Agenda item

Public Participation

There were no public speakers on this item.

 

The Local Member Cllr Mark Connolly spoke in support of the application and raised the possibility of placing working time restrictions on the development to ensure that the local community were not adversely affected during the construction period.

 

The Planning Officer introduced the report and outlined an amended recommendation to defer and delegate planning permission subject to the completion and satisfactory findings of the outstanding Biomass Survey. A late item received from Cllr Richard Gamble (the portfolio holder for Schools and Youth) was then presented to the committee which contained a summary of comments on the proposed application.

 

A letter was also received from Public Protection, outlining the position on Biomass and the ongoing discussions surrounding this. The Area Development Manager advised that this matter was capable of resolution.

The Area Development Manager outlined the key areas for consideration namely PD1 HC19 and HC37 of the Kennet Local Plan. These were summarised as being the development and design of the plan, and the adequate provision of schooling in the area.

 

The Area Development Manager also outlined the impact on character and amenity of the local area and summarised surveys that had been commissioned including Biomass, flood plain and parking. These were all relevant considerations for the committee.

 

Committee members were given the opportunity to ask technical questions of the application.

 

Cllr Stewart Dobson raised a question over parking provision and asked why parking had not been incorporated for parents. The Area Development Manager answered that the constrictive size of the site was a contributing factor, as was the proximity of the school to the surrounding area of housing.

 

A number of questions were asked about the development of a travel plan by the school, and it was clarified that governance arrangements of the school had only recently been agreed, and that it would be unreasonable to expect such a detailed plan in place at this stage.

 

Cllr Charles Howard questioned the use of school buses and cycling stands. It was clarified that the school would not be expected to provide bus services as its catchment area would most likely be served within walking distance, but that cycling stands would be installed.

 

A discussion was had by members and Cllr Liz Bryant raised the possibility of dual use of facilities with the local community.

 

At the end of the debate it was;

 

Resolved

 

That the decision to grant planning permission be DELEGATED to the Area Development Manager subject to the satisfactory resolution of the concerns relating to the biomass facility  and to any conditions recommended by the Environment Agency considered necessary to enable the development to proceed and 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        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.

 

 

3        No part of the development hereby permitted shall be first brought into use until the access, turning area and parking spaces have been completed in accordance with the details shown on the approved plans. The areas shall be maintained for those purposes at all times thereafter.

 

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

 

4        Any gates across the vehicular access to the site shall be set back 4.5 metres from the edge of the carriageway, such gates to open inwards only, in perpetuity.

 

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

 

5        The Green Travel Plan Framework for Primary School accompanying the application shall be implemented following first occupation of the school. The results of its implementation and monitoring shall be made available to the local planning authority on request, together with any changes to the plan arising from those results.

 

REASON: In the interests of road safety and reducing vehicular traffic to the development.

 

 

6        The new playing field and pitches shall be constructed and laid out in accordance with standards and methodologies set out in the guidance note "Natural Turf for Sport" (Sport England, May 2011), before they are first brought into use.

 

REASON: To ensure the quality of pitches is satisfactory and they are available for use.

 

INFORMATIVE:  The Natural Turf for Sport document can be obtained from the Sport England website: www.sportengland.org .

 

 

7        No external flood lighting of the games courts or playing fields/pitches shall be installed until plans showing the type of light appliance, the height and position of fitting, illumination levels and light spillage in accordance with the appropriate Environmental Zone standards set out by the Institute of Lighting Engineers in their publication "Guidance Notes for the Reduction of Obtrusive Light" (ILE, 2005)", have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The approved lighting shall be installed and shall be maintained in accordance with the approved details and no additional external lighting shall be installed.

 

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

 

 

8        The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

Tidworth Primary School Design and Access Statement (and appendices) dated 28/05/13

Drawing no. 275928 Site P 02 P05 (location plan in context) dated 31/05/13

Drawing no. 275928 Site P 202 T3 (site plan) dated 12/07/13

Drawing no. 275928 P 0 202 P02 (ground floor plan) dated 31/05/13

Drawing no. 275928 P 1 202 P02 (first floor plan) dated 31/05/13

Drawing no. 275928 P R 200 T06 (roof plan) dated 15/07/13

Drawing no. 275928 E 200 P03 (elevations- school) dated 31/05/13

Drawing no. 275928 S 200 T03 (general sections) dated 16/07/13

Drawing no. 275928 E 203 P01 (elevations - nursery) dated 31/05/13

Drawing no. 275928 Site P 203 (proposed fence types) dated 28/06/13

Drawing no. 275928 E 201 T02 (elevations in context) dated 28/06/13

Drawing no. 275928 E 202 T02 (elevations in context) dated 28/06/13

Drawing no. 275928 Site P 210 T02 (site plan - landscape areas) dated 28/06/13

Drawing no. P148-1693 (external lighting) dated 28/05/13

Drawing no. C-01 P3 (drainage strategy) dated 21/05/13

 

REASON:  For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

 

 

9        The development hereby permitted shall not be first brought into use, until the cycle parking facilities shown on the approved plans have been provided in full and made available for use.  The cycle parking facilities shall be retained for use in accordance with the approved details at all times thereafter.

 

REASON: To ensure that satisfactory facilities for the parking of cycles are provided and to encourage travel by means other than the private car.

 

 

10      No external construction or demolition works shall be carried out before 0800 on weekdays and on Saturdays nor after 1800 on weekdays and 1300 on Saturdays, nor at any time on Sundays or Bank Holidays.

 

REASON:  In the interests of residential amenity.