Agenda item

Report of Head of Planning Services (enclosed).

 

 

Item	Application	Location
A. 1	05/00425/FULMAJ	Land To The North Of  Units 1 And 2  Chorley North Industrial Park Drumhead Road Chorley Lancashire
A. 2	05/00614/FULMAJ	21 - 23 Southport Road Chorley Lancashire PR7 1LB
B. 1	05/00188/FUL	Highfield Farm Jolly Tar Lane Coppull Lancashire PR7 4BJ
B. 2	05/00536/COU	Caravan Bramblewood Nursery Wigan Lane Heath Charnock Lancashire
B. 3	05/00576/FUL	South Miry Fold Farm Briers Brow Wheelton Lancashire PR6 8JN
B. 4	05/00686/FUL	Fairview Harbour Lane Wheelton Chorley Lancashire
B. 5	05/00691/FUL	Wizard Computers 224 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Lancashire PR6 7HW
B. 6	05/00758/FUL	68 Park Road Adlington Lancashire PR7 4JN

The Head of Planning Services submitted reports on a number of planning applications to be determined by the Committee.

 

RESOLVED – That the planning applications, as now submitted, be determined in accordance with the Committee’s decisions as recorded below:

 

Application No:            05/00425/FULMAJ

Proposal:                 A Three Storey Office Development (Site area 0.18 HA)

Location:            Land to the North of Units 1 and 2 Chorley North Industrial

Decision:     

RESOLVED that the application be approved subject to Section 106 and  the following conditions:

 

1. The approved plans are:

Plan Ref.                   Received On:                     Title:

3962 05                               12/07/05                        Site Layout Plan

3962 01                                20/04/05                        Site Location Plan

3962 02                                20/04/05                        Tree Felling Plan

3962 06                                20/04/05                        Floor Plans

3962 08/9                            20/04/05                        Elevations     

Reason:  To define the permission and in the interests of the proper development of the site.

 

2. Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced full details of existing and proposed ground levels and proposed building slab levels (all relative to ground levels adjoining the site) shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plan(s).  The development shall only be carried out in conformity with theapproved details.

Reason:  To protect the appearance of the locality, in the interests of the amenities of local residents and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

3. No development shall take place until details of the proposed surface water drainage arrangements (inclusive of a surface water regulation system) have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority in writing.  No part of the development shall be occupied until the approved surface water drainage arrangements have been fully implemented.

Reason: To secure proper drainage and to prevent flooding and in accordance with Policy Nos. EP18 and EP19 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

4. No part of the development hereby permitted shall be occupied or used until a means of vehicular access has been constructed in accordance with the approved plans.

Reason:  In the interests of highway safety and in accordance with Policy No.TR4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

5. No development shall take place until a scheme of landscaping has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstandingany such detail which may have previously been submitted.  The scheme shall indicate all existing trees and hedgerows on the land; detail any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development; indicate the types and numbers of trees and shrubs to be planted, their distribution on site, those areas to be seeded, paved or hard landscaped; and detail any changes of ground level or landform.

Reason: In the interests of the amenity of the area and in accordance with Policy No.GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

6. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of any buildings or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner, and any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of thedevelopment die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

Reason:  In the interest of the appearance of the locality and in accordance with Policy No GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

7. The development hereby permitted shall not commence until samples of all external facing materials to the proposed building(s) (notwithstanding any details shown on previously submitted plan(s) and specification) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall only be carried out using the approved external facing materials.

Reason:  To ensure that the materials used are visually appropriate to the  locality and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

8. Before the development hereby permitted is first occupied, the car park and vehicle manoeuvring areas shall be surfaced or paved, drained and marked out all in accordance with the approved plan.; the full details of the car park surface including a cross section shall be submitted to identify appropriate permeability in accordance with adequate site drainage . The car park and vehicle manoeuvring areas shall notthereafter be used for any purpose other than the parking of and manoeuvring of vehicles.

Reason:  To ensure adequate on site provision of car parking and manoeuvring areas and in accordance with Policy No.TR8 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

9. That the provisions of the Travel Plan associated with the development of the application in accordance with the approved use , as submitted with the application on the 20^th April 2005 , shall be implemented in association with the Local Planning Authority in conjunction with Lancashire County Council upon the first occupation of the building by employees of the beneficiary of the development ; subsequently the Travel Plan shall be monitored by the incumbent occupying company of the premises over a period of no less than ten years and the Plan shall be updated accordingly in association with the Local Planning Authority in conjunction with Lancashire County Council .

