Agenda item

A report by the Case Officer is attached.

The following person spoke against the application

Mr Ron Young, a local resident

The following people spoke in support of the application

Mrs Emma Green, Headteacher of the Pre-School

Mr Mark Pettitt, the agent

The Committee received a presentation from the Area Development Manager which set out the main issues in respect of the application, with a recommendation that planning permission be granted, subject to conditions.

Members had the opportunity to ask technical questions after which the Committee received statements from members of the public as detailed above, expressing their views regarding the planning application.

After discussion,

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 be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents:

Application Form received 9th November 2015

Location Plan - 150111-01 received 9th November 2015

Fence and Gate Detail - 150111-03 received 9th November 2015

Arboricultural Impact Assessment by SJ Stephens Associates received 9th November 2015

Design Scheme - 150111-02 Rev A received 7th January 2016

Ramsbury Pre-School Travel Plan received 7th January 2016

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

3. No development shall commence on site until the exact 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: The application contained insufficient information to enable this matter to be considered prior to granting planning permission and the matter is required to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority before development commences in order that the development is undertaken in an acceptable manner, in the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

4. 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 

a.    course of development;

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

d)    and planting densities;

e)    finished levels and contours;

f)     means of enclosure;

g)    car park layouts;

h)    other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas;

i)     all hard and soft surfacing materials;

j)     minor artefacts and structures (e.g. furniture, play equipment, refuse and other

k)      storage units, signs, lighting etc);

REASON: The application contained insufficient information to enable this matter to be considered prior to granting planning permission and the matter is required to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority before development commences in order that the development is undertaken in an acceptable manner, to ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing important landscape features.

5. 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.