Agenda item

Application No:            06/00589/REMMAJ

Proposal:                   Erection of regional distribution centre, including warehouse/storage, ancillary offices, car and lorry parking, access and part circulation space, gatehouse, MHE store and fuel point (site area 6.6 Ha).

Location:                    Site 6 and 8 Buckshaw Avenue, Buckshaw Village, Lancashire.

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor D Gee, seconded by Councillor Snow, and subsequently RESOLVED to grant planning permission subject to a Section 106 Agreement and the following conditions:

1. The approved plans are:

Plan Ref.             Received On:                                    Title:

889/19                         08/06/06                                 Planting Plan Landscape

15905-PL100                   23/05/06                                 Location Plan

15905/PL102                   23/05/06                                 Site Plan Eastern Boundary

15905-PL107                   23/05/06                                 Proposed Elevations

15905-PL105                   23/05/06                                 Office Plans

SK01                           23/05/06                                 Foul and Surface water outfall

781.01                         23/05/06                                 Outline Landscape Proposals

15905-PL109                   02/06/06                                 Walkway detail

15905-PL104                   23/05/06                                 Proposed Elevations

15905-PL111                   23/05/06                                 Proposed Sections

15905-PL106                   23/05/06                                 Detailed Elevations and

                                                                                      Sections

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

2. Before the development hereby permitted is first occupied, provision for cycle parking provision, in accordance with details to be first agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority, shall have been made.

Reason : To ensure adequate on site provision for cycle parking and in accordance with Policy No. TR18 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

3. 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 EM2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

4. 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.

5. 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 plan(s).  The development shall only be carried out in conformity with the approved details.

Reason:  To protect the appearance of the locality, to prevent light pollution, in the interests of public safety and crime prevention and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5, EM2 and EP21A of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

6. Prior to the first use of the development hereby permitted, a Business Travel Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The measures in the agreed Travel Plan shall then thereafter be complied with unless overwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To reduce the number of car borne trips and to encourage the use of public transport and to accord with Policies TR1 and TR4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

7. 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.

8. 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 Policies GN5and EM2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

9. 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 Policies GN5 and EM2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

10. The existing soil levels around the base of the trees to be retained shall not be altered except as otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority.

Reason: To safeguard the trees to be retained and in accordance with Policy EP9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

11. During the construction period, all trees to be retained shall be protected by 1.2 metre high fencing as specified in paragraph 8.2.2 of British Standard BS5837:1991 at a distance from the tree trunk equivalent to the outermost limit of the branch spread, or at a distance from the tree trunk equal to half the height of the tree (whichever is further from the tree trunk), or as may be first agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.   No construction materials, spoil, rubbish, vehicles or equipment shall be stored or tipped within the area(s) so fenced.  All excavations within the area so fenced shall be carried out by hand.

Reason: To safeguard the trees to be retained and in accordance with Policy EP9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

12. The development hereby permitted shall not commence until samples of all external facing materials to the proposed building(s) (notwithstanding any details shown on 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 Nos. GN5 and EM2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

13. 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 and EM2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

14. 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.  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 and in accordance with Policy No. TR8 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

15. The development of the site should be carried out in accordance with the approved Method Statement.

Reason: To ensure that the development complies with approved details in the interests of the protection of Controlled Waters.

16. 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 addendum to the method statement. This addendum to the Method Statement must detail how this unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with.

Reason: To ensure that the development complies with approved details in the interests of protection of controlled waters.

17. Upon completion of the remediation detailed in the Method Statement a report shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority that provides verification that the required works regarding contamination have been carried out in accordance with the approved Method Statement(s). Post Remediation sampling and monitoring results shall be included in the report to demonstrate that the required remediation has been fully met. Future monitoring proposals and reporting shall also be detailed in the report.

Reason: To protect Controlled Waters by ensuring that the remediated site has been reclaimed to an appropriate standard.

18. Prior to being discharged into any watercourse, surface water sewer or soakaway system, all surface water drainage from impermeable parking areas, roadways and hardstandings for vehicles, commercial lorry parks and fuel filling areas shall be passed through an oil interceptor designed and constructed to have a capacity and details compatible with the site being drained.  Roof water shall not pass through the interceptor.

Reason : To prevent pollution of the water environment and in accordance with Policy Nos. EP17, EP18, EM2 and EM3 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

19. No materials or equipment shall be stored on the site other than inside the building or the areas as allocate don the approved plans.

Reason: In the interests of the amenity of the area and in accordance with Policy No.EM2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.