Agenda item

Public Participation

Claire Durbin (Agent) spoke in support of the application.

Cllr Gwen Allison, on behalf of Bradford on Avon Town Council, spoke in objection to the application.

The Planning Officer outlined the report which recommended the application for approval subject to conditions. The site description and an overview of the proposed development were also given.

The Planning Officer outlined the relevant planning policy, consultation and relevant planning considerations.

Members were invited to ask technical questions about the site.

Members of the public were invited to speak on the application as listed above.

The debate focused on the marketing report and members were concerned about whether the development as approved had been marketed. A motion was put forward to defer the application until the applicants provided more information on the steps taken to market the development. The motion was defeated and a new motion to move the officer’s recommendation was put forward. At the end of the debate it was;

Resolved

That Planning Permission be approved 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 hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 978/4/000, 978/4/002.A, 978/4/003.A, 978/4/004B received on 18 March 2014 978/4/001.B, 978/4/007, 978/4/800 received on 25 April 2014.

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

3.     Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995, as amended, there shall be no extensions or external alterations, including alterations to the doors and windows, and no further buildings erected on the site, or any development normally permitted under Schedule 2, Part 1, Classes A-E (inclusive) of the Order shall be carried out without the express planning permission of the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: The implementation of permitted development rights on this site would be unacceptable, to ensure that the design of the buildings are not compromised by subsequent unsympathetic alterations.

4.     No part of the development hereby permitted shall be first occupied 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. Page 44

5.     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.

6.     The development shall not be first occupied until surface water drainage has been constructed in accordance with the approved details.

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

PLANNING INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT:

The consent hereby granted shall not be construed as authority to carry out works on the highway. The applicant is advised that a license may be required from Wiltshire's Highway Authority before any works are carried out on any footway, footpath, carriageway, verge or other land forming part of the highway.