Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Erection of a warehouse building for storage and distribution purposes (Use Class B8), provision of associated vehicle parking and change of use of adjoining land to a trailer park to facilitate relocation of existing trailer park.

 

It was proposed by Councillor Albon and seconded by Councillor Rusiecki:

 

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 and the approved drawings numbered 002 Revision B (received 17/11/22), 003 Revision B (received 17/11/22), 004, 005, 006, 007 (received 26/09/22), 008 (received 08/08/23) and 5947-LLB-ZZ-ZZ-DR-L-0001 Rev P02.

 

GROUND:

To secure the proper development of the area.

 

3)  Prior to the erection of the external faces of the development hereby approved, details and manufacturer's specification of the external materials shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

GROUND:

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

 

4)  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.  Routing of construction and delivery vehicles to / from site

b.  Parking and turning areas for construction and delivery vehicles and site personnel

c.  Timing of deliveries

d.  Provision of wheel washing facilities

e.  Any temporary traffic management / signage

f.  Access arrangements

 

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 NPPF.

 

5)  The development hereby permitted shall incorporate measures to prevent the discharge of surface water onto the highway.

 

GROUND:

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

 

6)  The area shown on the approved drawings numbered 002 Revision B (received 17/11/22) for vehicle parking and manoeuvring areas for the trailer park area, 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 trailer park 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

 

7)  Prior to the first occupation of the warehouse hereby approved the car parking spaces to serve the development hereby approved shall be laid out as shown on the approved proposed site plan 002 Revision B (received 17/11/22) and shall be retained free from obstruction for their intended use at all times thereafter.

 

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

 

8)  Prior to the first occupation of the warehouse hereby approved the provision and permanent retention of the vehicle loading/unloading and turning facilities shown on the submitted plans 1771 002 Rev B and shall be retained free from obstruction for their intended use at all times thereafter.

 

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

 

9)  Prior to the first occupation of the warehouse hereby approved details of secure and covered cycle parking, which shall be in the form of scale drawings; 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.

 

10)Prior to the first use of the warehouse or trailer park, the vehicular access to the site shall be provided with visibility splays of 15 metres x 2.4 metres x 15 metres with no obstructions over 0.9 metres above carriageway level within the splays, which shall thereafter be maintained.

 

GROUND:

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

 

11)Notwithstanding the details submitted with the planning application, no above ground development shall commence until full details of a scheme of hard and soft landscaping to be incorporated into the development hereby approved have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include the following specific measures:

 

·  A plan showing the location of all native trees/hedges/shrubs to be planted, details of the species mix, the number of specimens to be planted, spacing between them and their height on planting

·  A plan showing the location and construction material of all hard surfacing.

 

The landscaping scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details prior to the first occupation of any of the units hereby approved.

 

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)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.

 

13)A landscape management plan (including long term design objectives), management responsibilities and maintenance schedules for all landscape areas shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the occupation of the development. The 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.

 

14)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.

 

15)Prior to the installation of any external lighting associated with the approved development, 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 Identify those areas/features on site that are particularly sensitive for badgers and 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

 

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.

 

16)Prior to the first use of the development hereby approved, details of the number, location and design of the bat boxes which are to be installed shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The bird boxes shall be installed in accordance with the approved details prior to the first use of the trailer park area hereby approved and hereby retained.

 

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.

 

17)No development above ground level shall commence until details of Biodiversity enhancement measures to be installed as part of the development hereby approved has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include a specification of the installations and scaled plans showing their location within the development. The approved enhancement measures shall be installed in accordance with the approved details, prior to the first use of the trailer park area hereby approved and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

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.

 

18)The development shall be carried out in accordance with the no vegetation removal shall take place during the optimum period for bird nesting (March to July inclusive) unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

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.

 

19) 

a.  Prior to any development works the applicant (or their agents or successors in title) shall secure and have reported a programme of archaeological field evaluation works, in accordance with a specification timetable which has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority.

b.  Following completion of archaeological evaluation works, no development shall take place until the applicant or their agents or successors in title, has secured the implementation of 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.

c.  The archaeological safeguarding measures, investigation and recording shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed specification and timetable.

d.  Within 6 months of the completion of archaeological works a Post-Excavation Assessment Report shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The Post-Excavation Assessment Report shall be in accordance with Kent County Council's requirements and include:

  I.  a description and assessment of the results of all archaeological investigations that have been undertaken in that part (or parts) of the development;

  II.  an Updated Project Design outlining measures to analyse and publish the findings of the archaeological investigations, together with an implementation strategy and timetable for the same;

  III.  a scheme detailing the arrangements for providing and maintaining an archaeological site archive and its deposition following completion.

e.  The measures outlined in the Post-Excavation Assessment Report shall be implemented in full and in accordance with the agreed timings.

 

GROUND:

To ensure that features of archaeological interest are properly examined and recorded in accordance with Policy HE01 of the Thanet Local Plan and the advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

20)No development shall take place until details of foundations designs and any other proposals involving below ground excavation have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

GROUND:

To ensure that due regard is had to the preservation in situ of important archaeological remains.

 

21)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 Policy SE03 of the Thanet Local Plan and the advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

22)No infiltration of surface water drainage into the ground is permitted other than with the written consent of the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

GROUND:

To ensure that the development does not contribute to, or is not put at unacceptable risk from, or adversely affected by, unacceptable levels of water pollution caused by mobilised contaminants in line with paragraph 174 of the NPPF.

 

23)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 detailed drainage scheme shall demonstrate that the surface water generated by this development (for all rainfall durations and intensities up to and including the climate change adjusted critical 100 year storm) can be accommodated and disposed of within the curtilage of the site without increase to flood risk on or off-site.

 

The drainage scheme shall also demonstrate (with reference to published guidance):

 

·  That silt and pollutants resulting from the site use can be adequately managed to ensure there is no pollution risk to receiving waters.

·  Appropriate operational, maintenance and access requirements for each drainage feature or

·  SuDS component are adequately considered, including any proposed arrangements for future adoption by any public body or statutory undertaker.

·  New cesspit should be fully lined with an impermeable geomembrane material and include mitigations to prevent contamination of the below lying groundwater aquifer. The surface water drainage design should include hydrocarbon treatment.

·  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.

 

24)No building on any phase (or within an agreed implementation schedule) of the development hereby permitted shall be occupied until a Verification Report, pertaining to the surface water drainage system and prepared by a suitably competent person, has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The Report shall demonstrate that the drainage system constructed is consistent with that which was approved. The Report shall contain information and evidence (including photographs) of details and locations of inlets, outlets and control structures; landscape plans; full as built drawings; information pertinent to the installation of those items identified on the critical drainage assets drawing; and, the submission of an operation and maintenance manual for the sustainable drainage scheme as constructed.

 

GROUND:

To ensure that flood risks from development to the future users of the land and neighbouring land are minimised, together with those risks to controlled waters, property and ecological systems, and to ensure that the development as constructed is compliant with and subsequently maintained pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 165 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

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