Agenda item

Viv Vines spoke in objection to the application.

 

Ruth warren, applicant, spoke in support of the application.

 

 

The Senior Planning Officer outlined the report which recommended that the

application be approved with conditions.

 

Members of the Committee had the opportunity ask technical questions. Details were sought on the 25 degree rule and the design.

 

Members of the public then had the opportunity to address the Committee as detailed above.

 

Cllr Trevor Carbin, as the local Member, who had originally called in the application, spoke in support of the application.

 

Issues discussed in the course of the presentation and debate included: whether an informative could be added to the conditions; the changes made to the proposals in response to the consultation.

 

A proposal was made to move the officer’s recommendations. 

 

Having been put to the vote, the meeting;

 

Resolved:

 

To approve planning permission with 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:

Location plan (drawing no. 1432/000) dated Feb 2016

Block plan (drawing no. 1432/005 A) dated Feb 2016

Existing garden plan (drawing no. 1432/001) dated Oct 2015

Proposed garden plan (drawing no. 1432/004 D) dated Dec 2015

North west elevation plan – received on 31.05.2016

Existing garden plan (drawing no. 1432/001 B) dated Oct 2015

 

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

 

3.    Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting or amending that Order with or without modification), no windows, doors or other form of openings other than those shown on the approved plans, shall be inserted in the development hereby permitted.

 

REASON: In the interests of residential amenity and privacy.

 

4.    The development hereby permitted shall not be used at any time for habitable accommodation and that it shall remain for purposes ancillary to the residential use of the main dwelling, known as No. 6 Lower South Wraxall (known as ‘The Cottage’ and that it shall remain within the same planning unit as the main dwelling.

REASON: The additional accommodation is sited in a position where the Local Planning Authority, having regard to the reasonable standards of residential amenity, access, and planning policies pertaining to the area, would not permit a wholly separate dwelling.

 

5.    The materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted shall match the material, colour and texture as that used for the existing building.

 

REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

 

6.    The development hereby permitted shall not be first brought into use until the first five metres of the access, measured from the edge of the carriageway, has been consolidated and surfaced (not loose stone or gravel). The access shall be maintained as such thereafter.

 

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

7.    No part of the development hereby permitted shall be first brought into use 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.

 

8.    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:-

·         location and current canopy spread of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land;

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

·         a detailed planting specification showing all plant species, supply and planting sizes and planting densities;

·         all hard and soft surfacing materials;

 

REASON: The application contained insufficient information to enable this matter to be considered prior to granting planning permission and the matter is required to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority before development commences in order that the development is undertaken in an acceptable manner, to ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing important landscape features.

 

9.    All soft landscaping comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the completion of the development; 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.

10.The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the recommendations made in section 5 of the Preliminary Ecological Assessment for Bats (Draft) report dated 27/06/2016 prepared by Johns Associates Environmental Consultants, as already submitted with the planning application and agreed in principle with the local planning authority before determination, and as modified by a Natural England European protected species licence.

 

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

 

 

INFORMATIVES:

 

1.    If bats or evidence of bats is found at any stage of development, the applicant is advised to follow the advice of a professional ecologist or to contact the UK Bat Helpline on 0345 1300 228 (homeowners and churches) or visit http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/natural_england_roost_visits.html for more information.

 

Please also be advised that works should not take place that will harm nesting birds from March to August inclusive. All British birds (while nesting, building nests and sitting on eggs), their nests and eggs (with certain limited exceptions) are protected by law under Section 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) and the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. If birds are nesting on/in or within the vicinity of the proposed development, work should be undertaken outside the breeding season for birds to ensure their protection, i.e. works should only be undertaken between August and February. Further advice on the above can be sought from the Council Ecologists.

 

2.     The applicant is reminded to strictly accord with the approved plans regarding the proposed garage position and height.