Reason: In order to assist in securing more sustainable methods for transportation to and from a single, large scale employer; and to accord with the provisions of policy TR6 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review . 

 

10. Before development commences final details of mitigation measures required to be implemented by the specialist ecological report ( ref.  ……………….. ) with regard to the safeguarding of protected species including phasing for site clearance and development. There shall be no site clearance measures whatsoever during bird or bat nesting / breeding seasons. All the approved details shall be implemented in full as part of the undertaking of the development and shall be maintained in perpetuity.

 

Application No:            05/00614/FULMAJ

Proposal:            Demolish existing two and single storey extentions, form underground car park and construct two and three storey extensions to create 13 apartments with access off Windsor Road.

Location:            21 – 23 Southport Road, Chorley Lancashire PR7 1LB

Decision:

RESOLVED – to approve the application subject to the following conditions:

 

1. Before any development takes place on the site, a plan indicating the timing and phasing of the proposed development, including in particular works to construct the car park and foundations of the building hereby permitted shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.  All works shall thereafter be undertaken only within those agreed hours and each phase shall be substantially completed before the next successive phase of the development is commenced.

Reason: To secure the proper development of the site in an orderly manner in accordance with policy GN5 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

 

2. Plans and particulars showing the alignment height and materials of all walls and fences and other means of enclosure, shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority, and development shall not be commenced before these details have been approved.  Such details as may be agreed shall be implemented in their entirety prior to the first occupation of the building to which these elements relate, maintained for a period of five years and any structural or decorative defect appearing during this period shall be rectified and the enclosure shall thereafter be retained.

Reason: In order that the Council may be satisfied with the enclosure details of the proposal and its implementation and retention in accordance with policy GN5 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

 

3. Prior to the commencement of development details of works to the existing boundary retaining wall to Southport and Windsor Roads shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  All works undertaken on site shall be undertaken strictly in accordance with those details unless first agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In order that the Council may be satisfied with the enclosure details of the proposal and its implementation and retention in a position adjacent to the highway in accordance with policy GN5 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

 

4. The materials and finishes to be employed on the external faces of the development, hereby permitted, shall be identical in every respect to those of the existing building unless otherwise first agreed in writing by the Local PlanningAuthority.

Reason:            To ensure satisfactory visual relationship of the new development to the existing in accordance with policy GN5 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

5. The car parking facilities shown on the deposited plan shall be laid out and provided prior to the occupation of any of the buildings; such parking facilities shall thereafter be permanently retained for that purpose.

Reason: To ensure provision of adequate off-street parking facilities within the site in accordance with policy TR4 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

 

6. Both in the first instance and upon all subsequent occasions the hall and landing windows in the first and second floors of the east elevation (such expression to include the roof) shall be glazed with obscure glass and shall either be a fixed light or hung in such a way as to prevent the effect of obscure glazing being negated by reason of overlooking.  Furthermore, notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995, or any subsequent re-enactment, no further fenestration or door shall be installed in the said elevation without express planning permission.

Reason: To preserve the amenity and privacy of the adjoining property in accordance with policy GN5 and HS7 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

 

7. No ground clearance, demolition or construction work shall commence until a chestnut pale or similar form of protective fencing, at least 1.25m high, and supported and braced with scaffolding, as outlined in figure 4 and 5 of BS5837: 1991 ‘Trees in Relation to Construction’.  Within the areas so fenced the existing ground level shall be neither raised nor lowered and there shall be no development or development-related activity of any description including the deposit of spoil or the storage of materials.

Reason: To prevent trees on site from being damaged in accordance with policy GN5 and EP9 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

 

8. Before the development is commenced, proposals for the landscaping of the site, to include provision for the retention and protection of existing trees and shrubs, if any, thereon, together with any means of enclosure proposed or existing within or along the curtilage of the site shall be submitted to and approved by the District Planning Authority by means of a large scale plan and a written brief.  All proposed and existing trees and shrubs shall be correctly described and their positions accurately shown.  Upon approval such new planting shall be carried out during the planting season October/March inclusive, in accordance with the appropriate British Standards for ground preparation, staking, etc., in BS4428:1989 (1979), immediately following commencement of the development.  The landscaping shall thereafter be maintained for five years during which time any specimens which are damaged, dead or dying shall be replaced and hence the whole scheme shall thereafter be retained.

