Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Variation of condition 2 of planning permission F/TH/20/0575 for the "Erection of 4No. two storey 4bed detached dwellings with associated access, parking and landscaping" to allow removal of trees and change to finished floor levels.

Councillor Pressland spoke against the application under Council Rule 20.1.

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

THAT the officer’s recommendation be adopted, namely:

That the application be deferred back to officers, before approval subject to the following conditions:

1)  This consent shall be implemented no later than the 3rd February 2024.

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 02 H (received 16/05/23), 04 A (received 30/07/20), 05 A (received 30/07/20), 06 A (received 30/07/20), 07 A (received 30/07/20), 08 A (received 30/07/20), 09 A (received 30/07/20) and 10 A.

GROUND:

To secure the proper development of the area.

3)  The materials to be used for the development hereby approved shall fully adhere to the details agreed under application reference number CON/TH/22/1368.

GROUND:

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

4)  The first floor ensuite windows in plots 1 & 4 hereby approved shall be non-opening below 1.73m above the finished internal floor level, 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.

5)  The implementation of ecological enhancements as detailed within Section 4.10 of the submitted ecological report shall be carried out concurrently with the development and thereafter retained.

GROUND:

To incorporate biodiversity improvements in accordance with paragraph 174 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

6)  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved Arboricultural Method Statement and associated documents agreed under application reference number CON/TH/22/1368; condition 6.

GROUND:

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

7)  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved hard and soft landscaping as agreed under application reference number CON/TH/22/1368; condition 7.

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)  All hard and soft landscape works, including ecological enhancement features, shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The works shall be carried out prior to the first occupation/use of any part of the development, or in accordance with a programme of works to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. Following completion of the landscape and enhancement works, photographic evidence of implementation shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority in order to verify the works have been completed in accordance with the approved plans, and to enable the full discharge of this condition. 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 as those originally planted, unless written approval to any variation is provided by the Local Planning Authority. All ecological enhancement features shall thereafter be maintained.

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area, biodiversity enhancement, and to adequately integrate the development into the environment in accordance with Policies QD02, SP30 and GI04 of the Thanet Local Plan.

9)  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.

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.

10)The development hereby permitted shall be constructed in order to meet the required technical standard for water efficiency of 110 litres/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 110 litre /person/day, in accordance with Policy QD04 of the Thanet Local Plan.

11)The development shall be carried out in accordance with the Construction Management Plan as agreed under application reference number CON/TH/22/1368.

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.

12)The area shown on the approved plan numbered 02E 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.

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

It was proposed by Councillor Albon, seconded by Councillor Matterface and agreed upon by Members, that:

The application be deferred to officers to seek alternative measures and/or changes to the layout to seek the retention of the trees, and to bring back the application to a future Committee meeting.