Agenda item

E/10/0725/FUL Erection of single dwelling: and two storey extension to existing house at Longdon, Bath Road, MARLBOROUGH, SN8 1NN

Minutes:

The Committee received a presentation by the Area Development Manager which set out the main issues in respect of the application.

 

Members of the Committee then asked technical questions after which

the Committee received a statement from Mr James Wood, Senior Surveyor, in support of the application.

 

After discussion,

 

Resolved:

 

To grant planning permission subject to the conditions set out below, for the following reasons:-

 

The Council is required to give a summary of the reasons for this decision and its conditions, and a summary of the development plan policies and proposals relevant to the decision and its conditions. These are set out below:

 

The decision to grant planning permission has been taken on the grounds that the proposed development would not cause any significant harm to interests of acknowledged importance and having regard to the following policies and proposals in the Kennet Local Plan 2011 namely: policies PD1 & HC5 of the Kennet Local Plan 2011, and Central Government planning policy set out in PPS1, PPS3, PPS5 and PPS7.

 

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

Works relating to the construction of the new house and related terraces/retaining walls hereby approved shall not commence 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

The materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the extension to Longdon hereby permitted shall match in material, colour and texture those used in the existing building.

 

REASON:

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

 

4

The access, driveways and parking areas shall have a final surface of bound gravel (porous as necessary within root protection areas) unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.  The final surface shall be applied in its entirety prior to occupation of the new house hereby approved.

 

REASON:

To accord with the terms of the application and to ensure an appropriate surfacing treatment in the interests of visual amenity.

 

5

Notwithstanding the details set out in the application particulars, details (including samples and large scale drawings as necessary) of all new boundary structures within the site shall be submitted to the local planning authority for approval in writing before any development commences.  The boundary structures shall be erected and maintained in accordance with the approved details.

 

REASON:

To ensure satisfactory boundary structures in the interests of visual amenity.

 

6

No development shall commence on site until a scheme of soft landscaping has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, the details of which shall include:

 

(a) indications of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land;

(b) details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development;

(c) all species, planting sizes and planting densities, spread of all trees and hedgerows within or overhanging the site, in relation to the proposed buildings, roads, and other works.

 

REASON:

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

 

7

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.

 

8

Prior to commencement of development a statement setting out the method by which works will be carried out within, and the design of any constructions within, the root protection areas of trees T1, T2, T18, T19, T24 and T26 shall be submitted to the local planning authority for approval in writing.  Works shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved statement.

 

REASON:

To accord with the terms of the application and to ensure the long term health of these important amenity trees.  

 

9

The new dwelling hereby permitted shall not 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.

 

10

Prior to the first use of the access provision shall be made for the disposal of surface water in accordance with details that have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The method of surface water disposal shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

 

REASON:

To ensure that surface water is not discharged onto the highway, in the interests of highway safety.

 

11

This decision relates to documents/plans submitted with the application, listed below. No variation from the approved documents should be made without the prior approval of this Council. Amendments may require the submission of a further application.  Failure to comply with this advice may lead to enforcement action which may require alterations and/or demolition of any unauthorised buildings or structures and may also lead to prosecution.

 

Drawing no. C8460.09.P002 rev A dated 08/05/09;

Drawing no. C8460/09/01 dated 04/06/09;

Drawing nos. C8460/10/050 rev B, C8460/10/051 rev B, C8460.10.100 rev B & C8460.10.010 rev A dated April 2010 and received on 19th July 2010;

"Arboricultural Implications Assessment" by DPDS Regional Ltd dated June 2010

 



 

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