Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Change of use to land as an extension to the existing caravan site.

Speaking raising points of concern was Mr Brown.

Speaking as ward councillor was Councillor Crow-Brown.

It was proposed by the Chairman and seconded by the Vice Chairman:

“THAT the officer’s recommendation be adopted, namely:

‘That 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.

GROUND:

In accordance with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Purchase Act 2004).

 2  The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the amended site plan dated 12 October 2016, with no caravans to be sited within the area marked as landscaping (open land with grass and trees).

GROUND:

To secure the proper development of the area, and in the interests of the visual amenities of the area and to adequately integrate the development into the environment in accordance with Policies D1 and D2 of the Thanet Local Plan

 3  Prior to the commencement of development hereby approved, full details of both hard and soft landscape works, to include:

o species, size and location of new trees, shrubs, hedges and grassed areas to be planted

o the boundary treatment with Rose Cottage, to include a landscape buffer along the north-western boundary of the site with Rose Cottage,

o walls, fences, other means of enclosure proposed

shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and to adequately integrate the development into the environment in accordance with Policies D1 and D2 of the Thanet Local Plan

 4  All hard and soft landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The works shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development, or in accordance with a programme of works to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. Any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development 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 the Local Planning Authority gives any written consent to any variation.

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area in accordance with Policies D1 and D2 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 5  Existing trees, shrubs and hedgerows identified for retention within the development site or existing trees growing on an adjacent site, where excavations, changes to land levels or underground works are within the crown spread, shall be protected in accordance with BS 5837: 2005 using the following protective fence specification:-

o  Chestnut paling fence 1.2m in height, to BS 1722 part 4, securely mounted on 1.7m x 7cm x  7.5cm timber posts driven firmly into the ground.  The fence shall be erected below the outer most limit of the branch spread or at a distance equal to half the height of the tree, whichever is the furthest from the tree, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

The protective fencing shall be erected before the works hereby approved or any site clearance work commences, and shall thereafter be maintained until the development has been completed.

At no time during the site works shall building materials, machinery, waste, chemicals, stored or piled soil, fires or vehicles be allowed within the protective fenced area.

Nothing shall be attached or fixed to any part of a retained tree and it should not be used as an anchor point.

There shall be no change in the original soil level, nor trenches excavated within the protective fenced area.

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and to adequately integrate the development into the environment, in accordance with Thanet Local Plan Policies D1 and D2.

 6  The caravans shall be occupied for holiday purposes only and no caravan shall be occupied as a person's sole, or main place of residence.

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and landscape character of the countryside, in accordance with Policies CC1 and CC2 of the Thanet Local Plan 2006 and National Planning Policy Framework.

 7  The owners/operators shall maintain an up-to-date register of the names of all owners/occupiers of individual caravans/log cabins/chalets on the site, and of their main home addresses, and shall make this information available at all reasonable times to the Local Planning Authority.

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and landscape character of the countryside, in accordance with Policies CC1 and CC2 of the Thanet Local Plan 2006 and National Planning Policy Framework.

 8  No more than three caravans shall be sited on the land.

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and to adequately integrate the development into the environment in accordance with Policies D1 and D2 of the Thanet Local Plan’”

Following debate, the motion was put to the vote and declared CARRIED.