Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Erection of 2No semi- detached 3 storey houses with associated car parking following demolition of existing chalet bungalow

 

Speaking raising points of concern was Mr Sivak.

 

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 05 and 06 both received on the 18th April 2018.

 

GROUND:

To secure the proper development of the area.

 

 3  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.

 

 4  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 06 (received 18/04/18).

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety.

 

 5  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.

 

 6  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.

 

 7  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.

 

 8  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.

 

 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  Prior the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby approved samples of the materials to be used shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. 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

 

11  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

 

12  No development shall commence on site excluding demolition of existing building until full details of the surface water drainage arrangements have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The drainage details shall be constructed as approved before any part of the development hereby permitted is brought into use.

 

GROUND:

To prevent pollution, in accordance with the advice contained within the NPPF.’”

 

Following debate, the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman withdrew the motion.

 

Then, it was proposed by the Chairman and seconded by the Vice-Chairman:

 

“That the application be APPROVED subject to the above conditions and the additional condition as follows:

 

The first floor bathroom window in the side (east) elevation of the dwelling hereby approved shall be provided and maintained with obscured glass to a minimum level of obscurity to conform to Pilkington Glass level 4 or equivalent and shall be installed prior to first occupation of the development hereby permitted and permanently retained thereafter.

 

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”

 

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