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/20/00159/FUL - ERECTION OF A 64 BED, 2 STOREY, RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME FOR THE ELDERLY WITH ROOFSPACE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS AT THE FORMER WALTON PH, 59 ST AUGUSTINES ROAD, CHESTERFIELD, DERBYSHIRE S40 2SA FOR CROWN CARE DEVELOPMENTS

 

In accordance with Minute No. 299 (2001/2002) Councillor Flood  (objector) addressed the meeting.

 

That the officer recommendation be upheld and the application be approved subject to the following conditions:-

 

Time Limit etc

 

A. 1.  The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

 

2.  All external dimensions and elevational treatments shall be as shown on the approved plans (listed below) with the exception of any approved non material amendment.

 

Location Plan - 1902

Site Plan As Existing - 1902 FL(0-)01

Site Plan As Proposed - 1902 CL(0-)02F

Block Plan - 1902 CL(0-)03

GF Plan - 1902 CL(2-)01D

FF Plan - 1902 CL(2-)02E

SF Plan - 1902 CL(2-)03E

Roof Plan - 1902 CL(27)01E

Elevations - 1902 CL(2-)04B

Street Sections - 1902 CL(2-)05A

Elevations with Overlay - 1902 CL(2-)06

Design and Access Statement

Phase I SI Desk Top Study

Coal Mining Search

Intrusive Site Investigation

Ecological Survey

Ecological Survey with Updated Walkover

Landscape & Ecological Management Plan

Drainage Layout

Green Travel Plan

Visualisation of Scheme (3D)

Site Photographs

 

Drainage

 

3.  The site shall be developed with separate systems of drainage for foul and surface water on and off site. The maximum foul water discharge rate shall not exceed 5 (five) litres per second. 

 

4.  There shall be no piped discharge of surface water from the development prior to the completion of surface water drainage works, details of which will have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. If discharge to public sewer is proposed, the information shall include, but not be exclusive to:-

 

i)   evidence that other means of surface water drainage have been properly considered and why they have been discounted; and

ii)  the means of discharging to the public sewer network at a rate to be agreed by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with the statutory sewerage undertaker.

 

Land Condition

 

5.  Development shall not commence until the results and conclusions of the intrusive site investigations already undertaken have been considered and corroborated by a suitably qualified person to address the comments of the Coal Authority (dated 24 March 2020); and if necessary a further scheme of remediation and mitigation has been prepared and submitted to the Local Planning Authority for consideration and written approval.  Only those details which receive the written approval of the Local Planning Authority shall be carried out on site.

 

Archaeology

 

6.  No development shall take place until a written scheme of investigation (WSI) for archaeological work has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in writing. For land that is included within the WSI, no development shall take place other than in accordance with the agreed WSI, which shall include the statement of significance and research objectives; and:

 

•    The programme and methodology of site investigation and recording and the nomination of a competent person(s) or organisation to undertake the agreed works

 

•   The programme for post-investigation assessment and subsequent analysis, publication & dissemination and deposition of resulting material. This part of the condition shall not be discharged until these elements have been fulfilled in accordance with the programme set out in the WSI.

 

Highways

 

7.  Prior to the commencement of development a detailed scheme of highway improvement works for the provision of the amended access onto St Augustines Road, together with a programme for the implementation and completion of the works, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  These works shall include the creation of a dropped kerb access arrangement, the closure of any redundant access points and provision of exit visibility splays.  No part of the development shall be brought into use until the required highway improvement works have been constructed in accordance with the approved details. 

 

8.  No development shall take place until a Construction Management Plan or Construction Method Statement (CMP / CMS) has been submitted to and been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved plan/statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. The statement shall provide for:

 

-   parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors

-   routes for construction traffic

-   swept paths for construction vehicles expected to enter the site  (largest vehicle to be demonstrated)

-   hours of operation

-   method of prevention of debris being carried onto highway

-   pedestrian and cyclist protection

-   proposed temporary traffic restrictions

-   arrangements for turning vehicles

 

9.  Throughout the period of development vehicle wheel cleaning facilities shall be provided and retained within the site. All construction vehicles shall have their wheels cleaned before leaving the site in order to prevent the deposition of mud and other extraneous material on the public highway.

 

10. No part of the development hereby approved shall be occupied until space has been laid out within the site in accordance with the approved plan for cars to be parked and for vehicles to be manoeuvred such that they may enter and leave the site in forward gear.  Thereafter all spaces and dedicated manoeuvring areas shall be maintained free from any impediment to their designated use in perpetuity.  

