Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Outline planning application for the erection of 22 dwellings including access.

 

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

 

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

 

‘To DEFER & DELEGATE for approval subject to receipt of Section 106 agreement securing required planning obligations and the following conditions

 

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

 

GROUND:

As no such details have been submitted.

 

 2  Plans and particulars of the reserved matters referred to in condition 1 above, shall be submitted in writing to the Local Planning Authority and shall be carried out as approved.

 

GROUND:

In accordance with Section 92(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004).

 

 3  Application for approval of the reserved matters shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of 3 years from the date of this permission.

 

GROUND:

In accordance with Section 92(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004).

 

 4  The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of 2 years from the date of the approval of the last of the reserved matters to be approved.  

 

GROUND:

In accordance with Section 92(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004).

 

 5  Details pursuant to condition 1 shall include full details of the enhancements to the pedestrian link with Esmonde Drive and Manston Road.  These shall be implemented prior to the occupation of the units hereby approved and thereafter permanently retained.  

 

GROUND:

In the interests of sustainability and the integration of the development into the surrounding area.  

 

 6  Details pursuant to condition 1 shall include full details (in the form of scaled plans and / or written specifications) to illustrate the following: -

i) Parking provision in accordance with adopted standard.

ii) Turning areas

iii) secure, covered cycle parking facilities

The scheme shall be implemented as approved prior to the first occupation of the units hereby approved.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety

 

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

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety.

 

 8  Details pursuant to condition 1 (in the form of scaled plans and/or written specifications) shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following; proposed roads, footways, footpaths, verges, junctions, sewers, retaining walls, service routes, vehicle overhang margins, embankments, accesses, carriageway gradients, driveway gradients and street furniture.  

 

The development shall be laid out and constructed in accordance with the approved details prior to the first occupation of the dwellings hereby permitted.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety.

 

 9  Prior to the first occupation of any of the units hereby approved the following works between a dwelling and the adopted highway shall be completed:

a) Footways and/or footpath, with the exception of the wearing course;

b) Carriageways with the exception of the wearing course but including a turning facility, highway drainage, visibility splays, street lighting, street nameplates and highway structures (if any).  

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety.

 

10  Details pursuant to condition 1 shall not show any building exceeding 2 storeys with roof accommodation in height.  

 

GROUND:

In the interests of the amenities of the locality in accordance with saved policy D1 of the Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

11  Details pursuant to condition 1 shall identify a minimum of 15% of housing to lifetime homes and wheelchair standards and include the specification of such dwellings.  

 

GROUND:

To meet the housing needs of the community in accordance with saved policy HO8 of the Local Plan.

 

12  Details to be submitted in pursuant to condition 1 shall include the location and size of the affordable housing units.  

 

GROUND:

To ensure that the required level and type of affordable housing is provided in accordance with saved policy H14 of the Local Plan.

 

13  No development shall take place until the applicant, or their agents or successors in title, has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written specification and timetable which has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.

 

GROUND:

To ensure that the archaeological history of the site is recorded in accordance with the advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

14  Prior to the installation of any external lighting, a detailed outdoor lighting scheme shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.  The scheme shall include details of the type of lights, the orientation/angle of the luminaries, the spacing and height of the lighting columns, the extent/levels of illumination over the site and on adjacent land and the measures to contain light within the curtilage of the site.  The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved scheme and thereafter maintained as agreed.  

 

GROUND:

In the interests of minimising light pollution and to safeguard the amenities of the locality in accordance with the NPPF and saved policy D1 of the Local Plan.

