Agenda item

19/04941/FUL: Thatado Farm, Braydon Road, Leigh, SN6 6RQ - Two standard gypsy & traveller plots and vehicle access

A report by the Case Officer is attached.

Minutes:

The Committee received a presentation from the Case Officer which set out the main issues in respect of the application. The purpose of the report was to assess the merits of the proposals against the policies of the Development Plan and other material considerations and to consider the recommendation that planning permission be granted subject to conditions.

 

Members then had the opportunity to ask technical questions after which they heard a statement from Mr Keech, the agent, in support of the application.

 

Members then heard the views of Cllr Chuck Berry, the local Member, who objected to the proposal. He explained that he had received representations from neighbours to the site including the proprietors of a successful bed and breakfast establishment stating that they considered that their businesses would be adversely affected. Cllr Berry also questioned the need for an additional site for gypsies and travellers as there appeared to be several extant permissions that had not been taken up.

 

After some discussion, on the proposal of the Chairman, which was seconded by Cllr Fred Westmoreland,

 

Resolved:

 

To grant planning permission, 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

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Location Plan, 17/135 (i) and 17/135(ii) received on 21st May 2019. 

 

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

 

3

No development shall commence on site until the exact details 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: 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, in the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

 

4

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;

*    finished floor levels;

*    means of enclosure;

*    other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas;

*    all hard and soft surfacing materials;

*    minor artefacts and structures (e.g. furniture, play equipment, refuse and other storage units, signs, lighting etc);

 

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.

 

5

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.

 

6

The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the approved sewage disposal works proposed have been completed in accordance with the submitted and approved details contained within The Surface and Foul Water Drainage Strategy by Cole Easdon Consultants Limited.  Once implemented the foul drainage strategy shall be retained and maintained in accordance with the approved details. 

 

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

 

7

Notwithstanding the details in the Foul and Surface Water Drainage Strategy, 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 first occupied until surface water drainage has been constructed in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

REASON: The application contained insufficient information regarding the riparian ownership of the drainage ditch 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 that the development can be adequately drained.

 

8

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 gates, fences, walls or other means of enclosure or additional hardstanding, other than those shown on the approved plans or agreed as part of the landscaping scheme as required by conditions within this decision notice, shall be erected or placed anywhere on the site.

 

REASON:  In the interests of visual amenity.

 

9

The site shall not be permanently occupied by persons other than gypsies and travellers as defined in Annex 1 of Planning policy for traveller sites (DCLG, 2015).

 

REASON: Planning permission has only been granted on the basis of a demonstrated unmet need for accommodation for gypsies and travellers and it is therefore necessary to keep the site available to meet that need.

 

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There shall be no more than four (4) caravans as defined in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the caravans Sites Act 1968 stationed on the site edged in red, of which no more than two (2) shall be a static caravan or mobile home.  For the avoidance of doubt there shall be no stationing of any mobile home on the land located outside the site outlined in red on the location plan. 

 

REASON: It is important for the local planning authority to retain control over the number of caravans on the site in order to safeguard interests of visual, residential amenity and flood risk in accordance with policies CP47 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy.

 

No more than two commercial vehicles shall be kept on the site for use by the occupiers of the caravans hereby permitted, and shall not exceed 3.5 tonnes in weight.

 

REASON: In the interests of residential amenity, highway safety and the character of the countryside.

 

Except for the keeping of commercial vehicles as defined in condition 11, above, no commercial activity or use, including the storage of materials and waste, shall be carried out on the site.

 

REASON: In the interests of residential amenity, highway safety and the character of the countryside.

 

No external lighting shall be installed until plans showing the type of light appliance, the height and position of fitting, illumination levels and light spillage in accordance with the appropriate Environmental Zone standards set out by the Institute of Lighting Professionals in their publication "Guidance Notes for the Reduction of Obtrusive Light GN01:2011", have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The approved lighting shall be installed and shall be maintained in accordance with the approved details and no additional external lighting shall be installed.

 

REASON: In the interests of the amenities of the area and to minimise unnecessary light spillage above and outside the development site.

 

 

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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.

 

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INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT:

The applicant is requested to note that this permission does not affect any private property rights and therefore does not authorise the carrying out of any work on land outside their control. If such works are required it will be necessary for the applicant to obtain the landowners consent before such works commence.

 

If you intend carrying out works in the vicinity of the site boundary, you are also advised that it may be expedient to seek your own advice with regard to the requirements of the Party Wall Act 1996.

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

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