Agenda item
14/06624/FUL - Land adjacent to Quarryfields Industrial Estate, Mere, BA12 6LA - Erect New Factory incorporating Storage Areas, Offices, Brush Museum, Areas used for Goods In and Goods Out and the formation of Vehicular and Pedestrian Access thereto
A report by the Area Development Manager is attached.
Minutes:
The Committee received a presentation by the Area Development Manager (South) which set out the main issues in respect of the application. He introduced the report which recommended that planning permission be approved subject to conditions. He referred to late representations which had been received from the Wiltshire Council Archaeologist who recommended that further trenched evaluation of the site was not necessary.
Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions after which the Committee received a statement from Cllr L Traves, expressing the views of Mere Parish Council regarding the planning application which were in support of the application.
On hearing the views of Cllr George Jeans, the local Member, in support of the application and after discussion,
Resolved:
To grant planning permission subject to the following conditions –
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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.
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Notwithstanding the details set out in the application particulars, 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. |
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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); REASON: To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing important landscape features. |
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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. |
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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. |
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No development shall commence on site until a Green Travel Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Travel Plan shall include details of implementation and monitoring and shall be implemented in accordance with these agreed details. The results of the implementation and monitoring shall be made available to the Local Planning Authority on request, together with any changes to the plan arising from those results. REASON: In the interests of road safety and reducing vehicular traffic to the development. |
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Notwithstanding the details set out in the application particulars, 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 spillage in accordance with the appropriate Environmental Zone standards set out by the Institute of Lighting Engineers in their publication "Guidance Notes for the Reduction of Obtrusive Light" (ILE, 2005)", 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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No materials, goods, plants, machinery, equipment, finished or unfinished products/parts of any description, skips, crates, containers, waste or any other item whatsoever shall be placed, stacked, deposited or stored above a height of 10 metres above the existing ground level outside any building on the site without the prior approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority. REASON: In the interests of the appearance of the site and the amenities of the area. |
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Development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the "Enhancement and Mitigation Options" set out in the Provisional Ecological Appraisal by SLR Global Environmental Solutions dated March 2013. REASON: In the interests of wildlife protection and enhancement. |
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The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 21410/HA/01B dated 08/2013 and received by lpa 09/07/2014 21410/HA/2A dated 08/2013 and received by lpa 09/07/2014 21410/CS/1 dated 07/2013 and received by lpa 09/07/2014 21410/CS/2 dated 07/2013 and received by lpa 09/07/2014 07256-1G dated 04/07/2014 and recieved by lpa 09/07/2014 07256-2Z dated 04/07/2014 and received by lpa 09/07/2014 07256-3Z dated 01/07/2014 and received by lpa 09/07/2014 07256-4Z dated 01/07/2014 and received by lpa 09/07/2014 07256-5Z dated 01/07/2014 and received by lpa 09/07/2014
REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning. |
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INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT: The consent hereby granted shall not be construed as authority to carry out works on the highway. The applicant is advised that a license may be required from Wiltshire's Highway Authority before any works are carried out on any footway, footpath, carriageway, verge or other land forming part of the highway. |
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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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