Agenda item

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

Planning permission granted subject to conditions.

Application no:             10/00591/FULMAJ

Proposal:                      Erection of a railway station, access road and associated parking and infrastructure at Buckshaw Village (amendments to previously approved application ref: 08/00562/REMMAJ)

Location:                       Royal Ordnance Site, including land between Dawson Lane and Euxton Lane, Euxton Lane, Euxton, Lancashire

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor David Dickinson, seconded by Councillor Mick Muncaster and subsequently RESOLVED – Unanimously 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 position, height and appearance of all fences and walls to be erected to the site boundaries (notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plans) 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 and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 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 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 building (notwithstanding any details shown on the 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 using the approved external facing materials.

      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.

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 Nos. GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

6.   The approved plans are:

      Plan Ref.                                        Received On:    Title:

      34548                                              14 July 2010       Location Plan

      M0001-DRG-BAA0001 (PO3)    14 July 2010       Proposed Station Building Plans & Elevations

      M0001-DRG-BA00003 (PO2)     14 July 2010       North Elevation (rendered Image)

      FFC64A/20120(B)                                   14 July 2010          Planning Application GA

      30012 (B)                                       14 July 2010       Proposed Site Sections

      30014 (D)                                       14 July 2010       Proposed Footbridge GA Plans & Elevations

7.   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.

8.   No development hereby permitted shall be operational until the highway which serves the development has been completed in accordance with the details shown on plan reference SCP/08183/005, received 31 July 2008, or as otherwise agreed 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.

9.   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, in the interests of public safety and crime prevention and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and EP21A of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

10.Prior to the commencement of the development a methodology statement for the construction of the development hereby permitted, in particular the construction of the platforms and the footbridge, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The methodology statement shall include working hours, a timetable for construction and a noise assessment. The development thereafter shall be constructed in accordance with the approved methodology statement.

      Reason: To ensure the amenities of the neighbours are protected and in accordance with Policy EP20 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

11.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.

12.Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced full details of existing and proposed ground levels and proposed building slab levels to the North, West and East of the site shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail shown on approved plan(s), including how the scheme will tie into the levels of the approved scheme to the north ref: 09/00659/REMMAJ); and including cross-sections to boundaries with adjacent land at points to be first agreed to in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall only be carried out in conformity with the approved details.

      Reason:  There is a level difference between the application site and the adjacent land and adjacent schemes as approved. To protect the appearance of the locality and to ensure the appropriate development of Buckshaw Village as whole and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and GN2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.