Agenda item

14/03182/FUL: Land North of Mill Lane, Hawkeridge, Westbury, BA13 4LD

Minutes:

Public Participation

Mr Chris Beaver spoke in support of the application.

Cllr Francis Morland, Heywood Parish Council, spoke in objection to the application.

 

The Senior Planning Officer presented a report which recommended that the application be delegated to the Area Development Manager to grant permission subject to the granting of approval to application 14/03118/OUT, as the application is for a foul drainage pumping station to serve the larger Hawkeridge Business Park site. Key issues were stated to include the ecology, drainage and highways impacts, of which officers had raised no objections.

 

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the officers.

 

Members of the public then had the opportunity to present their views to the Committee, as detailed above.

 

A debate followed, where it was confirmed in response to queries that the issue of the developers having the necessary permission to access to a private piece of land for access was a civil matter for the developers to resolve. If this could not be resolved, a separate application with a different access would be required.

 

It was then,

 

Resolved:

 

To defer and delegate to the Area Development Manager to issue planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives below and subject to the approval of 14/03118/OUT outline application for the employment site at Hawkeridge, Westbury.

 

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:

 

IMA-13-054-002-Rev C received by the Local Planning Authority on 28th March 2014, Angus Meek Site Plan 2272 L03 Rev B received by the Local Planning Authority on 3rd June 2014, Angus Meek Parameters Plan Rev C received by the Local Planning Authority on 23rd June 2014

 

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

 

3

 The development shall not be commenced until a foul water drainage strategy is submitted and approved in writing by the local Planning Authority. The drainage scheme shall include appropriate arrangements for the agreed points of connection and the capacity improvements required to serve the proposed development phasing the drainage scheme shall be completed in accordance with the approved details and to a timetable agreed with the local planning authority.

 

The development shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

Reason: To ensure that proper provision is made for sewerage of the site and that the development does not increase the risk of sewer flooding to downstream property.

 

4

Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved details of the access and vehicle turning/standing area shall be  submitted to and approved by the local planning authority, and the access and vehicle turning/standing area shall be completed in accordance with the approved details prior to the pumping station being first put into use.

 

REASON: In order to ensure that an appropriate access and turning space is available before the pumping station is first brought into use

 

5

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 levels and contours;

·         means of enclosure;

·         hardsurfacing;

·         other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas;

·         minor artefacts and structures (e.g. storage units, signs, lighting etc);

·         proposed and existing functional services above and below ground (e.g. drainage, power, communications, cables, pipelines etc indicating lines, manholes, supports etc);

·         retained historic landscape features and proposed restoration, where relevant.

·         tree(s), of a size and species and in a location to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority, shall be planted in accordance with BS3936 (Parts 1 and 4), BS4043 and BS4428

 

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

 

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 use of the development hereby approved 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

Prior to the commencement of the development a condition survey of such parts of Mill Lane and footpath HEYW9 as shall have been agreed with the local planning authority shall be undertaken to record the present condition of the road and footpath, highlighting areas of failure or concern. The survey shall be undertaken in accordance with a methodology which shall previously been agreed with the local planning authority, and no work on site shall commence until the local planning authority has confirmed its acceptance of the survey findings.

 

REASON: In order to help identify structural and surface damage caused to the road and footpath as a consequence of the development.

 

INFORMATIVES

 

1

INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT: If the developer proposes to discharge into a nearby ditch/watercourse, then an application for land drainage consent would also be required.

 

2

INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT: The proposed pumping station will be subject to a Section 104 application which will require detailed design and technical review. For further information please contact Wessex Water.

 

 

Councillor Graham Wright left the meeting after this item.

 

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