Agenda item

Report of Corporate Director (Business) (enclosed)

Approved reserved matters planning permission granted subject to conditions

Application no:                      09/00449/REMMAJ

Proposal:                   Reserved matters application for the erection of 227 dwellings with associated garages, roads, sewers and parking spaces for Parcels H6, I (Phase 1) and I (Phase 2).  Including a part amendment to the road layout previously approved as part of reserved matters approval 05/00523/REMMAJ and 05/00525/REMMAJ

Location:                    Land Parcel H6, Lancashire Drive, Buckshaw Village, Lancashire

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor David Dickinson, seconded by Councillor Keith Iddon, and subsequently RESOLVED to grant approved reserved matters planning permission subject to conditions:

1.  The proposed development must be begun no later than two years from the date of this permission.

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.  Before the development herby permitted is first commenced, full details of the position, height and appearance of all fences  and walls to be erected (notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plans) shall have been submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  No dwellings shall be occupied until all fences and walls shown in the approved details to bound its plot have been erected in conformity with the approved details.  Other fences and walls shown in the approved details shall have been erected in conformity with the approved details prior to substantial completion of the development.

Reason: To ensure a visually satisfactory form of development, to provide reasonable standards of privacy to residents and in accordance with Policy No. HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

3.  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 completion 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 occupation 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.

4.  The external facing materials detailed on the approved plans shall be used and no others substituted without the prior written approval for the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure that the materials used are visually appropriate to the locality and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and HS9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

5.  The development herby 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 HS9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

6.  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 dwellings herby 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 and in Accordance with Policy No. HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

7.  The garages hereby permitted shall be kept freely available for the parking of cars, notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995.

Reason: In order to safeguard the residential amenity and character of the area and in accordance with Policy HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

8.  Prior to the commencement of the development full details of the bin storage facilities associated with the apartment blocks shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The bin storage thereafter shall be constructed and retained in accordance with the approved plans.

Reason: To ensure that adequate refuge storage is provided on site and in accordance with Policy HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

9.  Notwithstanding the submitted details, prior to the commencement of the development full details of the proposed railings shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The railings shall replicate the Buckshaw railings which have been erected throughout Buckshaw Village.  The development thereafter shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans.

Reason: In the interest of the visual amenities of the area and in accordance with Policy GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

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

Reason: To ensure proper drainage and in accordance with Policy Nos. EP17 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

11.  Prior to the commencement of the development full details of the gate treatment, to secure the alleyway between plots 732-734 and plot 731, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The gates shall thereafter be retained in perpetuity with access limited to the occupants of plots 731, 732, 733, 734.

Reason: In the interest of the visual amenities of the area and to reduce any potential security issues.  In accordance with Policy GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

12.  Prior to the commencement of the development full details of the communal bin collection points shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The details shall include their location and the proposed hardsurfacing materials/details of the enclosure.  The collection points shall only be utilised for the storage of bins on bin collection days and shall be free of bins at all other times. The collection points shall thereafter be retained in perpetuity.

Reason: To ensure adequate refuse collection facilities are provided on site and in the interests of the visual amenities of the area.  In accordance with Policy GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

13.  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 many 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 and HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

14.  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 advise contained in PPS23: Planning and Pollution Control.

15. Notwithstanding the submitted details the reserved matters approval herby granted does not apply to plots 892, 920-922 and 810-816.

Reason: In the interest of the visual amenities of the area and in accordance with Policy GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

16. Notwithstanding the submitted details the development hereby permitted shall not commence until full details of the highway layout, which is capable of being adopted as part of the Section 38 Agreement, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The highway layout thereafter shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details.

Reasons:  In the interests of highway design and safety and in the interest of achieving an acceptable housing and highway layout.  In accordance with guidance contained in Planning Policy Statement 1 and Manual for Streets.