Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Change of use from college (use class C2) to residential (use class C3) together with ground, first and second floor extensions with creation of terraces, alterations to roof including raising of height and insertion of dormer windows and alterations to fenestration to provide 15No 2 bed and 3No 3 bed residential flats with associated bin and cycle stores, parking and landscaping. Removal of chimney stacks.

 

A statement from Mr Buckwell, in favour of the application was read out by an Officer.

 

Councillor R Bayford spoke as Ward Councillor.

 

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

 

“The officer’s recommendation be adopted, namely:

 

‘To DEFER and DELEGATE for approval subject to the satisfactory completion of unilateral undertaking within 6 months securing the required planning obligations as set out in the report and 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 01B, 06B, 07A, 08A, 09A, 10C, 11A, 12C, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, and 5460-LLB-XX-XX-DR-L-0001-Po2.

 

GROUND;

To secure the proper development of the area.

 

 3  No development shall take place until details of the means of foul and surface water disposal, including details of the implementation, management and maintenance of any proposed Sustainable urban Drainage Systems, 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 protect the district's groundwater, and to ensure the development is served by satisfactory arrangements for the disposal of surface water, in accordance with Policies SE04 and CC02 of the Thanet Local Plan and advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework

 

 4  Prior to the installation or erection of any external lighting for the development hereby approved, full details of the external lighting, hereby approved including their location, fittings, illumination levels and spread of light shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The detail should demonstrate that the areas to be lit will not disturb bat activity and will minimise light pollution. The lighting installation shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

GROUND:

To ensure that light pollution is minimised in the interest of the visual amenities of the area and in the interest of maintaining biodiversity within the site and surrounding environment, in accordance with Policies SE08 and SP30 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

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

 

GROUND:

To provide satisfactory off street parking for vehicles in accordance with Policy TP06 of the Thanet Local Plan and the advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

 6  Prior to the first occupation of the development, the area shown on the approved plans for cycle parking shall be operational. The area approved shall thereafter be maintained for that purpose.

 

GROUND:

To promote cycling as an alternative form of transport, in accordance with Policy TP03 and SP43 of the Thanet Local Plan

 

 7  Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, details of the electric vehicle charging points to be provided within the development, including their location and design, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The electric vehicle charging points shall be in the form of one active charging point per allocated parking space, and one active charging point per ten unallocated parking spaces. The electric vehicle charging points shall be provided prior to the first occupation of the development and thereafter maintained.

 

GROUND:

To protect air quality, in accordance with Policy SE05 of the Thanet Local Plan and the advice as contained within the National Planning Policy Framework. 

 

 8  Prior to the commencement of the development, a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The Construction Environmental Management Plan shall include amongst other matters details of:

·  hours of construction working;

·  Routing of construction and delivery vehicles to / from site

·  Parking/turning areas for construction and delivery vehicles and site personnel

·  Timing of deliveries

·  Temporary traffic management / signage

·  measures to control noise affecting nearby residents;

·  wheel cleaning/chassis cleaning facilities;

·  dust control measures;

·  lighting control measures;

·  pollution incident control and site contact details in case of complaints.

 

The construction works shall thereafter be carried out at all times in accordance with the approved Construction Environmental Management Plan, unless any variations are otherwise first submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

GROUND:

 In the interests of highway safety and neighbouring amenity, in accordance with Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan and the advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework. 

 

 9  Prior to the commencement of works hereby permitted (including any demolition and site clearance), an Arboricultural Method Statement shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The method statement shall include details of the tree protection measures during construction (to accord with BS 5837 2012), works to be carried out within any root protection areas; a scheme for auditing tree protection during construction and subsequent reporting of this to the Local Planning Authority, and construction details of any hard landscaping within the root protection areas of the trees identified for retention on plan 06B.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and methodology.

 

GROUND:

To Protect existing trees and to adequately integrate the development into the environment, in accordance with Thanet Local Plan Policy QD02.

 

10  A landscape management plan (including long term design objectives), management responsibilities and maintenance schedules for all landscape areas, other than small, privately owned, domestic gardens, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the occupation of the development or any phase of the development, whichever is the sooner, for its approved use. The amenity areas shall be managed in accordance with the approved landscape management plan in perpetuity.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and to adequately integrate the development into the environment in accordance with Policies QD02 and GI04 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

 

11  Prior to first occupation of any part of the development hereby approved, all hard and soft landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the details outlined on plan numbers  5460-LLB-XX-XX-DR-L-0001-Po2 and 06B or in accordance with a programme of works which must 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 and to adequately integrate the development into the environment in accordance with Policies QD02 and GI04 of the Thanet Local Plan

 

12  The development hereby permitted shall be constructed in order to meet the required

technical standard for water efficiency of 110litres/person/day, thereby Part G2 Part 36 (2b)

of Schedule 1 Regulation 36 to the Building Regulations 2010, as amended, applies.

 

GROUND:

Thanet is within a water stress area as identified by the Environment Agency, and, therefore, new developments will be expected to meet the water efficiency optional requirement of 110litre /person/day, in accordance with Policy QD04 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

13  Prior to 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 samples unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of visual amenity in accordance with Policy QD02 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

14  Prior to first occupation, the recommended actions within section 9 of the Ecological Assessment (dated 9th June 2020) shall be carried out and implemented in full, and thereafter maintained.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of nature conservation in accordance with Policy SP30 of the Thanet Local Plan, and the advice as contained within the NPPF.’”

 

 

This motion was put to the vote and declared CARRIED.