Minutes:
Public Participation:
Resolved:
Planning permission is GRANTED for the following reason:
The decision to grant planning permission has been taken on the grounds of the specific needs of the equestrian business and that the proposed development would not cause any significant harm to the character and appearance of the immediate area or the wider Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and having regard to the following policies and proposals in the Kennet Local Plan 2011 namely: policies PD1, NR6, NR7 and HC26 together with the guidance within PPS4 and PPS7.
Subject to the following conditions:
The completion of a S106 legal agreement preventing the severance of the proposed dwellings from the equestrian business and also subject to the following conditions;
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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.
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INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT: This permission shall be read in conjunction with an Agreement made under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990 and dated the ...............
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No development shall commence within the site until:
a) A written programme of archaeological investigation, which should include on-site work and off-site work such as the analysis, publishing and archiving of the results, has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority; and
b) The approved programme of archaeological work has been carried out in accordance with the approved details.
REASON: To enable the recording of any matters of archaeological interest.
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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.
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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:
(a) indications of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land; (b) details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development; (c) 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; (d) finished levels and contours; (e) means of enclosure; (f) hard surfacing materials;
REASON: To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing important landscape features.
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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 either of the dwellings 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.
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The occupation of the dwellings hereby permitted shall be limited to persons solely or mainly working, or last working, in the training/keeping/breeding of horses, in agriculture or in forestry in the locality, or a widow or widower of such a person, and to any resident dependants. In addition the dwellings can be used as holiday accommodation for persons unconnected with equestrian, agriculture or forestry use but if they are used as holiday accommodation no person shall occupy either of the dwellings for a period of more than 8 weeks in any one year, nor for a period exceeding 4 weeks at a time, with no return within 4 weeks.
REASON: The site is in an area where residential development for purposes other than the essential needs of agriculture or forestry, or holiday accommodation is not normally permitted and this permission is only granted on the basis of an essential need for the new dwelling in this location having been demonstrated.
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If either or both dwellings are used for holiday accommodation the owners/ operators of the site shall maintain an up to date register of the names of all occupiers of the dwellings, and of their main home addresses, and shall make this information available at all reasonable times to the Local Planning Authority.
REASON: In order to monitor the occupation of the dwellings if they are used for holiday accommodation as permission for unjustified or unrestricted residential development would not normally be permitted in this location.
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This decision relates to documents/plans submitted with the application, listed below. No variation from the approved documents should be made without the prior approval of this Council. Amendments may require the submission of a further application. Failure to comply with this advice may lead to enforcement action which may require alterations and/or demolition of any unauthorised buildings or structures and may also lead to prosecution.
Drawings; 1001-03 received on 7th August 2009 together with 1:1250 Location plan, Land Registry excerpt plan and 1:500 site plan received on 26th September 2009.
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