.
Mr G Yates, representing Wootton Bassett for Brynard’s Hill Interest Group, requested that conditions be strengthened to protect the hedgerow along the eastern boundary of the site.
On hearing from Cllr Peter Doyle, the local Member and after discussion,
Resolved:
To approve the reserved matters for the following reason:
The scale, design and siting accords with the outline permission granted under 09/00871/OUT and would not result in the detrimental impact on any residential amenities, landscape, ecology, archaeology or highways. The proposal thus accords with Policies C2, C3 and NE15 of the adopted North Wiltshire Local Plan 2011.
and subject to the following conditions:
1) 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.
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2) Prior to the commencement of development a tree
and hedgerow protection plan in line with the requirements of BS
5837:2005 'Trees in relation to construction Recommendations
'should be submitted to and approved in writing by the LPA. The
approved method and line of protective fencing should be erected
around the approved Root Protection/Construction Exclusion areas
before any construction operations are commenced on site. The plan
should consider likely requirements for temporary access, compounds
and storage areas etc. |
3) Prior to the commencement of development a
timetable for the implementation of the proposed landscaping hereby
approved along the length of the eastern residential development
site boundary, extending into the adjacent 'Country Park land'
shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning
Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the
approved timetable.
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4) The landscaping scheme hereby approved shall be
implemented in full within the first planting season following
completion, or agreed phased completion (the definition of road
completion in this instance shall mean completion to a 'finished
binder/regulating course' construction) of the main residential
access road leading from Binknoll Lane
into the Brynard's Hill residential
development site. The landscaping scheme along the eastern edge
shall be fully implemented prior to first occupation of any
dwelling unless otherwise agreed by the Local Planning Authority in
the form of an application to vary to this condition. |
5) Prior to the commencement of development the
applicant shall submit a landscape maintenance schedule or
management plan to the LPA for written approval. This should
include a minimum period of 5 years and include the aftercare and
management proposals for existing and proposed landscaping across
the development site and shall also include details for the
aftercare of the screening vegetation (outside the red line
planning application boundary on land within the applicants
control) bordering the access road within the Country Park
land.
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6) No development shall commence on site until a
scheme of hard and soft landscaping has been submitted to and
approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, the details of
which shall include:
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7) All soft landscaping comprised in the approved
details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting
and seeding season following the first occupation of the
building(s) or the completion of the development whichever is the
sooner; All shrubs, trees and hedge planting shall be maintained
free from weeds and shall be protected from damage by vermin and
stock. Any trees or plants which, within a period of five years,
die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be
replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size
and species, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local
planning authority. All hard landscaping shall also be carried out
in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of
any part of the development or in accordance with a programme to be
agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.
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8) No development approved by this permission shall
be commenced until a full operation and maintenance strategy
has been submitted to and formally approved in writing by the Local
Planning Authority. The strategy shall identify all future land use
limitations, identify the
ownership, operational and maintenance arrangements for the works
over the lifetime of the scheme.
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9) The roads, including footpaths and turning
spaces, shall be constructed so as to ensure that, before it is
occupied, each dwelling has been provided with a properly
consolidated and surfaced footpath and carriageway to at least base
course level between the dwelling and existing highway. |
10) No dwelling shall be occupied until the parking
space(s) together with the access thereto, have been provided in
accordance with the approved plans.
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11) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and
Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as
amended by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted
Development) (Amendment) (No.2) (England) Order 2008 (or any Order
revoking or re-enacting or amending that Order with or without
modification), the garage(s) hereby permitted shall not be
converted to habitable accommodation.
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12) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and
Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as
amended by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted
Development) (Amendment) (No.2) (England) Order 2008 (or any Order
revoking or re-enacting or amending that Order with or without
modification), there shall be no additions/extensions or external
alterations to plots 9-13, 42, 51, 52, 54 and 61.
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13) Notwithstanding the contents of the submitted
plans, the hedgerow along the eastern boundary of the site as shown
on drawing no. 1566/03G dated 22 November 2010, shall be no less
than 8 metres in width and continuous in length outside of the
approved footpath linkages to the adjacent Country Park.
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14) The development hereby permitted shall be
implemented in accordance with the submitted plans and documents
listed below. No variation from the approved plans should be made
without the prior approval of the local planning authority.
Amendments may require the submission of a further
application. |
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