Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Application for the approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale) in pursuant of outline permission OL/TH/15/0956 for the erection of up to 28No. dwellings with associated access from Cliffside Drive

 

Speaking in favour of the application was Mr Hume.

 

Speaking raising points of concern was Mr Stringer.

 

Speaking raising points of concern was Mrs Smith.

 

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 proposed development shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted application as amended by the revised drawings numbered 1401 006 D and 1401 005 C, received 13 December 2017; revised drawing numbered 0025/17/B/1B, received 04 December 2017; revised plans numbered 1401 016 B, 1401 013 A, 1401 014 A, 1401 019, and 1401 003 E, received 30 November 2017; revised drawing numbered 1401 012 B, received 15 November 2017; revised drawings numbered 0025/17/B/1A and 12417-T-01 P2, received 19 September 2017; drawing numbered 1401 017, received 07 August 2017; and drawings numbered 1401 010, 1401 011, and 1401 015, received 2 August 2017. 

 

 GROUND:

 To secure the proper development of the area.

 

 2  Prior to the first occupation of each dwelling hereby permitted, the associated parking for that unit shall be provided and thereafter maintained. All visitor parking, as shown on the approved plan numbered 1401 003E, shall be provided prior to the occupation of the 20th unit hereby permitted.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety

 

 3  Prior to the first use of the access road hereby permitted, visibility splays of 25m x 2m x 25m at the junction between the two internal access roads, and an 18m forward visibility splay onto Cliffside Drive, as shown on the approved plan numbered 1401 003E, shall be provided and thereafter maintained, with no obstructions over 1m above carriageway level within the splays.

 

GROUND:

In the interest of highway safety.

 

 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 first 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  The bat and bird boxes and native hedgerow as shown on the approved Landscape Planting plan numbered 0025/17/B/1A should be provided prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted, and thereafter maintained.

 

GROUND:

To provide ecological enhancements, in accordance with the NPPF.

 

 6  Prior to the installation of any external lighting, details of the lighting scheme shall be first submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The lighting scheme shall include the location, height and design of the proposed lighting, and shall show only minimal lighting on site boundaries, and no lighting directed towards Tree 34.

 

GROUND:

To protect foraging and roosting bats, in accordance with the NPPF.

 

 7  Any external lighting used during construction shall be directed away from the site boundaries, and turned off when not in use.

 

GROUND:

To protect foraging and roosting bats, in accordance with the NPPF.

 

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

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety.

 

 9  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.

 

10  The development hereby permitted shall be constructed using yellow stock brick, cladding, painted render, and slate roof tiles, with samples/colours of the materials along with a material schedule identifying the use of materials for each dwelling type, to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development hereby permitted. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. 

 

GROUND:

In the interests of visual amenity, in accordance with Policy D1 of the Thanet Local Plan and the NPPF.

 

11  All first floor windows within side elevations of the proposed dwellings hereby permitted shall be provided and maintained with obscure glass. 

 

GROUND:

In the interests of neighbouring amenity, and the amenity of future occupiers of the development, in accordance with Policy D1 of the Thanet Local Plan and the NPPF.

 

12  Prior to the commencement of development hereby permitted, a Construction Management Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Construction Management Plan shall include the following details:

 

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

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

 (c) Timing of deliveries (no deliveries before 9.30 am or between 2.45 pm - 3.45 pm)

 (d) Provision of wheel washing facilities

 (e) Temporary traffic management/ signage

 

Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety.’”

 

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

 

Then it was proposed by the Chairman and seconded by Councillor L. Piper:

 

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

 

‘That the application be APPROVED subject to conditions outlined above with the addition of the following condition:

 

13  Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, the applicant, or their agents or successors in title, shall secure the implementation of a watching brief to be undertaken by an archaeologist approved by the Local Planning Authority so that the excavation is observed and items of interest and finds are recorded. The watching brief shall be in accordance with a written programme and specification, which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

GROUND:

To ensure that features of archaeological interest are properly examined and recorded in accordance with the NPPF.’”

 

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