Agenda item

PROPOSAL: Erection of a three storey building containing 2 commercial units (class E) and 5 two bed self-contained flats following demolition of existing.

 

Ms Hooper spoke against the application.

 

It was proposed by the Chair and seconded by the Councillor Matterface:

 

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 development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted drawings numbered 405 04 P5, 405 05 P5, 405 06 P4, 405 07 P5 and 405 10 P3.

 

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 of any external lighting, full details of the external lighting, including their fittings, illumination levels and spread of light shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. 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 and residential amenities of the area, in accordance with Policy SE08 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

5.  In the event of the commercial premises hereby approved 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 detail.

 

GROUND:

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

 

6.  The development shall incorporate the noise mitigation measures set out in section 5 of the Noise Impact Assessment (dated May 2023) and these shall thereafter be retained.

 

GROUND:

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

 

7.   

(a)  Prior to the occupation of the residential units, details of the construction of the ceilings and floors that separate the (residential and commercial unit) shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The ceilings and floors shall resist the transmission of airborne sound such that the weighted standardised difference (DnT, W + Ctr) shall not be less than 53 decibels. The weighted standardised difference (DnT, W) a spectrum adaption term, Ctr, is quoted according to BS EN ISO 16283-1:2014 Acoustics - Field measurement of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements Part 1: Airborne sound insulation. The work shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to occupation of the premises and be retained thereafter.

(b)  An acoustic report of compliance with condition (a) and section 5 recommendations in the submitted Noise Impact Assessment (Report No. MRL/100/1982.1v1 May 2023) shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority prior to occupation of the residential units.

 

GROUND:

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

 

8.  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.

 

9.  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 litres /person/day, in accordance with Policy QD04 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

10.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 and hours of construction

(d)  Provision of wheel washing facilities

(e)  Temporary traffic management / signage

(f)  Measures to control noise affecting nearby residents

(g)  Dust control measures

(h)  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 National Planning Policy Framework.

 

11.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 National Planning Policy Framework.

 

12.The area shown on the approved plan numbered 405 05 P5 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 development hereby approved.

 

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.

 

13.Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the secure cycle parking facilities, as shown on approved drawing numbered 405 05 P 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.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 National Planning Policy Framework.

 

15.The vehicular access gates hereby permitted shall open away from the highway and be set back to a minimum of 5 metres from the edge of the highway.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety, in accordance with the advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

16.The area shown on the approved plan numbered 405 05 P5 for bin storage together with the bin collection point 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 development hereby approved.

 

GROUND:

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

 

17.The area shown on the approved plan numbered 405 05 P5 as private and communal amenity space 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 development hereby approved.

 

GROUND:

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

 

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

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

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

·  walls, fences, other means of enclosure proposed,

·  ecological enhancements to be provided within the site,

 

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 prior to any occupation of the development approved.

 

GROUND:

In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and to make a positive contribution to biodiversity, in accordance with Policies QD02 and SP30 of the Thanet Local Plan, and the advice as contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

19.The windows shown on the approved plan 405/05/P5 as obscure glazed shall be top hung and non-opening below 1.73m above the finished internal floor level, and provided and maintained with obscured glass to a minimum level of obscurity to conform to Pilkington Glass level 4 or equivalent. These windows shall be installed prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted and permanently retained thereafter.

 

GROUND:

To safeguard the residential amenities of the future occupiers of the development hereby approved in accordance with Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

 

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