Agenda item

-       Mr Hugh Hancock spoke in objection to the application.

-       Mr Peter Westlake, West Ashton Parish Councillor, spoke in objection to the application.

 

The Area Development Manager introduced the report which recommended approval.

 

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

 

Cllr Francis Morland, Unitary Councillor for Southwick, explained his reasons for calling in the application and expressed his concerns.

 

During the ensuing debate the following was clarified; there was only one application (for the formation of a lake and erection of four workshops) as it was a single holding seeking diversification, an application for change of use would have to be submitted for the workshops to be used for anything else other than B1 uses.

 

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: C1, C2 and C31a.

 

3       Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting or amending that Order with or without modification), the workshop buildings permitted in terms of this application shall be used solely for purposes within Class B1 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended by the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment)(England) Order 2005 (or in any provisions equivalent to that class in any statutory instrument revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification).

 

          REASON:  The proposed use is acceptable but the Local Planning Authority wish to consider any future proposal for a change of use, other than a use within the same classes, having regard to the circumstances of the case.

 

          West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 : POLICY C1 & C38

 

4       No external lighting shall be installed on site until plans showing the type of light appliance, the height and position of fitting, illumination levels and light spillage have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The lighting approved shall be installed and shall be maintained in accordance with the approved details.

 

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

 

          West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C1, C31a and C32

 

5       No development shall commence 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:

 

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

          (b) details of any to be retained, which shall include the roadside hedge alongside the Bratton Road within the site proposed for the lake, together with measures for their protection in the course of development;

          (c) a planting scheme for the lake and surrounds to include details of all species, planting sizes and planting densities;

          (d) site levels and contours, including the area surrounding the lake and the location of any bunding in relation to the existing roadside hedge, and finished floor levels to the workshop buildings in relation to ground levels;

          (e) means of enclosure;

          (f) car park layouts and details of the bollards to be placed at the northern end of the workshop access;

          (g) other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas;

          (h) hard surfacing materials.

         

          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: C1, C31a and C32

 

6       All soft landscaping comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the first implementation of the development hereby permitted;  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.

 

          POLICY: C31a and C32West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C1, C31a and C32

 

7       No development shall commence until:

 

          a) 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

 

          b) 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.

 

8       No materials for the construction of any landscaping features including new mounding or the proposed bund shall be imported to the site unless a Management Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Management Plan shall include details of implementation and monitoring and shall be implemented in accordance with these agreed details.

 

          REASON: In the interests of local amenity, road safety and managing vehicular traffic to the development.

 

          West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration, 2004 : Policies C1, C31a and TO4, Transport Aims

 

9       Any gates shall be set back 4.5 metres from the edge of the carriageway, such gates to open inwards only.

 

          REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

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

 

10     No part of the development hereby permitted shall befirst be 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.

 

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

 

11     No development of the recreational lake site hereby permitted shall commence on site until visibility splays have been provided between the edge of the carriageway and a line extending from a point 2.4 metres back from the edge of the carriageway, measured along the centre line of the access, to the points on the edge of the carriageway 120 metres to the west and 160 metres to theeast from the centre of the access in accordance with the approved plans.   Such splays shall thereafter be permanently maintained free from obstruction to vision above a height 0.9m above the level of the adjacent carriageway.

 

          REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

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

 

12     The recreational lake 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.

 

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

 

13     The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans:

 

          10/10/1/1 A received on 29 March 2011

          10/10/1/2 (Revised) received on 25 May 2012

          10/10/1/3 (Revised) received on 25 May 2012

          Location Plan - Overall Farm Ownership received on 29 March 2011

          10/10/1/5 received on 25 May 2012

          10/10/1/6 received on 29 March 2011

          10/10/1/7 received on 29 March 2011

          10/10/1/8 received on 29 March 2011

                                       

          REASON: to ensure that the development is carried out in accordance with the approved plans that have been judged to be acceptable by the local planning authority

 

Informative(s):

 

1       The applicant is advised to contact the Environment Agency with regard to licensing relation to fish stocking and water abstraction.

 

2       The work in relation to Condition 7 should be conducted by a professional recognised archaeological contractor and there will be a financial implication for the applicant.

 

3       The applicant is advised that the landscaping plan shall include the retention of the hedge to the Bratton Road boundary to the fishing lake site and, in the event that any portion of hedge requires re-alignment to accommodate vehicle access visibility splays, details of a programme for replacement.