Agenda item

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:

Location and Block Plan 2361/1 REV B received on 5 June 2017; and

Proposed Dayroom Plan and Elevations registered on 19 January 2017.

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

3

No development shall commence on site until the details of the materials to be used for the external walls and roofs of the 'Day Rooms' 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.

4

Prior to the commencement of development a scheme of hard and soft landscaping shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, the details of which shall include:-

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

- details of hard and soft surfacing with on-site parking and turning provision.

REASON: 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 site 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.

6

The access to the existing and new sites shall be maintained in accordance with Condition 4 to the Planning Inspector’s Appeal Decision issued under reference No, APP/F3925/C/08/2088696 dated 23 February 2009.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

7

The site shall not be permanently occupied by persons other than gypsies and travellers as defined in Annex 1 of Planning policy for traveller sites, August 2015.

REASON: Planning permission has only been granted on the basis of the provision of accommodation for gypsies and travellers and it is necessary to keep the site available to meet that need.

8

Occupation and use of the Mobile home and touring caravan hereby permitted for each pitch shall be limited solely to and by close family members of the occupants of the application site. Close family members defined as dependents, sons, daughters and grandchildren.

REASON: Planning permission has only been granted on the basis of a demonstrated unmet need for accommodation for gypsies and travellers and it is therefore necessary to keep the site available to meet that need.

9

There shall be no more than three permanent pitches on the application site, including the existing pitch.

REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and the amenity of occupants of the site.

10

No more than one commercial vehicle shall be kept on each of the three sites for use by the occupiers of the caravans hereby permitted, and they shall not exceed 3.5 tonnes in weight and no commercial activity or use, including the storage of materials and waste, shall be carried out on the site.

REASON: In the interests of residential amenity, highway safety and the character of the countryside.

11

There shall be no more than two caravans as defined in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the caravans Sites Act 1968 on each of the three sites, of which no more than one shall be a static caravan or mobile home and no more than one shall be a touring caravan, shall be stationed on the site at any time.

REASON: It is important for the local planning authority to retain control over the number of caravans on the site in order to safeguard interests of visual and residential amenity in accordance with CP47 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy 2015.

12

Prior to the commencement of development details of the extension to the works for the disposal of sewerage shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved sewerage details shall be fully implemented in accordance with the approved plans prior to the first occupation of either of the new pitches.

REASON: To ensure that the proposal is provided with a satisfactory means of drainage and does not increase the risk of flooding or pose a risk to public health or the environment

13

The development shall be carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations stipulated in section 4 of the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (TP-Ecology Ltd, 23rd July 2017) and the ecological enhancement measures proposed in section 4.19 shall be implemented.

REASON: To ensure adequate protection, mitigation and enhancement for protected and priority species and priority habitats.

14

Prior to the installation of any new external artificial lighting a lighting plan shall be submitted to Wiltshire Council for approval in writing. The lighting plan shall illustrate the location of proposed external lighting and shall specify the type, height and position of luminaire(s) and other fixtures/fittings such as cowls, louvres or baffles; and shall demonstrate that the proposed lighting will not illuminate the hedgerows and treelines along the site boundaries through provision of a lux plot/lighting contour plan.

REASON: To minimise light spillage and to maintain dark foraging and commuting corridors for bats.

15

INFORMATIVES:

For the avoidance of doubt  the requirements of Condition 4 to the Planning Inspector’s Appeal Decision issued under reference No, APP/F3925/C/08/2088696 dated 23 February 2009 were as follows:

"No development shall commence and no caravans shall be brought onto the site until a new vehicular access has been constructed and laid out as follows:

i.    The new vehicular access shall be constructed to a width of 5m from the western boundary of the site;

ii. Any gates to this access shall be set back Sm from the edge of   the carriageway and hung to open inwards;

iii  Visibility splays with intervisibility between points on X and Y axes at a height of 600mm above the adjacent carriageway/drive level shall be provided at the new point of access; the X distance measured into the site from the edge of the carriageway on the centreline of the new access shall be 204m and Y distance measured along the carriageway in both directions shall be 140m.

The access shall be retained as such thereafter."

The applicant should note that under the terms of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (as amended) it is an offence to disturb or harm any protected species, or to damage or disturb their habitat or resting place. Please note that planning permission does not override the statutory protection afforded to any such species. In the event that your proposals could potentially affect a protected species you should seek the advice of a suitably qualified and experienced ecologist.