Agenda item

1.         Mr Frank Brine, the applicant, spoke in support of the application;

2.         Mr Tom Killen, agricultural adviser for the applicant, spoke in favour of the application.

Officers presented the report, which recommended refusal. Following a debate, during which supporting the expansion of an existing business was discussed, it was

Resolved:

That planning permission be GRANTED

For the following reason(s):

The proposed development conforms to the Development Plan and there are no objections to it on planning grounds.

Subject to the following condition(s):

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.

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a.

3. A recessed entrance having a minimum width of 4.5 metres shall be constructed 4.5 metres back from the carriageway edge and its sides shall be splayed outward at an angle of 45 degrees towards the carriageway edge. The area between the entrance and the edge of carriageway shall be properly consolidated and surfaced (not loose stone or gravel) for which details shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The works shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved details.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

4. The entrance gates erected shall be hung to open away from the highway only and shall be set back a minimum distance of 4.5 metres from the carriageway edge.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

5. No development shall commence on site until a scheme for the discharge of surface water from the site (including surface water from the access/driveway), incorporating sustainable drainage details, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall not be occupied until surface water drainage has been constructed in accordance with the approved scheme.

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

6. 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. The dwelling shall not 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.

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: U1a

7. 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.

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: H19

8. 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 visual amenity of this rural area and to enable the Local Planning Authority to consider whether planning permission should be granted for additions, extensions or enlargements to this agricultural workers dwelling.

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICIES: C31a  and H19

9. 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;

·              indications of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land;

·              details of those to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development;

·              details of all new planting including species, sizes and planting densities, of all new shrubs, trees and hedgerows within and on the boundary of the site;

·              retention and reinforcement of existing hedges with native species;

·              hard surfacing materials and details of culverting works to the ditch where alterations will be made to the existing access.

REASON: To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing trees and hedgerows.

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C32.

10. 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 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.

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a and C32