Agenda item

Application No:            06/00216/FUL

Proposal:                   Formation of fenced off horse exercise area with all weather surface and erection of timber isolation stable/shelter with veterinary treatment area.

Location:                    Land 100m South East Of Back House Farm, Hall Lane, Mawdesley

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor F Culshaw, seconded by Councillor D Edgerley, and subsequently RESOLVED (7:0) to grant full 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 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

2. The building hereby permitted shall be used for the stabling of horses and storage of associated equipment, bedding and feed only and shall not be used for any trade or business purposes (including the keeping of horses at livery or in connection with a commercial riding school).

In the interests of highway safety and the character and appearance of the area.

3. All external facing material shall match in colour, form and texture those on the existing stable building.

Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity of the area.

4. The permission hereby granted shall only enure for the benefit of a horse related charitable organisation and may not be implemented or occupied by any other person, company or organisation. Should the isolation unit/treatment building and associated hardstanding hereby permitted cease be required for the purposes of the charity, it shall be removed from the land, together with all resultant materials, and the land shall be restored to its condition before the development took place.

Reason: The permission was granted having regard to the special circumstances advanced in support of the application, however the use would be inappropriate to the area unless only carried on by the applicant in the manner specified on the application.

5. The permission hereby granted is for the use of the land for the keeping and grazing of animals and the riding of horses and ponies only.  The land shall not be used for any business purpose including the commercial training or schooling of horse and pony riders or for the holding of any events, competitions, trials, horse/pony club meetings or gymkhanas and does not imply or grant permission for installation of any system or sound amplification.

Reason : To define the permission and in the interests of the amenities of the occupiers of neighbouring properties and highway safety and in accordance with Policy No. EP8 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. 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. The approved plans are:

Plan Ref.             Received On:                 Title:

CF1712-50 B 6 June 2006 Proposed Exercise Area & Isolation/Veterinary Treatment Area 

CF1712-51 B 6 June 2006 Location, Elevations & Plan of New Building

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

9. The building hereby permitted shall only be used by horses and ponies in the care of a horse related charity operating from the site. It shall not be used by any private individual or for commercial purposes

Reason: The permission was granted having regard to the special circumstances advanced in support of the application, however the use would be inappropriate to the area unless only carried on by the applicant in the manner specified on the application.

10. No development shall take place until a scheme of lighting has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail, which may have previously been submitted. Such a scheme should include details of the location (where they will be attached), the number and size of the lights and their luminance. Such a scheme shall be constructed and completed in accordance with the approved plans. Notwithstanding the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 or any re-enactment or associated legislation no further lighting shall be installed unless express planning permission is first obtained.

Reason: To define the permission and in the interests of the residential amenities of the adjacent property and in accordance with Policy Nos. DC1 and EP21A of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review