Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Erection of a three storey building containing 8no. 2-bed self-contained flats with underground parking, following demolition of existing dwelling.

 

Mr Brown spoke in favour of the application.

 

Ms Lipington raised points of concern.

 

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

 

‘That the application be DEFERRED AND DELEGATED 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 proposed development shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted application and the approved drawings numbered 343-02 Rev E (received 11/05/21), 343-03 Rev C (received 01/02/21), 343-04 Rev C (received 01/02/21), 343-05 Rev B (received 11/11/20), 343-06 Rev E (received 11/05/21), 343-07 Rev E (11/05/21) and 343-10 Rev A. 

 

GROUND;

To secure the proper development of the area.

 

 3  Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted details of the cycle parking, which shall be in the form of covered and secure parking shelter shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

GROUND;

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

 

 4  The vehicular access gates hereby permitted shall open away from the highway and be set back to a minimum of 6 metres from the edge of the highway.

 

GROUND;

In the interests of highway safety, in accordance with the advice contained within the NPPF. 

 

 5  The area shown on the approved plan numbered 343-02 Rev E 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;

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

 

 6  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, in accordance with the advice contained within the NPPF.

 

 7  The first floor bathroom and utility store room windows in the north and south elevation and second floor dining/lounge window in the south elevation of the building 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 residential amenities currently enjoyed by the occupiers of nearby residential properties in accordance with Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

 8  Prior to the first use of the roof terrace/balcony area that serves unit 8 hereby permitted, a privacy screen to the rear of a minimum height of 1.8m shall be installed along the west side, and thereafter maintained.

 

GROUND;

To safeguard the residential amenities currently enjoyed by the occupiers of nearby residential properties in accordance with Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

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

 

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

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

 o walls, fences, other means of enclosure proposed (including refuse storage)

 

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 QD02 and GI04 of the Thanet Local Plan

 

10  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 and to adequately integrate the development into the environment in accordance with Policies QD02 and GI04 of the Thanet Local Plan

 

11  Prior to the installation of any external lighting a "lighting design strategy for biodiversity" for the site boundaries has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The lighting strategy shall

 

a)Identify those areas/features on site that are particularly sensitive for bats and that are likely to cause disturbance in or around their breeding sites and resting places or along important routes used to access key areas of their territory;

b) Show how and where external lighting will be installed so that it can be clearly demonstrated that areas to be lit will not disturb or prevent the above species using their territory.

c)Details of the types of lighting to be used including their fittings, illumination levels and spread of light (to follow the recommendations within the Bats and artificial lighting in the UK document produced by the Bat Conservation Trust and Institution of Lighting Professionals). 

 

All external lighting shall be installed in accordance with the specifications and locations set out in the strategy and these shall be maintained thereafter in accordance with the strategy.

 

GROUND;

In order to limit the impact upon protected species that may be present, in accordance with Policy SP30 of the Thanet Local Plan and the advice as contained within the NPPF.

 

12  Prior to the commencement of any development on site details to include the following shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority and should be carried out in accordance with the approved details. 

 

(a) Parking and turning areas for construction and delivery vehicles and site personnel

(b) Timing of deliveries

(c) Measures to control noise affecting nearby residents

(d) Dust control measures 

(e) Access arrangements

 

GROUND;

In the interests of highway safety and neighbouring amenity, in accordance with Policies QD03  and SP30 of the Thanet Local Plan and the advice contained within the NPPF.

 

13  Within 1 month of the development being occupied details shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority, for written approval, assessing the impact of the adjacent Roadside Nature Reserve and providing full details of any restoration works that are required due to the construction works. Where restoration works are required they must be completed in full accordance with details agreed within 3 months of the submission of the letter.

 

GROUND;

In the interests of biodiversity, in accordance with Policy SP30 of the Thanet Local Plan and the advice contained within the NPPF.

 

14  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 NPPF.

 

15  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.

 

16  The development hereby permitted shall be constructed to a high standard of energy efficiency to the equivalent of Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

GROUND;

All new buildings and conversions of existing buildings must be designed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and have resilience to function in a changing climate, in accordance with Policy QD01 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

17  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.’

 

 

Upon being put to the vote, the motion was declared LOST.

 

It was then proposed by Councillor Garner and seconded by Councillor Crittenden that:

‘the application be deferred to officers to seek further information in regard to the impact on the cliff regarding stability as a result of the proposed excavation, and potential cliff erosion, and report back to members’

 

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