Agenda item

The Area Development Manager introduced the report which recommended approval of the application.

 

Councillor John Knight, Unitary Councillor for Trowbridge Central, welcomed the proposed development.

 

Resolved:

 

That planning permission be GRANTED

 

For the following reason(s):

 

The proposed development is in conformity with the policies of the development plan and would result in no harm to acknowledged planning interests. Any concerns are outweighed by other material planning considerations, the benefit of providing enhanced recreation and community facilities, and can be adequately controlled by the appropriate use of planning conditions.

 

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 of the finished wall colour to be used on 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.

 

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

 

3       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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5       No demolition, site clearance or development shall commence on site until an Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) prepared by an arboricultural consultant providing comprehensive details of construction works in relation to trees shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.  All works shall subsequently be carried out in strict accordance with the approved details. In particular, the method statement must provide the following: -

 

          * A specification for protective fencing to trees during both demolition and construction phases which complies with BS5837:2005 and a plan indicating the alignment of the protective fencing;

          * A specification for scaffolding and ground protection within tree protection zones in accordance with BS5837:2005

          * A schedule of tree works conforming to BS3998.

          * Details of general arboricultural matters such as the area for storage of materials, concrete mixing and use of fires;

          * Plans and particulars showing the sighting of the service and piping infrastructure;

          * A full specification for the construction of any arboriculturally sensitive structures and sections through them, including the installation of boundary treatment works, the method of construction of the access driveway including details of the no-dig specification and extent of the areas of the driveway to be constructed using a no-dig specification; 

          * Details of the works requiring arboricultural supervision to be carried out by the developer’s arboricultural consultant, including details of the frequency of supervisory visits and procedure for notifying the Local Planning Authority of the findings of the supervisory visits; and

          * Details of all other activities, which have implications for trees on or adjacent to the site.

 

          Reason:  In order that the Local Planning Authority may be satisfied that the trees to be retained on and adjacent to the site will not be damaged during the construction works and to ensure that as far as possible the work is carried out in accordance with current best practice and section 197 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.

 

          POLICY: West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 – policies C31a and C32.

 

 

6       The development shall be carried out as specified in the approved Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS), and shall be supervised by an arboricultural consultant.

 

          Reason: To prevent trees on site from being damaged during construction works.

 

          POLICY: West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 – policies C31a and C32.

 

7       A pre-commencement site meeting shall be held and attended by the developer’s arboricultural consultant, the designated site foreman and a representative from the Local Authority to discuss details of the proposed work and working procedures prior to any demolition, site clearance and any development.  Subsequently and until the completion of all site works, site visits should be carried out on a monthly basis by the developer’s arboricultural consultant.  A report detailing the results of site supervision and any necessary remedial works undertaken or required shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Any approved remedial works shall subsequently be carried out under strict supervision by the arboricultural consultant following that approval.

 

          Reason:  In order that the Local Planning Authority may be satisfied that the trees to be retained on-site will not be damaged during the construction works and to ensure that as far as possible the work is carried out in accordance with current best practice.

 

          POLICY: West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 – policies C31a and C32.

 

8       No development shall commence until a full No-Dig specification and a cellular containment system for works within the root protection area/canopies of protected and retained trees has been submitted and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The construction of the surface shall be carried out in accordance with approved details and thereafter retained.

 

          REASON:  In order to protect trees on and adjacent to the site which are to be retained with surfacing placed near to or over the trees root system.

 

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;

          •                             A detailed soft landscape scheme shall include all species, planting sizes and planting densities, spread of all trees and hedgerows within or overhanging the site, in relation to the proposed buildings, roads, and other works;

          •                             finished levels and contours;

          •                             means of enclosure;

          •                             car park layouts;

          •                             other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas;

          •                             hard surfacing materials;

          •                             minor artefacts and structures (e.g. furniture, play equipment, refuse and other storage units, signs, lighting etc);

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

          •                             retained historic landscape features and proposed restoration, where relevant.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

          POLICY: West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 – policies C31a and C32.

 

11     Prior to the commencement of any development on site (including preparation and enabling works) an Ecological Construction Method Statement shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

          REASON: In order to ensure biodiversity interests are protected.

 

          POLICY: Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation.

 

12     Prior to the development being first brought into use / occupied an ecological management plan for the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

          REASON: In order to ensure biodiversity interests are protected.

 

          POLICY: Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation.

 

13     On or before 7 March 2017 the modular changing rooms shall be removed from the site and the land restored to its former condition (or otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority) in accordance with a scheme of work submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

          REASON: In the interests of amenity, in order to secure the restoration of the land upon removal/extinguishment of a building for which permission can be justified only on the basis of a special temporary need.

 

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

 

14     The development shall be carried out in accordance with the hereby approved plans:

 

          Drawing: Site location plan;

          Drawing: Revised block plan;

          Drawing: 09-0058-02;

          Drawing: 08-0612-02;

          Drawing: 1989/22/1 Rev O; and

          Drawing: Topographical survey.

 

          REASON: In order to define the terms of this permission and in the interests of proper planning.

 

Informative(s):

 

1       The developer is advised to contact the Council's tree and landscape officer in relation to conditions 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 on 01225 770232.

 

2       The developer is advised to contact the Council's tree and landscape officer in relation to conditions 11 and 12 on 01225 713241.