Issue - meetings

1.         Mr Frank Brine, the applicant, spoke in support of the application;

2.         Mr Tom Killen, agricultural adviser for the applicant, spoke in favour of the application.

Officers presented the report, which recommended refusal. Following a debate, during which supporting the expansion of an existing business was discussed, it was

Resolved:

That planning permission be GRANTED

For the following reason(s):

The proposed development conforms to the Development Plan and there are no objections to it on planning grounds.

Subject to the following condition(s):

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.

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a.

3. A recessed entrance having a minimum width of 4.5 metres shall be constructed 4.5 metres back from the carriageway edge and its sides shall be splayed outward at an angle of 45 degrees towards the carriageway edge. The area between the entrance and the edge of carriageway shall be properly consolidated and surfaced (not loose stone or gravel) for which details shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The works shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved details.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

4. The entrance gates erected shall be hung to open away from the highway only and shall be set back a minimum distance of 4.5 metres from the carriageway edge.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

5. 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 occupied until surface water drainage has been constructed in accordance with the approved scheme.

REASON: To ensure that the development can be adequately drained.

6. No development shall commence on site until details of the works for the disposal of sewerage have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The dwelling shall not be first occupied until the approved sewerage details have been fully implemented in accordance with the approved plans.

REASON: To ensure that the proposal is provided with a satisfactory means of drainage.

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: U1a

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