 

11. No building or use hereby permitted shall be occupied until a Travel Plan comprising immediate, continuing and long-term measures to promote and encourage alternatives to single-occupancy car use has been prepared, submitted to and been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved Travel Plan shall then be implemented, monitored and reviewed in accordance with the agreed Travel Plan Targets.

 

12. The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until further details of the 10 no. cycle parking spaces have been submitted, approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and implemented.  The cycle parking facilities shall thereafter be retained for use by the staff, occupants of, and visitors to, the development at all times.

 

Ecology

 

13. A Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (LEMP) shall be submitted to, and be approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development. 

 

The LEMP shall a include details of the legal and funding mechanism(s) by which the long-term implementation of the plan will be secured by the developer with the management body(ies) responsible for its delivery for a period of no less than 10 years. 

 

The scheme shall include a timetable for implementation relative to the completion of dwellings hereby approved. Thereafter the approved ecological mitigation, compensation and enhancement scheme shall be implemented in full in accordance with the approved timetable and retained as such thereafter.

 

The approved plan will be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

 

14. There shall be no removal of hedgerows, trees, shrubs, brambles or ground clearance take place between 1st March and 31st August inclusive, unless a competent ecologist has undertaken a careful, detailed check of the area for active birds’ nests immediately before the work is commenced.  Provided that the ecologist is satisfied that no birds will be harmed, and/or that there are appropriate measures in place to protect nesting bird interest on site and the Local Planning Authority receive written confirmation of such (which shall subsequently need to be approved in writing), works will thereafter be permitted to take place in accordance with any protection measures recommended without restriction. 

 

15. Measures to maintain connectivity for hedgehogs shall be clearly shown on a plan (gaps 130 mm x 130 mm in close-board fencing and/or railings and/or hedgerows) and the detail thereof shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for their written approval prior to any boundary treatments being implemented on site.  Thereafter these details shall be retained on site throughout the lifetime of the development. 

 

Landscaping

 

16. Within 2 months of commencement of development, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, details of a soft landscaping scheme for the approved development shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for consideration.

 

The required soft landscape scheme shall include planting plans; written specifications (including cultivation and other operations associated with plant and grass establishment); schedules of plants, noting species, plant sizes and proposed numbers; densities where appropriate, an implementation programme and a schedule of landscape maintenance for a minimum period of five years. Those details, or any approved amendments to those details shall be carried out in accordance with the implementation programme.

 

17. If, within a period of five years from the date of the planting of any tree or plant, that tree or plant, or any tree or plant planted as a replacement for it, is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies, or becomes, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, seriously damaged or defective, another tree or plant of the same species and size as that originally planted shall be planted at the same place, unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

 

18. Within 2 months of commencement of development, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, full details of hard landscape works for the approved development shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for consideration.

 

Hard landscaping includes proposed finished land levels or contours; means of enclosure (boundary treatments / fences / railings); minor artefacts and structures (e.g. furniture, play equipment, refuse or other storage units, signs, lighting etc.) retained historic landscape features and proposals for restoration, where relevant. These works shall be carried out as approved prior to the occupation of the building. 

 

Local Labour

 

19. 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.

 

Others

 

20. Consent hereby approved does not extend to the window openings serving Dining Room F and the F4 Corridor.  Prior to commencement of development revised details shall be submitted amending these windows to single casement and detailing them as obscurely glazed.  Only those details which receive written approval by the Local Planning Authority shall be implemented on site in accordance with the approved scheme and shall thereafter be maintained as approved in perpetuity. 

 

21. Prior to the commencement of the development, details of the existing and proposed land levels and the proposed floor levels of the development hereby approved shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for consideration. The details submitted shall include sufficient cross sections to fully assess the relationship between the proposed levels and immediately adjacent land/dwellings.  The development shall be constructed at the levels approved under this condition unless otherwise agreed, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority.

 

22. Construction work (inc. any site clearance and demolition works) shall only be carried out on site between 8:00am and 6:00pm Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm on a Saturday and no work on a Sunday or Public Holiday.  The term "work" will also apply to the operation of plant, machinery and equipment.

 

23. Before construction works commence or ordering of external materials takes place, precise specifications or samples of the walling and roofing materials to be used shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for consideration. Only those materials approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority shall be used as part of the development.

 

24. Electric Vehicle Charging Points (EVCPs) shall be provided in accordance with the approved site layout for at least 2 no. car parking spaces; and passive provision shall be made available for the remainder of the site so that spaces are capable of being readily converted to EVCPs in the future.  Thereafter the EVCP’s shall be retained and maintained operational for the lifetime of the development. 

 

B. That a S106 agreement be negotiated concerning % for Art and signed concurrent with the planning permission.

 

Councillor Kelly joined the meeting at this point.

