Agenda item

14/11851/OUT - Kingsdown Farm, Lords Hill, Longbridge Deverill, Warminster, BA12 7DY

Minutes:

Public participation:

 

Mr Payne spoke in support of the application.

Cllr Ian Bell, of Longbridge Deverill Parish Council, spoke in relation to the application.

 

Councillor Fleur De Rhe Phillipe spoke as the local member.

 

The Senior Planning Officer outlined the report which recommended that the application for approval subject to conditions.

 

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

 

Issues discussed in the course of the debate included: the location of the proposed application and that the site is within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB); the impact of the proposals on the landscape; the existing vegetation on the site; the views of the agricultural consultant regarding the need for the dwelling; the topography of the site; and the views of the AONB team.

 

Councillor Trevor Carbin proposed and Councillor Magnus MacDonald seconded that the permission should be granted in line with the officers recommendations.

 

At the end of the debate the meeting;

Resolved to approve permission subject to the following conditions:

1.

The development hereby permitted shall be begun either before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission, or before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters to be approved, whichever is the later.

 

REASON:  To comply with the provisions of Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 

2.

An application for the approval of all of the reserved matters shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

 

REASON:  To comply with the provisions of Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

 

3.

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.

 

4.

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

 

Drawing: Site Location Plan received on 12 December 2014; and

Drawing: Proposals Plan and Cross Sections received on 12 December 2014 (in respect of red-outline site plan) Read together with any plans subsequently approved under and Application for the Approval of Reserved Matters.

 

REASON: In order to define the terms of this permission.

 

5.

The occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to a person solely or mainly working, or last working, in the locality in agriculture or in forestry, or a widow or widower of such a person, and to any resident dependants.

 

REASON: The site is in an area where residential development for purposes other than the essential needs of agriculture or forestry is not normally permitted and this permission is only granted on the basis of an essential need for a new dwelling/residential accommodation in this location having been demonstrated.

 

6.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting or amending those Orders with or without modification), no development within Part 1, Classes A-E shall take place on the dwellinghouse hereby permitted or within its curtilage.

 

REASON: The dwelling in this location is only permitted on the basis of the special agricultural justification presented and any dwelling must remain, in terms of the amount of accommodation provided, commensurate to the essential agricultural need. This will ensure that the amenity of the area and appearance of the AONB will be protected and enable the Local Planning Authority to consider individually whether planning permission should be granted for additions, extensions or enlargements in light of the on-going essential agricultural need at any given period.

 

7.

The Gross Internal Area (GIA) of the proposed dwelling shall not exceed 140m² in extent and the maximum ridge height shall be 6m above adjacent ground level.

 

REASON: In order to reflect the special justification and essential need demonstrated; and to define the terms of this permission.

 

8.

No development shall commence on site until details of the existing and proposed site levels, including no raising of ground levels and details of the proposed ground floor slab levels, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

 

REASON: In the interests of visual amenity. 

 

9.

No development shall commence on site until details of the works for the disposal of sewerage have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. No dwelling shall be first occupied until the approved sewerage details have been fully implemented in accordance with the approved plans.

 

REASON: To ensure that the proposal is provided with a satisfactory means of drainage.

 

10.

The landscaping details provided in accordance with Condition 2 shall include details of habitat creation to enhance the biodiversity value of the site to include native, species-rich hedgerow creation with locally characteristic species.

 

REASON: To provide biodiversity enhancements in accordance with paragraph 118 of the National Planning Policy.

 

11.

The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the recommendations made in section 6.1 of the Extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey report dated November 2014 prepared by Sedgehill Ecology Ltd, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority.

 

REASON: To ensure adequate protection and mitigation for protected species / priority species / priority habitats.

 

12.

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.

 

13.

No development shall commence within the area indicated (proposed development site) until:

 

·       A written programme of archaeological investigation, which should include on-site work and off-site work such as the analysis, publishing and archiving of the results, has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority; and

 

·       The approved programme of archaeological work has been carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

REASON:  To enable the recording of any matters of archaeological interest.

 

INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT

 

The Archaeological investigation work should be conducted by a professional archaeological contractor and there will be a financial implication for the applicant.

 

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