Agenda item

Report of Corporate Director (Business) (enclosed)

Planning permission granted

Application no:            07/01395/REMMAJ

Proposal:                   Reserved matters application for the erection of 3 buildings for B2 use with ancillary parking areas

Location:                    Site 5, 7 and 9 Buckshaw Avenue, Buckshaw Village, Lancashire

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor Ken Ball, seconded by Councillor Danny Gee and was subsequently RESOLVED (13:0) to grant planning permission subject to the following conditions:

1. 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 plan(s)) shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  No building shall be occupied or land used 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.

2. Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced full details of lighting proposals for the site shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plans.  The development shall only be carried out in conformity with the approved details.

Reason:  To protect the appearance of the locality, to prevent light pollution, in the interests of public safety and crime prevention and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5, EM2 and EP21A of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

3. Prior to the first use of the development hereby permitted, a Business Travel Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The measures in the agreed Travel Plan shall then thereafter be complied with unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To reduce the number of car borne trips and to encourage the use of public transport and to accord with Policies TR1 and TR4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

4. Surface water must drain separate from the foul and no surface water will be permitted to discharge to the foul sewerage system.

Reason: To secure proper drainage and in accordance with Policy Nos.EP17 and EM2 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 be carried out in accordance with the external facing materials detailed on the approved plans. The development shall only be carried out using the approved external facing materials unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

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.

7. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the hard ground- surfacing materials detailed on the approved plans.  The development shall only be carried out in conformity with the approved details unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

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 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

8. Before the development hereby permitted is first occupied, the cycle parking shall be provided in accordance with the approved plan.  The cycle parking shall not thereafter be used for any purpose other than the parking of cycles and motorcycles.

Reason:  To ensure adequate on site provision of cycle parking and in accordance with Policy No. 7 of the Joint Lancashire Structure Plan.

9. 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 car park and vehicle manoeuvring areas shall not thereafter 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.7 of the Joint Lancashire Structure Plan.

10. The premises shall be used for B2 uses only, specifically high quality generic manufacturing uses and knowledge based industry and for no other purpose (including any other purpose in Class B2 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, or in any provision in any statutory instrument revoking and re-enacting that Order).

Reason: In order to ensure the aspirations for the Regional Investment Site are achieved and in accordance with Policy 15 of the Joint Lancashire Structure Plan and Policy No EM1A of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

11. The development hereby permitted shall only be carried out in conformity with the proposed ground and building slab levels shown on the approved plans or as may otherwise be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority before any development is first commenced.

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

12. If, during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority) shall be carried out until the developer has submitted, and obtained written approval from the Local Planning Authority for, an amendment to the Method Statement detailing how this unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with.

Reason: To protect the environment and prevent harm to human health by ensuring that the land is remediated to an appropriate standard for the proposed end use and in accordance with Government advice contained in PPS23: Planning and Pollution Control

13. No materials or equipment shall be stored on the site other than inside the building.

Reason: In the interests of the amenity of the area and in accordance with Policy No. EM2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.