Reason: Pursuant to Section 197 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and to protect and enhance the appearance and character of the site and the locality in accordance with policy GN5 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

 

9. The existing vehicular access to (herein name the road) shall be permanentlyclosed prior to building operations being commenced.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety in accordance with policy TR2 and TR4 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

 

10. Concurrently with the development hereby permitted the first 10 metres of the access crossing, measured from the nearside edge of the carriageway, shall be laid out, constructed, hardened and surfaced, to the specification of the Local Planning Authority in conjunction with the Local Highway Authority.

Reason: To ensure free and easy access to and from the highway and to ensure stones, mud, gravel and the like do not result in a hazard on or near the highway in accordance with policy TR4 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

 

Application No:            05/00188/FUL

Proposal:            Erection of replacement dwelling and detached dwelling with associated external works.

Location:            Highfiel Farm, Jolly Tar Lane, Coppull, Lancashire PR7 4BJ

Decision:

RESOLVED  that the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

 

1. The approved plans are:

Plan Ref.                   Received On:                     Title:

2261-04-07/B    16 May 2005                  Proposed Site Plan

2261-04-04-C         27 July 2005                  Proposed Plans & Elevations

2261-05-10            27 July 2005                  Proposed Garage

2261               10 February 2005               Location Plan

2261-04-01            31 January 2005               Existing Plans

2261-04-02            31 January 2005               Existing Elevations & Section

----------                        26 May 2005                  Bat & Great Crested Newt Survey

Reason:  To define the permission and in the interests of the proper development of the site.

 

2. The development hereby permitted shall not commence until full details of the colour, form and texture of all external facing materials to the proposed building(s) (notwithstanding any details shown on the previously submitted plan(s) and specification) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall only be carried out using the approved external facing materials.

Reason:  To ensure that the materials used are visually appropriate to the locality and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and DC8A of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995, (Schedule 2, Part 1, Classes A to E), or any Order amending or revoking and re-enacting that Order, no alterations or extensions shall be undertaken to the dwelling hereby permitted, or any garage, shed or other outbuilding erected (other than those expressly authorised by this permission).

Reason: To protect the appearance of the localityand in accordance with Policy No. HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

4. No development shall take place until a scheme of landscaping has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail which may have previously been submitted.  The scheme shall indicate all existing trees and hedgerows on the land; detail any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development; indicate the types and numbers of trees and shrubs to be planted, their distribution on site, those areas to be seeded, paved or hard landscaped; and detail any changes of ground level or landform.

Reason: In the interests of the amenity of the area and in accordance with Policy No.GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

5. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of any buildings or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner, and 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 similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

Reason:  In the interest of the appearance of the locality and in accordance with Policy No GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

6. The development hereby permitted shall not commence until full details of the colour, form and texture of all hard ground-surfacing materials (notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plans and specification) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall only be carried out in conformity with the approved details.

Reason:  To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interest of the visual amenity of the area and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and DC8Aof the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

7. Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced full details of existing and proposed ground levels and proposed building slab levels (all relative to ground levels adjoining the site) shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plan(s).  The development shall only be carried out in conformity with the approved details.

Reason:  To protect the appearance of the locality, in the interests of the amenities of local residents and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

8. Prior to the first occupation of the replacement dwelling hereby permitted, the existing mobile home (caravan) shall have been removed from the site and the use of the land upon which the caravan stood shall be restored to agriculture and shall remain as such at all times thereafter.

Reason: The provision of two dwellings on the site would be contrary to the provisions of the adopted Interim Supplementary Planning Guidance on Windfall Housing Developments and Policy No. HS6 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

9. The existing soil levels around the base of the trees to be retained shall not be altered.

Reason: To safeguard the trees to be retained and in accordance with Policy Nos. EP9 and HT9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

10. During the construction period, all trees to be retained shall be protected by 1.2 metre high fencing as specified in paragraph 8.2.2 of British Standard BS5837:1991 at a distance from the tree trunk equivalent to the outermost limit of the branch spread, or at a distance from the tree trunk equal to half the height of the tree (whichever is further from the tree trunk), or as may be first agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.   No construction materials, spoil, rubbish, vehicles or equipment shall be stored or tipped within the area(s) so fenced.  All excavations within the area so fenced shall be carried out by hand.

