Agenda item

*The Committee considered the under-mentioned applications in light of reports by the Development Management and Conservation Manager and resolved as follows:

 

CHE/23/00650/FUL - ERECTION OF A RAIL-RELATED RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION AND TRAINING CENTRE INCLUDING ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE, ANCILLARY WORKS AND ELECTRICITY SUB STATION AT BARROW HILL RAILWAY CENTRE, CAMPBELL DRIVE, BARROW HILL FOR CHESTERFIELD BOROUGH COUNCIL.

 

In accordance with Minute No. 299 (2001/2002) Mr Peck (applicant’s agent) addressed the meeting.

 

*RESOLVED

 

That the officer recommendation be upheld and the application be approved 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.

 

2.  The development hereby approved shall only be carried out in full accordance with the approved plans (listed below) with the exception of any approved non-material amendment or conditional requirement. All external dimensions and elevational treatments shall be as shown on the approved plan/s (listed below).

 

Proposed roof plan 22048-FSA-XX-00-DR-A-1802 received 24.10.2023

Existing location plan 22048-FSA-XX-XX-DR-A-0800 received 24.10.2023

Existing site plan 22048-FSA-XX-XX-DR-A-0801 received 24.10.2023

Proposed location plan 22048-FSA-XX-XX-DR-A-0802 received 24.10.2023

Proposed site plan 22048-FSA-XX-XX-DR-A-0803 received 24.10.2023

Existing elevations 22048-FSA-XX-XX-DR-A-2800 received 24.10.2023

Proposed elevations 22048-FSA-XX-XX-DR-A-2801 received 24.10.2023

Proposed typical sections 22048-FSA-XX-XX-DR-A-3800 received 24.10.2023

Proposed site isometric 22048-FSA-XX-XX-DR-A-7800 received 24.10.2023

Finished levels plan 22214-RLL-23-XX-DR-C-2001 REV P02 received 24.10.2023

Proposed ground floor plan 22048-FSA-XX-00-DR-A-1800-P01 received 26.10.2023

Proposed first floor plan 22048-FSA-XX-01-DR-A-1801-P01 received 26.10.2023

 

3. a) No development shall take place until a Written Scheme of Investigation for archaeological work has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in writing, and until any pre-start element of the approved scheme has been completed to the written satisfaction of the local planning authority. The scheme shall include an assessment of significance and research questions; and

1.  The programme and methodology of site investigation and recording

2.  The programme for post investigation assessment

3.  Provision to be made for analysis of the site investigation and recording

4.  Provision to be made for publication and dissemination of the analysis and records of the site investigation;

5.  Provision to be made for archive deposition of the analysis and records of the site investigation; and

6.  Nomination of a competent person or persons/organisation to undertake the works set out within the Written Scheme of Investigation.

b) No development shall take place other than in accordance with the archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation approved under part (a).

c) The development shall not be occupied until the site investigation and post investigation assessment has been completed in accordance with the programme set out in the archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation approved under part (a) and the provision to be made for analysis, publication and dissemination of results and archive deposition has been secured.

 

4.  No development shall commence until:

 

a) a scheme of further intrusive investigations has been carried out on the site to establish the risks posed to the development by past coal mining activity, and;

b) any remediation works and/or mitigation measures to address land instability arising from coal mining legacy, as may be necessary, have been implemented on site in full in order to ensure that the site is safe and stable for the development proposed.

The intrusive site investigations and remedial works shall be carried out in accordance with authoritative UK guidance.

                   

5.  Prior to the occupation of the development, or it being taken into beneficial use, a signed statement or declaration prepared by a suitably competent person confirming that the site is, or has been made, safe and stable for the approved development shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval in writing.  This document shall confirm the methods and findings of the intrusive site investigations and the completion of any remedial works and/or mitigation necessary to address the risks posed by past coal mining activity.

 

6.  Prior to the development commencing above slab level, details of the proposed cycle parking facilities shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority. The agreed cycle parking shall be installed on site prior to the building being brought into use.

