Agenda item

Report of Corporate Director (Business) (enclosed)

Planning permission granted subject to conditions.

(The Committee received representations from an objector to the proposals and the applicant’s agent)

Application no:                      09/00137/FUL

Proposal:                   Split level extensions (two-storey and basement) to rear of existing restaurant, a single storey extension including link to rear of dining room, both to provide staff accommodation, to include taking down and rebuilding of the wall to Shaw Brow.

Location:                    174, Preston Road, Whittle-Le-Woods, Chorley

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor Ken Ball, seconded by Councillor Mick Muncaster and subsequently RESOLVED (9:2) to grant planning permission subject to the following conditions:

1. The proposed development must be begun not later than three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: Required to be imposed by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2. 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(s) 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 locality, protect the amenities of neighbouring properties and in accordance with Policy No. HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

3. 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.

4. The stone wall to the boundary of Shaw Brow shall not be commenced until a sample panel of the wall has been viewed on site and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This shall include a sample of any new natural stone to be used and show the coursing and jointing to be used in the construction of the wall. The construction of the wall shall only be carried out using the approved external facing materials and method of construction and shall take place prior to first occupation of the building/extension(s) hereby approved.

Reason:  To ensure that the materials used are visually appropriate to the locality and in accordance with Policy No. GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

5. Before any works to implement this permission are commenced full details of the fume extraction and filtration system to be installed at the premises (notwithstanding any such details previously submitted) shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The system shall be installed in accordance with the approved details prior to the commencement of the use of the premises hereby permitted and retained in operation at all times thereafter.

Reason: To safeguard the amenities of local residents and in accordance with Policy No. EP21 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

6. The integral/attached garage shall be kept freely available for the parking of cars and shall not be converted to living accommodation, notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995.

Reason:  To ensure adequate garaging/off street parking provision is made/maintained in accordance with Policy No.HS9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review and the adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance Householder Design Guidelines..

7. 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. In addition, it shall specifically give full details of the new hedge to be planted against the boundary with Shaw Brow as shown on Drawing No TR/PL/08/004 including the species, number and distribution of whips to be planted to form the hedge.

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.

8. 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.

9. The roof lights in the bedroom in the south elevation of the owners accommodation shall be positioned a minimum of 2.3m above the mezzanine floor level as shown on Drawing No. TR/PL/08/003A.

Reason: To protect the amenities of the neighbouring property and in accordance with policy HS9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

10. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (general Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order, with or without modification), no windows or rooflights other than those expressly authorised by this permission, or as subsequently agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, shall be inserted at any time in the building/extensions hereby permitted.

Reason: To protect the amenities and privacy of the adjoining properties and in accordance with Policy HS9 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 plan(s) (drawing no. TR/PlL08/002A) 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 residentsand in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

12. The staff accommodation in the single storey extension hereby permitted shown on drawing no. TR/PL/08/002A and the owners accommodation in the building/extension hereby permitted (the part linked to the main building as shown on drawing no. TR/PL/08/002A) shall remain as staff/owners domestic accommodation only and shall not be incorporated into the restaurant and/or hotel.

Reason: To ensure control is maintained over the future expansion of the restaurant/hotel and to ensure sufficient parking is provided for the use and maintain the amenity of the surrounding properties in accordance with Policies TR4 and HS9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

13. The owners accommodation in the building/extension hereby permitted (the part linked to the main building as shown on drawing no. TR/PL/08/002A) shall remain as staff/owners domestic accommodation linked to the restaurant/hotel and shall not be used as a separate dwelling.

Reason: To ensure a reasonable standard of living for future occupiers of the accommodation in line with policy HS9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

14. Before the building/extension hereby permitted is first occupied, or before the new function room is first used, whichever is the sooner, 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. TR4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

15. The development hereby permitted shall not commence until samples of all external facing materials to the proposed building/extension(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. This shall include full details of the type, coursing and jointing of the natural stone to be used in the construction of the external faces of the building(s). The development shall only be carried out using the approved external facing materials in conformity with the approved details.

Reason:  To ensure that the materials used are visually appropriate to the locality and in accordance with Policy No. GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

16. Before development commences, details of the treatment of the proposed external windows and doors in the extension hereby permitted shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The submitted details shall include the materials to be used and their external finish including any reveal (recess), surrounds, cills or lintels.

Reason: In the interest of character and appearance of the building and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and HS9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.