Agenda item

Public participation

Kim Slow spoke in support of the application.

 

The Planning Officer introduced the application which recommended the application be delegated to the Area Development Manager to approve subject to the prior completion of a Section 106 legal agreement and conditions. Key issues were stated to include: highway safety, affordable housing provision, public open space provision, and visual and residential amenity.

 

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the officer. It was asked if there was any flexibility on the 25% affordable housing rate, it was heard that this had been agreed for viability reasons on the outline application. Questions were asked about the roundabout and the lack of a right hand turn at the Devizes entrance. It was explained that the site could not justify a roundabout but that speed reduction measures and lighting would be funded.

 

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

 

A debate followed where the speed limit of 40mph was discussed. It was noted that speed limits could be commented on at a later stage. The state of the derelict site next door was debated, it was stated that they hoped the rest of this site would be demolished soon. The land set aside for a roundabout and the lack of a right hand turn on the A342 was discussed.

 

At the conclusion of debate it was,

 

Resolved

 

To delegate to the Area Development Manager to approve subject to the prior completion of a Section 106 legal agreement covering the following matters and subject to the conditions set out below:

 

Section 106 –

1.      Affordable housing – 30% to be affordable;

2.      Highway works –

·                   a financial contribution towards future projects to relieve congestion in Ludgershall;

·                   a financial contribution towards bus revenue support for local services;

·                   the submission of a street lighting scheme and a financial contribution towards its provision;

·                   an assurance in perpetuity that land will be set aside at nil cost for any potential link roads and/or potential paths between the application site and adjacent land within Drummond Park and between the application site and the A3026 (whether direct or crossing the railway line or other land), and any land within the site that may be required for a potential roundabout at the junction of the ‘tank road’ and the A342 will be protected at nil cost for this purpose.

3.      Education – financial contributions towards to cost of primary and secondary education provision locally;

4.      Open  space  –  a  financial  contribution  towards  off-site  adult/sports  pitch provision/improvement in the locality;

5.      Ecology –  a  financial contribution  towards the  cost  of  future  management  and monitoring schemes for the Wessex Stone Curlew project;

6.      Community facilities – a financial contribution towards the cost of providing and/or improving existing social and community facilities within Ludgershall;

7.      Waste collection containers – a financial contribution towards the cost of waste collection containers.

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                 No development shall commence on site until details of the proposed ground floor slab levels for the dwellings have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved levels details.

 

REASON:  In the interests of visual amenity.

 

3                 No development shall commence on site until 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:  In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

 

4                  No development shall commence on site until details of the proposed Equipped Play Spaces (to comprise a 'play area' of 150sqm and a 'trim trail' of 465sqm) and the Casual Play Spaces (to total 1,469 sq m), and a programme for their provision and completion, shall be submitted to the local planning authority for approval in writing. The details shall include layout plans and drawings/specifications for the equipment to be provided. The Equipped Play Spaces and Casual Play Spaces shall be provided and completed in accordance with the details and programme as agreed.

 

REASON:    To  accord  with  the  terms  of  the  planning  application  and  to  ensure appropriate provision of play space in the interests of amenity.

 

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:-

 

a)  location and current canopy spread of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land;

 

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

 

c)  a detailed planting specification showing all plant species, supply and planting sizes and planting densities;

 

d)  finished levels and contours;

 

e)  means of enclosure;

 

f)   car park layouts;

 

g)  other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas;

 

h)  all hard and soft surfacing materials;

 

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

 

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

 

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 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.

 

7                  No development shall commence on site until details of the design, external appearance and decorative finish of all railings, fences, gates, walls, bollards and other means of enclosure (including any temporary means of enclosure between the site and the former military base) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The means of enclosure for each dwelling shall be completed in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of the dwelling concerned.

 

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

 

8                  No development shall commence on site until a landscape management plan, including long-term design objectives, management responsibilities and maintenance schedules for all landscape areas (other than small, privately owned, domestic gardens) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The landscape management plan shall be carried out as approved in accordance with the approved details.

 

REASON: To ensure the proper management of the landscaped areas in the interests of visual amenity.

 

9                  The development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the recommendations set out in the 'Extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey and Bat Suitability Assessment - Update' by Seasons Ecology and dated May 2014.