 

7.  The proposed development work shall be undertaken in accordance with good working practice for ecology, including the covering overnight of any holes or trenches during construction works to prevent mammals, such as hedgehogs, from falling in and being unable to escape.

 

8.  Prior to first occupation of the development hereby approved; details of treatment of soft landscaping within the red and blue edged area, which will achieve a net gain (ideally as close to 10% as is possible) in biodiversity shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The site shall be landscaped strictly in accordance with the approved details in the first planting season after completion or first occupation of the development, whichever is the sooner.

             Details shall include:

1)   an updated metric to align with the proposed soft landscaping and/or enhancement measures.

2)   a scheme of biodiversity enhancement measures (other than soft landscaping)

3)   a scaled plan showing all soft landscaping proposed; detailing sizes and numbers/densities of all planting, all with the aim of enhancing biodiversity;

 

 

 

9.  A Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (LEMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the occupation of the development. The LEMP shall cover all retained and created habitats within the red and blue edged land, based on the updated Biodiversity metric calculation and landscaping of the site to be agreed under condition 8 above.

The content of the LEMP shall include the following;

a) Description and evaluation of features to be managed;

b) Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management;

c) Aims and objectives of management;

d)Appropriate management options for achieving aims and objectives;

e) Prescriptions for management actions;

f) Preparation of a work schedule (including an annual work plan capable of being rolled forward over a thirty-year period);

g) Details of the body or organization responsible for implementation of the plan;

h) Ongoing monitoring and remedial measures,

i) Details of the company to be set up to manage the any private highways areas and the landscaped areas of the site in perpetuity,

The LEMP shall also include details of the legal and funding mechanism(s) by which the long-term (30 Years +) implementation of the plan will be secured by the developer with the management body(ies) responsible for its delivery. The plan shall also set out (where the results from monitoring show that conservation aims and objectives of the LEMP are not being met) how contingencies and/or remedial action will be identified, agreed and implemented so that the development still delivers the fully functioning biodiversity objectives of the originally approved scheme. The approved plan shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

 

10. Prior to the commencement of development potential ground condition matters shall be further investigated in line with the recommendations of the Phase II Interpretive Ground Investigation report dated May 2023 ref: P22-214 Rev P_02 22214-RL-23-00-RP-O-4002, which recommended:

-  submission of an Earthworks Specification

-  a bore hole shall be drilled in the south eastern most site extents for confirmation that the Second Ell coal seam is absent in this locality, the results of which shall be submitted

-  A CL:AIRE approved Materials Management Plan (MMP) shall be submitted for the re-use of soils on Site

All to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority and any further mitigations measures implemented in full.

 

11. Prior to the external cladding being affixed to the building details of the cladding material and its junctions to openings and eaves shall be submitted to and approved in writing. The agreed details shall be installed on the building prior to it being brought into use.

 

12. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the submitted report, "'Drainage Strategy' 22214-RLL-23-XX-RP-C-0001 (rev P02) prepared by RLRE, dated 14/09/2023", unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

13. Prior to the installation of services and lighting fixtures, a detailed lighting strategy shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority to safeguard bats, badgers and other nocturnal wildlife. The Strategy should provide details of the chosen luminaires, their locations and any mitigating features such as dimmers, PIR sensors and timers. A lux contour plan will be required to demonstrate acceptable levels of lightspill to sensitive ecological zones/features. Guidelines can be found in Guidance Note 08/18 - Bats and Artificial Lighting in the UK (BCT and ILP, 2018). Such approved measures will be implemented in full.

 

14. Prior to development commencing, an Employment and Training Scheme shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for consideration and written approval. The Scheme shall include a strategy to promote local supply chain, employment and training opportunities throughout the construction of the development.

 

15. Prior to the development being brought into use details of the Electric Vehicle Charging to be provided on site shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority and installed as agreed. 

 

16.  Prior to works commencing on the proposed substation details of this structure shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, the substation shall be installed as agreed.

 

17. Prior to the commencement of development a statement to set out how the development will mitigate climate change and seek to reduce emissions both through construction and post occupation shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Works shall be completed in accordance with the agreed details.