Minutes:
Public Participation
Mr Nigel Buck spoke in objection to the application.
Mr Chris Palmer, agent, spoke in support of the application.
Cllr Richard Netherclift, Chairman of Manningford Parish Council spoke in objection to the application.
The Planning Officer introduced the report, which recommended the item be granted permission. Details of the application were then summarised by the officer.
The Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the Officers.
Members of the public were given the opportunity to address the Committee with their views on the application.
Cllr Brigadier Robert Hall, local member, spoke in objection to the application.
A discussion then followed whereby members discussed the positioning of the planned access to the land. The access along the lane, disturbance to neighbouring houses, drainage and adverse effects on historical land boundaries were also discussed.
At the conclusion of the debate it was,
Resolved:
That the application be DELEGATED to officers to APPROVE subject to amended plans being negotiated to relocate the access further along Dragon Lane towards the Wickets, opposite the allotments. This would reduce the impact upon occupiers of Fairfields.
Subject to this amendment, the proposed works would comply with policy PD1 “Development and Design” of the Kennet Local Plan 2011 and policy C8 “Development in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty” of the Wiltshire & Swindon Structure Plan 2016.
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) No development shall commence on site until a scheme of soft landscaping has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, the details of which shall include:- a) location and current canopy spread of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land; b) full details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development; and c) a detailed planting specification showing all plant species, supply and planting sizes and planting densities. REASON: To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing important landscape features. |
3) All soft landscaping comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the first use of the new access 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. REASON: To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing important landscape features. |
4) The access hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until visibility splays have been provided between the edge of the carriageway and a line extending from a point 2 metres back from the edge of the carriageway, measured along the centre line of the access, to the points on the nearside edge of the carriageway 25 metres to the north-west and 25 metres to the south-east from the centre of the access in accordance with the approved plans. Such splays shall thereafter be permanently maintained free from obstruction to vision above a height of 900mm above the level of the adjacent carriageway. REASON: In the interests of highway safety. |
5) The gradient of the access hereby permitted shall not at any point be steeper than 1 in 15 for a distance of 4.5 metres from its junction with the public highway. REASON: In the interests of highway safety. |
6) The development hereby permitted shall not be first brought into use until the first 4.5 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. |
7) The gates shall be erected in accordance with the details shown on approved plan number NA/JP/cp08 (received on the 25th February 2013). The gates shall be set back 5 metres from the edge of the carriageway and shall open inwards only, in perpetuity. REASON: In the interests of highway safety. |
8) The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Plan ref: Location plan, Date received: 26th November 2012; Plan ref: NA/JP/cp06, Date received: 4th February 2013; and Plan ref: NA/JP/cp08, Date received: 25th February 2013. REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning. |
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