Agenda item

Report of Director of Partnerships, Planning and Policy (enclosed).

Planning permission granted subject to conditions.

(Councillor Alan Cullens declared a personal interest on this item)

(The Committee received representation from an objector to the proposals, a Ward Councillor objecting to the proposals and the applicant’s agenda in support of the application)

Application no:             10/00525/FULMAJ

Proposal:                      Erection of 2 two bedroom, 9 three bedroom affordable houses with associated landscaping and car parking

Location:                       Land 45m South West of 1 Swallow Court, Clayton-le- Woods, Lancashire

Decision:

A proposal for a site visit was proposed but later withdrawn.

It was proposed by Councillor Roy Lees, seconded by Councillor Dennis Edgerley and subsequently RESOLVED – 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.   Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced full details of the means of foul water drainage/disposal shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  No dwelling shall be occupied until the works for foul water drainage/disposal have been completed in accordance with the approved details.

      Reason: To ensure proper drainage of the development and in accordance with Policy No. EP17 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

3.   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.

4.   The development hereby permitted shall not commence until full details of the colour, form and texture of all external facing materials to the proposed buildings (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 No. HS4, of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

5.   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 No. HS4, of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

6.   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.

7.   The approved plans are:

      Plan Ref.                Received On:          Title:

      2280 100                25 June 2010           Location Plan as Existing

      2280 105                25 June 2010           Site Plan as proposed

      2280 101                28 June 2010           Site Plan as existing

      2280 110                28 June 2010           Street Elevations as proposed

      2280 108                28 June 2010           Unit Elevations as proposed

      2302_01                 28 June 2010           Arboricultural Constraints Plan

                                       25 June 2010          Unit Type 2B4P as proposed

      2280 107                28 June 2010          Unit Type 3B5P as proposed

      2280 113                28 June 2010          Boundary Treatment as proposed

      2280 114                28 June 2010          Garden Shed as proposed

      2280 107 Rev A    4 August 2010        Unit Type 3B5P as proposed (Plot 6)

      2280 108 Rev A    4 August 2010        Unit Elevations as proposed (amended in part)

      2280 105 Rev B    4 August 2010        Site Plan as proposed (amended in part)

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

8.   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 localityand in accordance with Policy No. HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

9.   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.

10. No development shall take place until:

a)     a methodology for investigation and assessment of ground contamination has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The investigation and assessment shall be carried out in accordance with current best practice including British Standard 10175:2001 “Investigation of potentially contaminated sites – Code of Practice”.  The objectives of the investigation shall be, but not limited to, identifying the type(s), nature and extent of contamination present to the site, risks to receptors and potential for migration within and beyond the site boundary;

b)     all testing specified in the approved scheme  (submitted under a) and the results of the investigation and risk assessment, together with remediation proposals to render the site capable of development have been submitted to the Local Planning Authority;

c)     the Local Planning Authority has given written approval to the remediation proposals (submitted under b), which shall include an implementation timetable and monitoring proposals.  Upon completion of the remediation works, a validation report containing any validation sampling results have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

      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 Policy No. EP16 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

11. If during the 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 remediation proposals, and obtained written approval from the local planning authority.

      Reason: To protect the environment and to prevent harm to human health by ensuring that the land is remediated to an appropriate standard in accordance with Policy No.EP16 of the Adopted Chorley Local Plan Review.

12.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.

13.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.