Agenda item

Report of Corporate Director (Business) (enclosed)

Permission granted subject to a legal agreement.

(The Committee received representation from the applicant’s agent in support of the proposals)

Application no:            08/01044/OUTMAJ

Proposal:                   Outline application for the erection of mixed use development incorporating residential and B1 employment use following the demolition of the existing buildings (7.2 hectares)

Location:                    Vertex Training and Conference Centre, Little Carr Lane, Chorley

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor Ken Ball, seconded by Councillor Roy Lees, and was subsequently RESOLVED to grant planning permission subject to a legal agreement and the following conditions:

1. Any application for approval of reserved matters must be made to the Council not later that four years from the date of this decision. The development shall be begun within two years of the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters or within six years of the date of this decision which ever is the later

Reason: Required to be imposed by Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2. At the time of submission of the first set of details for development of the residential parcel, pursuant to Condition 2 above, a Statement of Overall Landscape Strategy for the residential parcel shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include a landscaping/habitat creation and management plan and shall include details of structure planting on the site’s peripheral areas and adjacent to the primary roads, footpaths and cycle ways within the site.

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.

3. At the time of submission of the first set of details for development of the employment parcel, pursuant to Condition 2 above, a Statement of Overall Landscape Strategy for the employment parcel shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include a landscaping/habitat creation and management plan and shall include details of structure planting on the site’s peripheral areas and adjacent to the primary roads, footpaths and cycle ways within the site. The details shall also include the treatment of the boundaries of the site with the existing residential dwellings along Carr Lane/Little Carr Lane to ensure the existing residential amenities are protected.

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.

4. Within one year of or within the first planting and seeding season following the completion of the access junction (whichever is the sooner) the structure planting along the access road and boundary of the site with Myles Standish Way shall be completed in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

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. Before any phase of the development hereby permitted is first commenced, full details of the position, height and appearance of all fences and walls to be erected for that phase (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/ dwelling for that phase 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 provide reasonable standards of privacy to residents and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5, HS4 and EM2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

6. A scheme of landscaping for each phase shall be submitted and agreed in writing prior to the commencement of that phase of development. The scheme shall indicate the types and numbers of trees and shrubs to be planted, their distribution on the site, those areas to be seeded, paved or hard landscaped, detail any changes of ground level and shall be in accordance with the approved landscape strategy pursuant to conditions four and five. Landscaping and restoration schemes should aim to contribute to targets specified in the UK and Lancashire Biodiversity Action Plans. Landscaping proposals should comprise only native plant communities appropriate to the natural area.

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.

7. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted a method statement, setting out proposals for the protection of the Biological Heritage Site during construction, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development thereafter shall be carried out in accordance with the approved methods.

Reasons: In the interests of the continued protection of the Biological Heritage Site. In accordance with Policy EP2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

8. Each application for approval of Reserved Matters shall be accompanied by full details of the predicted energy use of the development expressed in terms of carbon emissions. If no data specific to the application is available benchmark data will be acceptable. A schedule should include how energy efficiency is being addressed, for example, amongst other things through the use of passive solar design. It will be flexible enough to show the on-site measures to be installed and implemented so as to reduce carbon emissions by the figure set out in policy SR1 of the Sustainable Resources DPD at the time of commencement of each individual plot by means of low carbon sources. Details shall be submitted for on-site measures to be implemented including rainwater/brown water recycling, the implementation of sustainable urban drainage systems and the provision of storage space for recyclable waste materials and composting. No development shall commence until the scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such details as may be approved shall be implemented and retained in perpetuity unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure the proper planning of the area. In line with the objective of National Planning Policy contained in Planning Policy Statement: Planning, the Climate Change Supplement to PPS1, Policies EM16 and EM17 of the Regional Spatial Strategy and Chorley Borough Council's Sustainable Resources DPD

9. The applications for approval of Reserved Matters shall demonstrate and provide full details of how the design and layout of the buildings will withstand climate change. The scheme shall include details of the Code for Sustainable Homes Level, how the proposals minimise energy use and maximise energy efficiency. All dwellings commenced after 2010 will be required to meet Level 3, all dwellings commenced after 2013 will be required to meet Level 4 and all dwellings commenced after 2016 will be required to meet Level 6 of the Codes for Sustainable Homes. No development shall commence until the scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such details as may be approved shall be implemented and retained in perpetuity unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure the proper planning of the area. In line with the objective of National Planning Policy contained in Planning Policy Statement: Planning, the Climate Change Supplement to PPS1, Policies EM16 and EM17 of the Regional Spatial Strategy and Chorley Borough Council's Sustainable Resources DPD

10. Each application for approval of reserved matters shall be accompanied by full details of existing and proposed ground levels and proposed building slab levels of the dwellings and the B1 units (all relative to ground levels adjoining the site), notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plans. The development shall only be carried out in conformity with the approved level 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, EM2 and HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

11. The access link from Little Carr Lane shall cease to be used 3 months following the commencement of development and prior to the commencement of the residential development unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. Full details of the measures to be implemented to prevent vehicular access except in emergencies shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include details of proposed signage, details of the pedestrian/cycle route and samples of the proposed hard surfacing materials. The development thereafter shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.

Reason: To ensure the acceptable development of the site and in accordance with Policy GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

12. Each reserved matters application shall include full details of the trees to be felled on that phase of the development and shall include full details (including species, number, stature and location) of the replacement tree planting. The replacement tree planting shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To safeguard the visual amenity of the area and in accordance with Policy Nos.EP9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

13. No dwelling/ B1 unit hereby permitted shall be occupied until the highway alterations to the site access with Myles Standish Way have been completed in accordance with plan reference B3141 P017A, dated 21st November 2008, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The access road shall include access roads into the two employment areas located to the east and west of the access junction.

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

14. No dwelling/ B1 unit hereby permitted shall be occupied until that part of the service road which provides access to it from the public highway has been constructed in accordance with plans which have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

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

15. The outline planning permission hereby approved relates to the erection of up to 200 residential units and up to 10,800 square metres of B1 floor space. The applications for reserved matters shall not exceed 200 residential units and 10,800 square metres of B1 floor space.

Reason: In the interests of the appropriate development of the site, to prevent intensification in the development of the site and in the interests of the visual amenities of the area. In accordance with Government advice contained in PPS3: Housing and Policy EM2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

16. Prior to the commencement of the residential parcel full details of the proposed residents consultation procedure shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include information on how the residents will be kept informed on the progress of the development prior to commencement and during the development period. Additionally details of the main contact / site manager during the development shall be provided to the Local Planning Authority and the residents prior to the commencement of the development. The residents consultation plan shall be implemented and completed in accordance with the approved procedure.

Reason: To ensure that the existing residents are fully aware of the progress of the development.

17. Prior to the commencement of the employment parcel full details of the proposed residents consultation procedure shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include information on how the residents will be kept informed on the progress of the development prior to commencement and during the development period. Additionally details of the main contact / site manager during the development shall be provided to the Local Planning Authority and the residents prior to the commencement of the development. The resident’s consultation plan shall be implemented and completed in accordance with the approved procedure.

Reason: To ensure that the existing residents are fully aware of the progress of the development.