Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Application for the approval of reserved matters to outline planning permission OL/TH/14/0404 (erection of 12no. dwellings) for erection of a 2 storey 4 bed detached dwelling

Speaking raising points of concern was Mrs Hamilton.

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 approved shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted drawings numbered PR273.02, PR273.03, PR273.04 and PR273.05 received 6th April, 2018.

GROUND;

To secure the proper development of the area.

 2  Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved visibility splays of 2.4m by 25m shall be provided to the access on to North Foreland Avenue as shown on the approved plan no PR273.03 received 6th April 2018 with no obstructions over 0.6m above carriageway level within the splays, which shall thereafter be maintained.

GROUND;

In the interest of highway safety.

 3  The area shown on the approved plan numbered PR273.03 received 6th April 2018 for vehicle parking and manoeuvring 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 vehicles 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  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.

 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;

To protect existing trees and to adequately integrate the development into the environment, in accordance with Thanet Local Plan Policies D1 and D2.

 6  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.

GROUND;

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

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