Agenda item

Public participation

 

Mr Nick Charlton and Mr Lloyd Stephens spoke in support of the application.

 

The officer introduced the report which recommended that permission be delegated to the Area Development Manager to grant subject to the signing of a Section 106 agreement and conditions. He noted that the this was a resubmission of a previous application which addressed privacy concerns and the relationship with Hungerdown Lane. Parking for the pub had also been reconfigured and met the required standards.

 

The Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of officers and it was confirmed that a disabled bay had been allocated closest to the pub entrance. Although the car park bays was not presently painted, there would be marked bays up to the required standard.

 

Members of the public then addressed the Committee as detailed above.

 

The local member, Cllr Hutton then addressed the Committee, highlighted that the engagement with the community had not happened and that he did not support an application for three residential units.

 

A motion to refuse planning permission on the grounds over overdevelopment of the site, it’s scale, mass, design and density failing to accord with Policy C3(i) of the adopted North Wiltshire Plan 2011 was moved but was not seconded and therefore fell.

 

In the debate that followed the Committee highlighted the need to have clear signage in the pub car park restricting its use to patrons and to add an informative encouraging public engagement.

 

Resolved:

 

The Committee delegated authority to the Area Development Manager to grant planning permission subject to the signing of a Section 106 agreement with the following heads of terms:

 

•         £17,460 in offsite Open Space Contribution to be used to upgrade facilities at Little Battens Recreation Ground

 

 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.     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.

 

3.     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) a detailed planting specification showing all plant species, supply and planting sizes and planting densities;

b) finished levels and contours;

c) all hard and soft surfacing materials, including refuse and other storage units.

d) means of enclosure

e) Signage details, including size, design and location clearly stating ‘parking for patrons only

 

REASON: To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing important landscape features.

 

4.     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 any dwelling 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.

 

5.     No part of the development hereby permitted shall be first brought into use/occupied until the access, 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.

 

6.     Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No.2) (England) Order 2008 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting or amending that Order with or without modification), there shall be no additions to, or extensions or enlargements of any building forming part of the development hereby permitted.

 

REASON: In the interests of the amenity of the area and to enable the Local Planning Authority to consider individually whether planning permission should be granted for additions, extensions or enlargements.

 

7.     Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No.2) (England) Order 2008 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting or amending that Order with or without modification), no window, dormer window or rooflight, other than those shown on the approved plans, shall be inserted in the roofslopes of the development hereby permitted.

 

REASON:  In the interests of residential amenity and privacy.

 

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

 

Drg No: 1011 Revision E

Drg No: 3010 Revision C

Drg No: 3011 Revision B

Drg No: 5010 Revision B

Drg No: 5011 Revision B

Drg No: 5012 Revision B

 

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

 

INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT:

 

The applicant should note that the grant of planning permission does not include any separate permission which may be needed to erect a structure in the vicinity of a public sewer.  Such permission should be sought direct from Thames Water Utilities Ltd / Wessex Water Services Ltd. Buildings are not normally allowed within 3.0 metres of a Public Sewer although this may vary depending on the size, depth, strategic importance, available access and the ground conditions appertaining to the sewer in question.

 

INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT:

 

Please note that Council offices do not have the facility to receive material samples. Please deliver material samples to site and inform the Planning Officer where they are to be found.

 

INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT:

 

Any alterations to the approved plans, brought about by compliance with Building Regulations or any other reason must first be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority before commencement of work.

 

INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT:

 

Prior to the commencement of development on site the owner should lease with local residents and set out how disruption, during the construction and development phase, will be kept to a minimum.

 

Cllr Hutton asked for his vote against delegating to the Area Development Manager to grant planning permission subject to the signing of a Section 106 Agreement and conditions to be recorded.