 

REASON:  To safeguard ecological interests.

 

10               No development shall commence on site until details of measures to safeguard the amenities of future occupants of the development from potential disturbance from employment and future employment developments on the adjoining business park and from the railway line have been submitted to the local planning authority for approval in writing.  Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

REASON: The adjoining business park and railway line could cause disturbance to the occupiers of the approved houses unless appropriate design or mitigation measures are applied. This is in the interests of residential amenity.

 

11               No development shall commence until full details of how on-site renewable energy will be provided to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from energy use by owners/occupiers of the dwellings by 10% 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: To achieve reductions in carbon dioxide emissions in accordance with the local planning authority's adopted policy.

 

12               No dwelling hereby permitted shall be first ccupied until the access, turning area and parking spaces serving that dwelling 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.

 

13               No development shall commence on site until a scheme for the discharge of surface water from the site, incorporating sustainable drainage principles, 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:  To ensure that the development can be adequately drained.

 

14               No development shall commence until a scheme for the disposal of foul water from the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include an options appraisal which will consider the options available and assess impacts of each on the environment and appropriate mitigation measures. No dwelling on any part of the development shall be first occupied until the approved scheme has been fully implemented.

 

REASON:  To minimise the risk of pollution to the water environment.

 

15               No development shall commence until a Construction Environmental Management Plan, incorporating pollution management measures, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The plan shall be implemented as approved throughout the construction period.

 

REASON:  To minimise risk of pollution of the water environment.

 

16               No development shall commence until a scheme for water efficiency has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

 

REASON: In the interests of sustainable development and the prudent use of natural resources.

 

17               No development shall commence on site until an investigation of the history and current condition of the site to determine the likelihood of the existence of contamination arising from previous uses has been carried out and all of the following steps have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority:

 

Step (i) A written report has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority which shall include details of the previous uses of the site for at least the last 100 years and a description of the current condition of the site with regard to any activities that may have caused contamination. The report shall confirm whether or not it is likely that contamination may be present on the site.

 

Step (ii) If the above report indicates that contamination may be present on or under the site, or if evidence of contamination is found, a more detailed site investigation and risk assessment has been carried out in accordance with DEFRA and Environment Agency's "Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination CLR11" and other authoritative guidance and a report detailing the site investigation and risk assessment shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Step (iii) If the report submitted pursuant to step (i) or (ii) indicates that remedial works are required, full details have been submitted to the Local Planning Authority and approved in writing and thereafter implemented prior to the commencement of the development or in accordance with a timetable that has been agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority as part of the approved remediation scheme. On completion of any required remedial works the applicant shall provide written confirmation to the Local Planning Authority that the works have been completed in accordance with the agreed remediation strategy.

 

REASON:  To ensure that land contamination can be dealt with adequately prior to the use of the site hereby approved.

 

18               No construction or demolition work shall take place on Sundays or Public Holidays or outside the hours of 07:30 to 18:00 Monday to Friday and 08:00 to 13:00 on Saturdays.

 

REASON:  To safeguard residential amenity.

 

19               The roads, including footpaths and turning spaces, shall be constructed so as to ensure that, before it is occupied, each dwelling has been provided with a properly consolidated and surfaced footpath and carriageway to at least base course level between the dwelling and existing highway.

 

REASON:   To ensure that the development is served by an adequate means of access.

 

20               No dwelling shall be occupied until the parking spaces together with the access thereto have been provided in accordance with the approved plans.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety and the amenity of future occupants.

 

21               No development shall commence within the development site until:

 

1.     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

 

2.     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.

 

22               The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

 

All plans set out in the 'Design and Access Statement' by James Armitage Architects & Urban Designers dated 09/06/14 and received by the lpa on 12/06/14; and

 

All drawings listed in the 'Document Issue Register' by James Armitage Architects & Urban Designers dated 30/10/14 and received by the lpa on 31/10/14.

 

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

 

23               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.

 

24               INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT: This permission shall be read in conjunction with an Agreement made under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990 and dated xxxxxxx.

25               INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT: The applicant is advised to contact Veolia regarding the design of the scheme for the discharge of foul water and how/when it will be implemented. The scheme will likely include a programme for implementation and mechanisms for funding including from the applicant.