Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Erection of three storey building containing 4 No 2 bed flats and 2 No 1 bed flats with associated car parking following demolition of existing house

 

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 submitted drawings numbered 07A (received 15/09/17), 08A (received 15/09/17), 09A (received 15/09/17) and 11 (received 15/09/17).

 

GROUND:

To secure the proper development of the area.

 

 3  The ceilings and floors that separate the residential units, hereby approved  shall resist the transmission of airborne sound such that the weighted standardised difference (DnT, W + Ctr) shall not be less than 50 decibels. The weighted standardized difference (DnT, W) a spectrum adaption term, Ctr, is quoted according to BS EN ISO 16283-1:2014.

 

GROUND:

To safeguard the residential amenities in accordance with Policy D1 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

 4  The area shown on the submitted plan as vehicle parking spaces and turning areas, shall be kept available for such use at all times and such land and access thereto shall be provided prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted.

 

GROUND:

Development without adequate provision for the parking or turning of cars is likely to lead to parking inconvenient to other road users and detrimental to amenity and in pursuance of policy D1 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

 5  No residential unit shall be occupied until a scheme for the parking of cycles has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be fully implemented before the development is first occupied or brought into use and thereafter retained for this purpose.

 

GROUND:

To ensure the provision of adequate cycle parking that meets the needs of occupiers of the proposed development and in the interests of encouraging the use of sustainable modes of transport.

 

 6  Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted the vehicular access shall be provided and thereafter retained at the position shown on the approved plan numbered 09A (received 15/09/17).

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety.

 

 7  The development hereby approved shall incorporate a bound surface materials for the first 5 metres of the access from the edge of the highway.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety.

 

 8  The gradient of the vehicular access shall not exceed 1:10 for the first 1.5 metres into the site from the highway boundary and shall not exceed 1:8 thereafter.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety.

 

 9  Prior to the first occupation of the units hereby permitted pedestrian visibility splays of 2metres by 2metres behind the footway on both sides of the dwelling access with no obstructions over 0.6m above footway level shall be provided and thereafter maintained.

 

GROUND:

In the interest of highway safety.

 

10  Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted a visibility splay shall be provided in full accordance with the details indicated on the approved plan. The splay shall thereafter be maintained at all times free from any obstruction exceeding  0.9  metres above the level of the adjacent highway carriageway.

 

GROUND:

In the interest of highway safety.

 

11  Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved a Construction Management Plan shall be submitted to include the following:

a)  Routing of construction and delivery vehicles to/from the site

b)  Parking and turning areas for construction and delivery vehicles and site personnel

c)  Timing of deliveries

d)  Provision of wheel washing facilities

e)  Temporary traffic management/signage

 

GROUND:

In the interest of highway safety.

 

12  A landscape management plan (including long term design objectives), management responsibilities and maintenance schedules for all landscape areas, other than small, privately owned, domestic gardens, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority prior to the occupation of the development or any phase of the development, whichever is the sooner, for its approved use. The landscape management plan shall be carried out as approved.

 

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

 

13  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.

 

14  The refuse storage facilities and clothes drying facilities as specified upon the approved drawing 09A and received 15/09/17 shall be provided prior to the first occupation of the units hereby approved and shall be kept available for that use at all times.

 

GROUND:

To secure a satisfactory standard of development and in the interests of the amenities of the area, in accordance with policy D1 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

15  Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby approved shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved samples.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of visual amenity in accordance with Policy D1 of the Thanet Local Plan 

 

16  All new window and door openings shall be set within reveals not less than 100mm.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of visual amenity in accordance with Policy D1 of the Thanet Local Plan

 

17  The first and second floor windows in the east and west-facing elevation serving the kitchens of flat 4, 5 and 6, en-suite, bathroom  to flat 6 and living/dining area of flat 6 of the building hereby approved shall be provided and maintained with obscure glass and be top hung only.

 

GROUND:

To safeguard the privacy and amenities currently enjoyed by the occupiers of adjoining residential properties in accordance with policy D1 of the Thanet Local Plan

 

18  Prior to occupation of any residential units to which they relate the privacy screens to the balconies and patio areas shall be fitted and maintained with a 2 metre obscure privacy screen as detailed on drawing numbered 07A (received 15/09/17). The screens shall thereafter be maintained.

 

GROUND:

To safeguard the privacy and amenities currently enjoyed by the occupiers of adjoining residential properties in accordance with policy D1 of the Thanet Local Plan.’”

 

Further to debate, the motion was put to the vote and declared LOST.

 

Then, it was proposed by Councillor D Saunders and seconded by Councillor Buckley:

 

“That the application be REFUSED due to its depth and scale which would appear cramped and out of keeping with the character and appearance of the street scene and the Area of High townscape value, contrary to Policies D1 and D7 of the Thanet Local Plan.”

 

Upon being put to the vote, the motion was declared CARRIED.