 

CHE/20/00125/OUT -OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR DETACHED TWO BEDROOM DWELLING AT 15 NEWBRIDGE LANE, BRIMINGTON, CHESTERFIELD S43 1LX

That the officer recommendation be upheld and the application be approved subject to the following conditions:-

 

Reserved matters submission

 

1.  Approval of the details of the access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the site (hereinafter called "the reserved matters") shall be obtained from the Local Planning Authority in writing before any development is commenced.

 

Time frame for reserved matters submission

 

2.  Application for approval of all the reserved matters shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

 

Time frame for commencement

 

3.  The development hereby permitted shall be begun either before the expiration of five years from the date of this permission, or before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters to be approved, whichever is the later.

 

Land contamination

 

4.  Concurrent with the submission of a reserved matters application, evidence that the site is suitable for use shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for consideration and written approval. The evidence shall include the completion of

 

a.    a Phase 1/desk study report documenting the previous land use history of the site.

 

b.    a Phase 2/intrusive site investigation where the previous use of the site indicates contaminative use(s). The site investigation/phase 2 report shall document the ground conditions of the site. The site investigation shall establish the full extent, depth and cross-section, nature and composition of contamination. Ground gas, ground water and chemical analysis, identified as being appropriate desktop study, shall be carried out in accordance with current guidance using UKAS accredited methods. All technical data must be submitted to the Local Planning Authority.

 

c.    a Remediation Strategy (if necessary) and

 

d.    a Validation report

 

All the reports a) to c) shall be submitted to the Council and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the development commencing.

 

Hours of construction

 

5.  Construction work shall only be carried out between the hours of 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday to Friday and 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on a Saturday. Construction work shall not be carried out on Sundays or Public Holidays. The term ‘construction work’ shall include mobile and fixed plant/machinery, (e.g. generators) radios and the delivery of construction materials

 

Details of surface water drainage

 

6.  Concurrent with a reserved matters application details of the proposed means of disposal of foul and surface water drainage, including details of any balancing works and off-site works shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for written approval. Only those details which have been approved in writing by The Local Planning Authority shall be installed on site.

 

Highways – submission of visibility splays

 

7.  The details submitted as part of the reserved matters scheme shall include detail showing the existing access to Newbridge Lane to be modified in accordance with details to be submitted for consideration. The detail shall provide visibility splays of 2.4m x 25m in the critical direction and 2.4m x maximum achievable over land the subject of the application, land in the ownership/control of the applicant and highway to 1.0m into the carriageway in the non-critical direction. The area in advance of the sightlines shall be maintained clear of any object greater than 1m in height (0.6m in the case of vegetation) relative to the adjoining nearside carriageway channel level.

 

Highways – no gates or barriers

 

8.  There shall be no gates or other barriers on the existing or new access.

 

Highways – gradient of access

 

9.  The proposed access/driveway to serve the replacement parking for the existing dwelling shall ideally be no steeper than 1:14 and no steeper than 1:12. 

 

Highways – parking provision provided prior to occupation

 

10.  The details submitted as part of the reserved matters scheme shall include parking provision for the existing dwelling (1 space) and the proposed dwelling (2 spaces). The dwelling hereby approved shall not be occupied until the agreed parking for both the existing and proposed dwelling has been provided and constructed all as agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority and which shall thereafter be maintained throughout the life of the development free from any impediment to its designated use. 

 

Electric charging provision

 

11. A residential charging point shall be provided for the additional dwelling with an IP65 rated domestic 13amp socket, directly wired to the consumer unit with 32 amp cable to an appropriate RCD. The socket shall be located where it can later be changed to a 32amp EVCP. Alternative provision to this specification must be approved in writing, by the local planning authority. The electric vehicle charging points shall be provided in accordance with the stated criteria prior to occupation and shall be maintained for the life of the approved development.

 

Materials

 

12. Concurrent with the submission of a reserved matters application, precise specifications or samples of the walling and roofing materials to be used shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for consideration. Only those materials approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority shall be used as part of the development unless otherwise agreed by the Local Planning Authority in writing.

 

Biodiversity enhancement

 

13. Concurrent with the submission of landscaping details as part of a reserved matters application plans/drawings shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for written approval demonstrating the creation of suitable habitat which enhances the ecological interest of the site, in line with guidance within Paragraph 175d of the NPPF. This could include native landscaping, retention of existing features of ecological value (such as the hedgerow) and incorporation of bat and bird boxes into the new dwelling. The approved biodiversity enhancement shall be installed in accordance with the approved details in the first planting season after completion or first occupation of the development whichever is the sooner.