Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Erection of coffee shop/restaurant with drive-thru (sui generis), new access from existing roundabout, realignment of existing footway, with associated parking, landscaping and associated works.

 

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

 

‘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 site plans numbered 2524-URB-P1-00-DR-A-208900 Rev P02, and 2524-URB-P1-00-DR-A-208150 Rev P03, received 11 January 2022; the external materials schedule dated Nov 2021, received 08 December 2021; the amended landscaping plan numbered 271 / P1 01E, and softworks information, received 11 January 2022; the elevation and floor plans numbered 2524-URB-P1-ZZ-DR-A-208251, 2524-URB-P1-ZZ-DR-A-208350, 2524-URB-P1-ZZ-DR-A-208150, and 2524-URB-P1-ZZ-DR-A-208151, received 24 September 2021; the Apollo Junior cycle shelter details and Bespoke Deacon bin store details, received 24 September 2021; the Construction Methodology dated 22 September 2021 and contractor site setup plan numbered 2524-URB-P1-ZZ-DR-A-Z06100, received 24 September 2021.

 

GROUND:

To secure the proper development of the area.

 

3. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the drainage strategy plan numbered 61123-C-001 P3, received 23 September 2021.

 

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.

 

 4  All hard and soft landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the soft landscaping plan numbered 271 / P1 01E and the softworks specification, received 11 January 2022; and the hard surfacing/boundary treatment plan numbered 2524-URB-P1-00-DR-A-208900 P01. The works shall be carried out prior to the first use 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

 

 5  The 4no. trees and 3no. benches shown on plan numbered 271 / P1 01E, and located within the blue line of the development, shall be provided prior to the first use of the development hereby permitted, and thereafter maintained.

 

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

 

 6  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  2012 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 Policy QD02.

 

 7  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

 

 8  There shall be no servicing of the building, no goods shall be loaded or deposited, and no delivery vehicles shall arrive, depart, be loaded or unloaded, within the application site before 06:00 or after 17:00 on any given day.

 

GROUND

In the interest of residential amenity and in pursuance of Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

 9  The premises shall not be open to the public other than between the hours of 06:00 and 23:00 on any given day.

 

GROUND

In the interest of residential amenity and in pursuance of Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

10  In the event of the premises being used for the cooking or preparation of hot food that would require the installation of an extract ventilation system, details of the location, size, type and design of the system shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Prior to the commencement of such a use, the extract ventilation system shall be installed in accordance with the approved details.

 

GROUND

In the interest of residential amenity and in pursuance of Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

11  Prior to the first use of the site the vehicle loading/unloading and turning facilities shown on the submitted plan numbers 2524-URB-P1-00-DR-A-208900 Rev P01 shall be provided and permanently retained. 

 

GROUND

In the interests of highway safety, in accordance with Policy TP08 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

12  The area shown on the approved plan numbered 2524-URB-P1-00-DR-A-208900 Rev P01 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 use of the development 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

 

13  Prior to the first use of the development, the secure cycle parking facilities, as shown on approved drawing no. 2524-URB-P1-00-DR-A-208900 Rev P01 shall be provided and thereafter maintained.

 

GROUND

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

 

14  Prior to the first use of the site hereby permitted, the vehicular access and associated vehicle crossing point onto the highway, and the pedestrian crossing within the site, as shown on the approved plan numbered 2524-URB-P1-00-DR-A-208150 Rev P01, should be completed and made operational.

 

GROUND

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

 

 

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