Agenda item

Public participation:

Mr Andrew Jarvis, the Architect, spoke in support of the application

Mr Michael Powis, representing Broad Chalke Parish Council, spoke in objection to the application.

The Planning Officer introduced the report and informed the committee that a late response had been received from the tree officer in which he stated that there was no objection to the application however a condition had been added in respect of tree preservation.

Members asked for clarification of the percentage of site taken up by the building and following a debate it was

RESOLVED:

That Planning Permission be GRANTED

Subject to the applicant entering into a relevant legal agreement to make financial contributions in respect of affordable housing and recreational open space, for the following reason:

The proposed development accords with the provisions of the Development Plan, and in particular Policies G2 (General Criteria for Development), D2 (Design), CN8 (Conservation areas) & C5 (Landscape Conservation) of the saved policies of the adopted Salisbury District Local Plan (constituting saved policies listed in Appendix C, of the adopted South Wiltshire Core Strategy), and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework, including chapters 6 (Delivering a wide choice of high quality homes), 7 (Requiring good design) & 12 (Conserving and enhancing the historic environment), insofar as the proposed development is considered acceptable in principle and compatible in terms of its siting, scale, design, materials and character, and would not adversely affect the amenity of neighbours, the existing character of the conservation area or the natural beauty of the surrounding AONB.

And subject to the following conditions:

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. This development shall be in accordance with the submitted drawing[s] as follows:

Drawing number 232/07 dated 08/12 and deposited with the Local Planning Authority on 13.08.12, and

Drawing number 232/04/A dated 07/12 and deposited with the Local Planning Authority on 13.08.12, and

Drawing number 232/03/D dated 04/12 and deposited with the Local Planning Authority on 13.08.12, and

Drawing number 232/02/C dated 04/12 and deposited with the Local Planning Authority on 13.08.12, and

Drawing number 232/08 dated 08/12 and deposited with the Local Planning Authority on 28.08.12.

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt

3. No development shall commence on site until details of the external materials to be used on 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.

POLICY: D2, CN8, C5

4. The development hereby permitted shall not be first occupied 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.

POLICY: G2

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 details, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall not be first occupied until surface water drainage has been constructed in accordance with the approved scheme.

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

Policy: G2

6. No construction work shall take place on Sundays or public holidays or outside the hours of 7.30am to 6.00pm, weekdays and 8:00am to 1:00pm on Saturdays.  This condition shall not apply to the internal fitting out of the buildings.

Reason: In the interests of the amenity of neighbours

Policy: G2

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

Reason: In the interests of the amenity of neighbours

Policy: G2

8. 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 those Orders with or without modification), no development within Part 1, Classes A-E (inclusive) shall take place on the dwellinghouse hereby permitted or within the curtilage.

REASON:  In the interests of the amenity of the area and to enable the Local Planning Authority to consider individually whether planning permission should be granted for additions, extensions or enlargements.

POLICY: G2, D2, CN8, C5

9. No development shall take place on site, including site clearance, storage of materials or other preparatory work until a Tree Protection Plan and Arboricultural Method Statement has been submitted to the Local Planning Authority and approved in writing. Thereafter the development shall be undertaken only in accordance with the approved details, unless the Local Planning Authority has given its prior written consent to any variation.

The Tree Protection Plan shall show the areas which are designated for the protection of trees, shrubs and hedges, hereafter referred to as the Root Protection Area (RPA). Unless otherwise agreed, the RPA will be fenced, in accordance with the British Standard Guide for Trees in Relation to Construction (BS.5837: 2012) and no access will be permitted for any development operation.

The Arboricultural Method Statement should specifically include details of how foundations that fall within the RPA of any retained trees can be constructed without causing root damage.

REASON:      To comply with the duties indicated in Section 197 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, so as to ensure that the amenity value of the most important trees, shrubs and hedges growing within or adjacent to the site is adequately protected during the period of construction.

Policy: G2