Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Erection of 5No single storey dwellings with associated parking and landscaping

It was proposed by the Vice Chairman, seconded by Councillor Rusiecki and RESOLVED:

“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 proposed development shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted application as amended by the revised drawings numbered 18/300/JG/PL01 Rev C, 18/300/JG/PL02 Rev C, 18/300/JG/PL03 Rev D, and 18/300/JG/PL04 Rev C, received 20 November 2018, and the materials specification numbered 18/300/JG/PL05 and visibility splay plan numbered 833/201, received 28 August 2018.

GROUND;

To secure the proper development of the area.

 3  If, during development, significant contamination is suspected or found to be present at the site, then works shall cease, and this contamination shall be fully assessed and an appropriate remediation scheme agreed with the Local Planning Authority. The approved works shall be implemented within a timetable agreed by the Local Planning Authority and shall be of such a nature as to render harmless the identified contamination given the proposed end use of the site and surrounding environment, including controlled waters.  Prior to first occupation/use and following completion of approved measures, a verification report shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval.

GROUND;

To ensure that the proposed development will not cause harm to human health or pollution of the environment, in accordance with DEFRA and Environment Agency document Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination (Contamination Report 11) and National Planning Policy Framework.

 4  Prior to the first occupation of the development, the area shown on the approved for the  of vehicles shall be operational.  The area approved shall thereafter be maintained for that purpose.

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.

 5  Prior to the first use of the dwellings hereby approved visibility splays of 2.4m x 160m shall be provided to the access on to Canterbury Road as shown on the approved plan no 833/201 with no obstructions over 0.6m above carriageway level within the splays, which shall thereafter be maintained.

GROUND;

In the interest of highway safety.

 6  Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved,  full details of both hard and soft landscape works, to include

- species, size and location of new trees, shrubs, hedges and grassed areas to be planted

- the treatment proposed for all hard surfaced areas beyond the limits of the highway

- walls, fences, other means of enclosure proposed

- ecological enhancements to the site, including the installation of bat and bird nesting boxes, generous native planting and hedgehog access points,

-  retention of the historic hedgerow as identified within the archaeological desk based assessment,

shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.

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

 7  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.

GROUND;

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area in accordance with Policies D1 and D2 of the Thanet Local Plan

 8  Clearance of the site and excavation works shall be carried out in accordance with the mitigation measures as identified within section 4 of the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal report, dated 30th May 2018.

GROUND:

To protect endangered species in accordance with the NPPF.

 9  The development hereby permitted shall be constructed in the materials as specified within the material specification numbered 18/300/JG/PL05.

GROUND;

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

10  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.

11.  No development shall take place until the applicant, or their agents or successors in title, has secured the implementation of

i.  archaeological field evaluation works in accordance with a specification and written timetable which has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority; and

ii.    following on from the evaluation, any safeguarding measures to ensure preservation in situ of important archaeological remains and/or further archaeological investigation and recording in accordance with a specification and timetable which has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.

GROUND:

To ensure appropriate assessment of the archaeological implications of any development proposals and the subsequent mitigation of adverse impacts through preservation in situ or by record.’”