Agenda item

With the Chairman’s agreement, this application was considered together with the associated application for listed building consent referred to at minute number 28.3 below.   

Public participation:

Mr Richard Greenwood spoke in favour of the application

Following a debate during which issues of concern were raised regarding flooding it was

Resolved

Provided that :

A   Subject to consultation with the flood group

B   The Environment Agency withdraws its objection and indicates that it does not intend to refer the matter to the Secretary of State

That the Area Development Manager be delegated to GRANT permission for the following reasons :

The property was originally two dwellings and has historically been occupied as two units on the ground and lower ground floors. The existing five bedroom maisonette is likely to be difficult to sell or let without parking, and presently has no flood resistance measures in place. The site is in a sustainable location, close to the city centre, and the ongoing occupation of the flats would benefit the listed building. The property is likely to be more attractive to occupiers if the five bed unit is subdivided as two flats, and the subdivision would reinstate the historic layout of the building. Flood resistance measures and a flood management scheme have been proposed to protect future occupiers from flooding. The proposals would therefore adapt a heritage asset and improve its resilience to climate change under PPS5. The development would reduce the overall number of habitable rooms from five bedrooms to four, and a means of escape is available to the proposed flats on the ground floor at road level. The development would not detrimentally affect neighbouring amenities or existing highway safety conditions. The proposal would therefore be in accordance with adopted policies G2, H8, CN3, CN5, CN8, CN11, C12, C18 and R2 of the Salisbury District Local Plan and the guidance on heritage assets and climate change in PPS5.

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. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the Flood Risk Assessment and Management Strategy (Feb 2010) and the Construction Method Statement and Schedule of Works (Feb 2010) before the flats on the ground and lower ground floor are occupied.

Reason: To protect future occupiers against the risk of flooding and to ensure that protected species and the water quality of the River Avon are not harmed during construction.

3. No development shall commence until details of a Flood Management Scheme have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include proposals to ensure that all future occupiers of the flats hereby approved are made aware of the scheme before their occupation commences. The development shall be implemented and occupied in accordance with the agreed scheme at all times thereafter.

Reason: To protect future occupiers against the risk from flooding. 

4. The development hereby approved shall be in accordance with the following documents/plans submitted with the application, listed below. No variation from the approved documents should be made without the prior approval of this Council.

NJH/0018 Sept 09

Proposed Plans dated April 2010

Door elevations, received 23/2/10

Planning, Design, Heritage and Access Statement, WGDP, Feb 2010

Flood Risk Assessment and Management Strategy (Feb 2010)

Construction Method Statement and Schedule of Works, Feb 2010

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Reason: For the avoidance of doubt

If provisos A and B are not met, that the matter be brought back to the Southern Area Planning Committee for a decision.