Reason: To safeguard the trees to be retained and in accordance with Policy Nos. EP9 and HT9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

11. Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced, full details of the position, height and appearance of all fences and walls to be erected to the site boundaries (notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plans) shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The dwelling shall not be occupied pursuant to this permission before all walls and fences have been erected in accordance with the approved details.  Fences and walls shall thereafter be retained in accordance with the approved details at all times.

Reason:  To ensure a visually satisfactory form of development, to protect the amenities of occupiers of nearby property and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and EM2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

12. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, the existing uninhabitable farmhouse shall have been demolished and all resultant material, except that which will be reused in the construction of the replacement dwelling to which this permission relates, shall have been removed from the site and the land including the residential curtilage associated with the demolished farmhouse shall be restored to agriculture and shall remain as such at all times thereafter.

Reason: The provision of two dwellings on the site would be contrary to the provisions of the adopted Interim Supplementary Planning Guidance on Windfall Housing Developments and Policy No. Hs6 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

 

Application No:            05/00536/COU

Proposal:            Continued temporary use of land for the siting of a residential mobile home for a period of two years for occupation by agricultural woker.

Location:            Caraven, Bramblewood Nursery, Wigan Lane, Heath Charnock Lancashire

Decision:

It was moved by Councillor Edgerley, seconded by Councillor Brownlee and subsequently RESOLVED: that the application be deferred to allow further examination by officers on the justification of a functional need.

 

Application No:            05/00576/FUL

Proposal:            Revised application for provision of hardstanding for unloading and storage of palletised materials and fodder bales for farm use (approx 250m2)

Location:            South Miry Fold Farm, Briers Brow, Wheelton Lancashire PR6 8JN

Decision:

RESOLVED: that the application be refused for the following reasons:

1. The development is contrary to policy DC1 of the Adopted Borough Local Plan Review and the provisions of Planning Policy Guidance Note No2, Green Belts, in that upon land allocated as Green Belt on the Proposals Map to the Local Plan the storage of general palleted materials upon a new hardstanding located in close proximity to a public right of way would represent a significant and undesirable visual intrusion into a prominent location in open countryside openly accessible to the general public . Such a use of the land would be inappropriate in the context of the Green Belt at this location and would impinge upon its openness and result in an unacceptable and unjustified encroachment into a countryside location. To allow new development of land on this occasion without adequate justification as to very special circumstances in a Green Belt location would establish an unwarranted precedent for similar development that cannot be justified, and which the Local Planning Authority would subsequently find difficult to resist.

 

Application No:            052/50686/FUL

Proposal:            Subdivision of existing dwelling and associated works to form two new dwellings

Location:            Fairview Harbour Lane Wheelton Chorley Lancashire

Decision:

It was moved by Councillor S Smith, seconded by Councillor David Dickinson and subsequently RESOLVED (10:0) that further consideration of the application be deferred to await the recommendations of the Site Inspection Sub-Committee, following the inspection of the site.

 

Application No:            05/00691/FUL

Proposal:                 Erection of replacement office building

Location:            Wizard Computers 224 Preton Road Whittle-Le-Woods Lancashire PR6 7HW

Decision:

RESOLVED: That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

 

1. The development hereby permitted shall not commence until samples of all external facing materials to the proposed building(s) (notwithstanding any details shown on previously submitted plan(s) and specification) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall only be carried out using the approved external facing materials.

Reason:  To ensure that the materials used are visually appropriate to the locality and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and EM7 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

 

2. The premises hereby approved shall only be used for purposes within Class B1 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987. There shall be no direct retail sales to visiting members of the public.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety, to protect the amenities of nearby residents and in accordance with Policy Nos. EM7 and TR4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

Application No:            05/00758/FUL

Proposal:            Alterations to shop front including installation of roller shutter (retrospective) and ramped disabled access.

Location:            68 Park Road Adlington Lancashire PR7 4JN

Decision:

It was moved by Councillor Molyneaux, seconded by Councillor David Dickinson and subsequently RESOLVED: That the application be refused for the following reasons.

 

1. The roller shutters are contrary to Policy SP10 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review and the approved Supplementary Planning Guidance on Shopfronts and Signs which both seek to ensure shutters are designed to be in keeping with the character of the premises to which they relate and appropriate in the street scene context.