 

15  In the event that contamination is found that was not previously identified at any time when carrying out the approved development, it shall be reported in writing immediately to the Local Planning Authority. An investigation and risk assessment shall be undertaken at that time in accordance with a site characterisation report that shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and where remediation is necessary a remediation scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, including remediation measures to render harmless the identified contamination given the end use of the site and the surrounding environment, including controlled waters. The remediation measures shall be implemented as approved and completed prior to the recommencement of works. Prior to the occupation of the approved development and following completion of measures identified in the approved remediation scheme a verification report shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

GROUND:

To ensure that the proposed development will not cause harm to human health or pollution of the environment, in accordance with the advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

16  No external meter cupboards, vents, flues or extract grilles or overhead supply cables shall be installed on any principle elevation unless in accordance with details of materials and design submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

GROUND:

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

 

17  No development shall take place until a detailed sustainable surface water drainage scheme for the site based on the Surface Water Management Strategy incorporating a Flood Risk Assessment (dated September 2017) and sustainable drainage principles, to include, but not necessarily be limited to, the method of surface water disposal and a timetable for the implementation and a maintenance and management plan for the lifetime of the development, has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.  The detailed drainage scheme shall demonstrate that the surface water generated by this development (for all rainfall durations and intensities up to and including the climate change adjusted critical 100 year storm) can be accommodated and disposed of through infiltration features located with the curtilage of the site alone.  

 

Where infiltration is to be used to manage the surface water from the development, it will only be allowed within those parts of the site where it has been demonstrated to the Local Planning Authority that there is no resultant unacceptable risk to controlled waters.  

 

All surface water drainage from parking areas shall be passed through an interceptor designed and constructed to have a capacity and details compatible with the site being drained.  

 

The management and maintenance plan shall include the arrangements for adoption by any public body or statutory undertaker, or any other arrangements to secure the operation of the sustainable drainage system throughout its lifetime.

 

The scheme shall be implemented and thereafter managed and maintained in accordance with the approved details.  

 

GROUND:

To ensure that the principle of sustainable drainage are incorporated into this process, to ensure ongoing efficiency of the drainage provisions and to protect vulnerable groundwater resources and human health from pollution in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

18  No development shall take place until details of the means of foul water disposal, have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with such details as are agreed and thereafter maintained.

 

GROUND:

To prevent pollution, in accordance with the advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

19  Prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved, details of how the development will enhance biodiversity will be submitted to, and approved in writing, by the Local Planning Authority.  These shall include the installation of bat and bird nesting boxes along with the provision of generous native planting where possible.  The approved details will be implemented and thereafter retained.  

 

GROUND:

To enhance biodiversity

 

20  Details pursuant of condition 1 above shall include an area of open space in the same location and no smaller than that shown on the indicative layout plan no.23361A_SK001 Rev F received 13 December 2017.  36 percent of the proposed open space shall be formally equipped as a play area.  

 

GROUND:

To provide open space that offers recreational, community and amenity value in accordance with Policy SR11 of the Thanet Local Plan, and guidance within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

21  Details pursuant to condition 1 above shall include full details of hard and soft landscaping, including details of play equipment for the site, and an implementation timetable for the agreed works; together with a Landscape Management and Maintenance Plan (LMP) for all areas of the site falling outside the identified curtilage of dwellings.

 

GROUND:

To provide open space that offers recreational, community and amenity value and to integrate the development into the surrounding area in accordance with Policy SR11 of the Thanet Local Plan, and guidance within the National Planning Policy Framework.

22  Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved a Construction Method Statement shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.  The approved Statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period, and shall provide details of:

a.  the parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors.

b.  construction vehicle loading/unloading, turning facilities and access routes/arrangements.

c.  loading and unloading of plant and materials.

d.  storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development.

e.  wheel washing facilities and their use.

f.  measures to control the emission of dust and dirt during construction a scheme for recycling/disposing of waste resulting from construction works.

g.  a Construction Environment Management Plan, including details of operational construction time, enclosures for noise emitting equipment, dust and waste management policy and construction site noise management including siting of stationary noisy or vibrating plant equipment.

 

GROUND:

To ensure pollution prevention measures are in place for all potentially polluting activities during construction in accordance within National Planning Policy Framework paragraph 109 and in the interests of highway safety.’”

 

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