Agenda item

The Head of Planning Services informed committee that United Utilities had removed their objections and appropriate conditions had been added. The Highway Authority also no longer objected.

 

RESOLVED that the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

 

Time Scale for Implementation of Consent  

 

1.         The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date hereof.

 

            REASON: Imposed In accordance with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990.

 

Approved Plans and Documents 

 

2.       The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in conformity with the following submitted plans: and details and recommendations therein received by the Local Planning Authority:

 

Location Plan KL2887 Proposed Site Plan and Block Plan KL2887 105 Rev E Proposed Elevation Plan KL2887 107 Rev A Proposed Plans KL2887 106 Rev C Proposed Plan and Elevation Details KL2887 108 Proposed Elevation Details to Plant and Store KL2887 109 Rev A

 

REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and to clarify which plans are relevant to the consent.

 

Materials

 

3.         Prior to the commencement of the construction of the development hereby approved full details of the externalmaterialsandsurfacingmaterials shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Panning Authority. The development thereafter shall be constructed in accordance with the approved materials.

  

            REASON: To ensure that the appearance of the development is appropriate to the character and setting of the area.

 

Drainage

           

4.         No construction shall commence (including any earthworks) until details of the means of ensuring the water mains and public sewers that are laid within the site boundary is protected from damage as a result of the development have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority in writing. The details shall include a survey that identifies the exact location of the water mains and public sewers, the potential impacts on the water mains and public sewers from construction activities (including the construction compound), the impacts post completion of the development on the sewer infrastructure that crosses the site and identify mitigation measures, including a timetable for implementation, to protect and prevent any damage to the sewers both during construction and post completion of the development. The details shall include a pre and post construction condition survey of water mains and public sewers within the red line boundary. Any mitigation measures shall be implemented in full prior to commencement of development in accordance with the approved details and timetable and shall be retained thereafter for the lifetime of the development. In the event that the survey of the public sewer identifies the development within a 3m standoff either side of the main (6m in total), the developer shall submit evidence to the Local Planning Authority that a diversion has been agreed with the relevant statutory undertaker and that the approved works have been undertaken prior to the commencement of development.

 

 

            REASON: In the interest of public health and to ensure protection of the public water supply.

 

5.         Prior to the commencement of development, details of a sustainable surface water drainage scheme and a foul water drainage scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The drainage schemes must include: (i) An investigation of the hierarchy of drainage options in the National Planning Practice Guidance (or any subsequent amendment thereof). This investigation shall include evidence of an assessment of ground conditions and the potential for infiltration of surface water in accordance with BRE365; (ii) A restricted rate of discharge of surface water agreed with the local planning authority (if it is agreed that infiltration is discounted by the investigations); (iii) Levels of the proposed drainage systems including proposed ground and finished floor levels in AOD; (iv) Incorporate mitigation measures to manage the risk of sewer surcharge where applicable; and (v) Foul and surface water shall drain on separate systems. The approved schemes shall also be in accordance with the Non-Statutory Technical Standards for Sustainable Drainage Systems (March 2015) or any subsequent replacement national standards. Prior to occupation of the proposed development, the drainage schemes shall be completed in accordance with the approved details and retained thereafter for the lifetime of the development.

 

            REASON: To promote sustainable development, secure proper drainage and to manage the risk of flooding and pollution.

Highways

 

6.         No development shall commence on the site until such time as a construction traffic management plan, including as a minimum details of the routing of construction traffic, wheel cleansing facilities, vehicle parking facilities, and a timetable for their provision, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The construction of the development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details and timetable.

 

            REASON: To reduce the possibility of deleterious material (mud, stones etc.) being deposited in the highway and becoming a hazard for road users, to ensure that construction traffic does not use unsatisfactory roads and lead to on-street parking problems in the area.

 

7.         No part of the development hereby permitted shall be occupied until such time as the access arrangements shown on WDP drawing number 105 Rev B have been implemented in full.

 

            REASON: To ensure that vehicles entering and leaving the site may pass each other clear of the highway, in a slow and controlled manner, in the interests of general highway safety and in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework (2021).

 

8.         The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until such time as the parking and turning facilities have been implemented in accordance with WDP drawing number 105 Rev B. Thereafter the onsite parking provision shall be so maintained in perpetuity.

 

            REASON: To ensure that adequate off-street parking provision is made to reduce the possibility of the proposed development leading to on-street parking problems locally and to enable vehicles to enter and leave the site in a forward direction in the interests of highway safety and in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework (2021).

 

9.         Prior to development above ground details of all cycle stores (including design, materials and finishes) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved cycle stores shall be provided and available for use prior to the occupation of the associated plot or in the case of the flats prior to occupation of the first flat. The cycle stores shall be retained at all times thereafter.

 

            REASON: In the interest of providing suitable storage for cycles and sustainable modes of travel.

 

10.       The surface water from the approved car park should be collected within the site and drained to a suitable internal outfall. Prior to commencement of the development details of the drainage strategy shall be 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 interest of highway safety to prevent water from discharging onto the public highway.

 

11.       No building or use hereby permitted shall be occupied or use commenced until a delivery and servicing plan has been prepared, submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The measures shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with the approved delivery and servicing plan for the lifetime of the development. The delivery and servicing plan shall include:

 

•     The contact details of a suitably qualified co-ordinator;

•     How vehicle arrivals, departures, parking, stopping and waiting will be controlled to minimise any impact on the adopted highway;

•     Details of any freight consolidation operation, centre and the delivery and servicing booking and management systems.

 

            REASON: In the interests of highway safety and to minimise the impact of vehicles servicing the development upon congestion.

 

Landscaping and Tree Planting

 

12.       The proposed landscaping as shown on the approved landscape plans, shall be planted at the site or at a phased programme of landscaping agreed previously agreed in writing by the LPA.  If, within a period of ten years following planting, any trees on the site die, they shall be replaced with a comparable replacement. The mitigation measures contained within the Arboriculture Impact Assessment dated 29/03/22 shall be fully complied with throughout the development with protective fencing retained as appropriate.

 

            REASON: In the interest of visual amenity and biodiversity.

 

13.       Within 1 month of the date of this permission full details of number, type and their siting of bird and bat boxes shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The boxes shall be implemented prior to occupation or use of any of the buildings hereby approved.

 

            REASON: In the interest of visual amenity and biodiversity.

 

Electric Vehicle Charging Points

 

14.       Prior to the development being brought into use, further details of electric vehicle charging points, their number, location and appearance following matters shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The charging points shall be installed in accordance with the approved details prior to the use of the new car park.

 

            REASON: In the interest of sustainable travel measures and reduce the impact of carbon footprint.

 

15.       The residential use of the building shown on Plan reference KL2887 108 shall not commence until the new community building including shop, café and post office shown on Plan references KL2887 106 A and 107 A has been completed and occupied.

 

            REASON; In the interest of safeguarding employment opportunities and community benefit.

 

16.       The proposed medical/therapy rooms within the Chapel Building shall be used for Medical/Therapy rooms on an appointment only basis and for no other purpose (including any other purpose in Class E of Part 11 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any statutory instrument revoking and re[1]enacting that Order with or without modification)

 

            REASON; In the interest of highway safety and residential amenity.

           

17.       The operation of the activities associated with the Chapel Building shall be restricted to the hours of 0800 TO 1900 hours Monday to Friday and 0800 to 1700 Saturday and Sunday and the hub building 0800 to 2300 hours Monday to Saturday and 0800 to 1700 on Sunday.

 

            REASON; In the interest of safeguarding residential amenity.

 

(Councillor Simon Hore was given permission to speak on the above application)