Agenda item

Application No:            06/00023/FUL

Proposal:                 Re-development of industrial site and erection of Conductive Education Centre for disabled children.

Location:                  Land at Junction Salt Pit Lane and Bluestone Lane, Mawdesley.

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor S Smith, seconded by Councillor Whittaker and subsequently RESOLVED to grant planning permission subject to the following conditions:

1. The development to which this permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

Reason: This condition is required to be imposed by Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

2. Prior to the commencement of development samples of all external facing and roofing materials (notwithstanding any details shown on previously submitted plan(s) and specification) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  All works shall be undertaken strictly in accordance with the details as approved unless otherwise first agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

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

3. Prior to the commencement of development full details of the colour, form and texture of all hard landscaping (notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plans and specification) shall have been submitted to ks shall be undertaken strictly in accordance with the details as approved, unless and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  All wor otherwise first agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and shall be completed in all respects before the final completion of the development and thereafter retained.

Reason: To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interest of the visual amenity of the area and in accordance with Policy GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

4. Prior to the commencement of any development, full details of the alignment, height and appearance of all fences, gates, walls or other means of enclosure to be erected (notwithstanding any such detail shown on previously submitted plan(s)) shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The building shall not 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.  Notwithstanding the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 no further fences, gates, walls or other means of enclosure shall thereafter be erected unless express planning permission is first obtained.

Reason: To ensure a visually satisfactory form of development and to protect the amenities of occupiers of nearby property and in accordance with Policy GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

5. Details of any floodlighting to be installed shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before any such installation is carried out.  The installation shall then be implemented precisely in accordance with these agreed details which shall then not be varied without express written permission. Furthermore, no additional external lighting shall be installed without the express written permission of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To safeguard the amenities of the area and to minimise the possibility of inconvenience to nearby residents in accordance with policy GN5 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

6. Before the development hereby permitted is first occupied, the car park and vehicle manoeuvring areas shall be surfaced or paved, drained and marked out all in accordance with the approved plan and to a specification first agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.  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 in and accordance with Policy TR4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

7. Before the development is commenced, proposals for the landscaping of the site, to include provision for the retention and protection of existing trees and shrubs, if any, thereon, together with any means of enclosure proposed or existing within or along the curtilage of the site shall be submitted to and approved by the District Planning Authority by means of a large scale plan and a written brief.  All proposed and existing trees and shrubs shall be correctly described and their positions accurately shown.  Upon approval such new planting shall be carried out during the planting season October/March inclusive, in accordance with the appropriate British Standards for ground preparation, staking, etc., in BS4428:1989 (1979), immediately following commencement of the development.  The landscaping shall thereafter be maintained for five years during which time any specimens which are damaged, dead or dying shall be replaced and hence the whole scheme shall thereafter be retained.

Reason: Pursuant to Section 197 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and toprotect and enhance the appearance and character of the site and the locality.

8. No materials or equipment shall be stored on the site other than inside the building.

Reason: In the interests of the amenity of the area and in accordance with Policy GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

9. This permission shall enure solely for the benefit of the applicant, Rainbow House, and not for the benefit of the land to which the application relates, and on Rainbow House ceasing to occupy the premises the use shall revert to a D1 use as identified by the Use Classes Order 1987 (as amended)

Reason: The Council has had regard to the special circumstances of the applicant.

10. That part of the access extending from the highway boundary for a minimum distance of 5m into the site shall be appropriately paved in tarmac, concrete, block paviours or other materials approved by the Local Planning Authority prior to the building hereby permitted being brought into use.

Reason: To prevent loose material being brought onto the highway causing a danger to other road users in accordance with policy TR4 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.

11. Prior to the fist occupation of the building hereby approved a footway to adoptable standards to a specification to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority shall be provided between the site access and the existing footway to the west of the site.

Reason: To secure adequate visibility splay from the site entrance and in the interests of pedestrian safety in accordance with policy TR4 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review 2003.