Agenda item

Change of use to equestrian with agricultural / equestrian barn/stables - Land Adjacent East Side Of Hawkeridge Road Heywood Wiltshire

Public Participation:

 

-       Mr Murray Jack spoke in objection to the application

-       Mr Alan Watts expressed his objection to the application

-       Mr Guy Dobbins, applicant, spoke in support of the application

-       Mr Frank Brine spoke in support of the application

 

Officers introduced the report which sought approval. During the ensuing debate members of the committee, taking into consideration suggestions made by objectors, asked if different siting had been considered; it was explained that different options had been looked at but flooding issues and the fact that there were no objections from Environmental Health had led to the current siting being proposed.

 

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. The materials to be utilised within this development shall accord with the schedule of the materials as described within the submitted plan, number 10112-1 received by the Council on 21 January 2011.

 

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

 

POLICY: West Wiltshire District Plan – 1st Alteration 2004 – Policy C31A.

 

3. The development hereby permitted shall only be used for the private stabling of horses and the storage of associated equipment and feed and shall at no time be used for any commercial purposes, including the keeping of horses at livery or as a riding school.

 

REASON: In the interests of amenity and road safety.

 

POLICY: West Wiltshire District Plan - 1st Alteration 2004 - Policies C38 and E10.

 

4. No development shall commence on site until details for the storage of manure and soiled bedding (including the location of such storage) and its disposal from the site (including frequency) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Before the development is first brought into use, the works for such storage and disposal shall be completed in accordance with the approved details and shall subsequently be maintained in acordance with the approved details. No storage of manure and soiled bedding shall take place outside of the storage area approved under this condition and there shall be no burning of manure or stable waste on the site.

 

REASON: In order to safeguard the amenities of the area.

 

POLICY: West Wiltshire District Plan - 1st Alteration 2004 – Policy C38.

 

5. Contaminated water shall not be discharged into any stream, watercourse or underground strata, whether direct or via soakaways.

 

REASON: In order to minimise the risk of pollution of the water environment.

 

POLICY: West Wiltshire District Plan - 1st Alteration 2004 – Policy U4.

 

6. The development hereby permitted shall not be commenced until details of surface water drainage works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with these details.

 

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

 

POLICY: West Wiltshire District Plan - 1st Alteration 2004 - Policy U2.

 

7. Before development commences, the field gate serving the access directly off the B3097 shall be set back by a distance of 10 metres and the surface of the access between the gate and the carriageway shall be properly consolidated and surfaced (not loose stone or gravel) and shall incorporate surface water drainage works, details of which shall be submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of works.

 

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

8. The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until visibility splays have been provided on both sides of the access off the B3097, sight lines of 2.4 metres by 160 metres shall be provided. The splays shall be kept free of obstruction above a height of 0.6 metres at all times.

 

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

9. 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 :-

• indications of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land;

• details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development;

• a full detailed planting schedule that includes all species, planting sizes and planting densities, spread of all trees and hedgerows within or overhanging the site, in relation to the proposed building, roads, and other works and details of ground preparation within all planting areas;

• means of enclosure;

• proposed and existing functional services above and below ground (eg. drainage, power, communications, cables, pipelines, etc indicating lines lines, manholes, supports etc;

• hard surfacing materials;

 

REASON: To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing important landscape features.

 

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a and C32

 

10. 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 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.

 

REASON: To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing important landscape features.

 

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a and C32

 

11. The development hereby permitted shall be strictly carried out in accordance with the approved Flood Risk Assessment received by the Council on the 21 January 2011.

 

REASON: To reduce the risk of flooding.

 

12. No external lighting shall be installed on site until plans showing the type of light appliance, the height and position of fitting, illumination levels and light spillage have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The lighting approved shall be installed and shall be maintained in accordance with the approved details.

 

REASON: In the interests of the amenities of the area and to minimise unnecessary light spillage above and outside the development site.

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C35 and C38

 

Informative(s):

 

1. The Public Rights of Way Officer was consulted, who raised the following points:

The northern end of the path currently comes out on the B3907 next to a field gate, the access provision is currently a stile which the officer would like to see upgraded to a pedestrian gate or kissing gate. This route should be kept free of new structures, with no new fences being built across the line of the path, this could be achieved by having the right of way permanently fenced off. The officer further commented that the southern end of the site has a stile where the footpath splits in two, at which point a pedestrian gate or kissing gate would be ideally located, as there was clear evidence that this path is used daily.

 

It is suggested that the applicant contacts the rights of way officer Paul Millard on 07788445292 to discuss these requirements.