Agenda item

13/02945/FUL: Land North West of 69A, Upper South Wraxall, BA15 2SA

Meeting of Western Area Planning Committee, Wednesday 6 November 2013 6.00 pm (Item 105.)

Minutes:

Public Participation

Mr Martin Dennaford, applicant, spoke in support of the application.

The Area Development Manager introduced a report which recommended planning permission be granted. It was clarified that the proposed change of use and six stable barn, with access route, would be for private equestrian use, not commercial use, and lie within the Green Belt.

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the officer, where it was confirmed that private equestrian use came under the policy of recreation use, which permitted development in the Green Belt. Details were also sought on water and electricity provision for the proposed stables.

The Local Member, Councillor Trevor Carbin, then detailed the concerns of the parish council in objecting to the application, and that he felt that as it was not for commercial use as had been initially feared, the suggested conditions addressed most other concerns.

At the conclusion of discussion, it was,

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 only be used for the private stabling of horses and the storage of associated equipment and feed and shall at no time be used for any commercial purpose whatsoever, including for livery, or in connection with equestrian tuition or leisure rides. REASON: In the interests of highway safety and to protect the openness of the Green Belt
3	The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the materials stated in the application form received by the Local Planning Authority on 12th August 2013. REASON: To ensure the proposal is appropriate and to reduce its impact upon the Green Belt
4	The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the arboricultural method statement received by the Local Planning Authority on 12th August 2013. REASON: To ensure the mature trees located within the Green Belt are not harmed during construction of the development
5	The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the Planning Statement received on 11th October 2013 by the Local Planning Authority and no horse manure or any other materials shall be burnt on site. REASON: To ensure manure and waste from the site is stored and disposed of appropriately
6	The landscaping shown on the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the first use of the building 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.
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	The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans annotated as: Site Plan, Landscaping Plan, Proposed Access Track and Hardstanding, Stable Elevation and Floor Plans, Cross Section through Menage received on 11th October 2013. REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

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