Agenda item

To receive and consider the minutes of the meeting of the Site Inspection Sub-Committee held on 17 November 2006.

The Committee received the minutes of the Site Inspection Sub-Committee held on Friday 17 November 2006.

The Sub-Committee had visited, at the request of the Development Control Committee, the site of the following application.

Planning application 06/00838/FUL

Planning application 06/00838/FUL sought permission to build a first floor extension to an existing single storey building at the base of a chimney at Withnell Mill, Withnell Fold.

The Sub-Committee after taking all the factors into account had recommended the Development Control Committee to approve planning permission for the proposal.

It was proposed by Councillor Ralph Snape, seconded by Councillor Shaun Smith, and subsequently RESOLVED (10:2) 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 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

2. 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 HT7 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

3. Before the development commences, full details of the treatment of all the proposed windows and doors shall have been submitted to and been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The submitted details shall include the proposed method of construction, the materials to be used, fixing details (including cross sections) and their external finish including any surrounds, cills or lintels.

Reason : In the interests of the character and appearance of the building and in accordance with Policy No. HT7 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

4. Before the development commences, full details of the proposed rainwater goods, including the eaves detail, to be used on the building shall have been submitted to and been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason : In the interests of the character and appearance of the building and in accordance with Policy No. HT7 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

5. Notwithstanding the details already submitted, this consent relates to the use of 'flush' fitting roof lights, only in accordance with details to be first submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The details shall include the model/make, exact dimensions and the fixing detail (including a cross section) of the roof light(s) to be used.

Reason : To protect the character and appearance of the buildingand in accordance with Policy No. HT7 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

6. Before the development commences full details, in the form of a work methodology statement, shall be submitted to and been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority in relation to the remedial repair and repointing of the existing stonework of the property and the details of the new stonework to the extension. The required details shall include the method for maintaining the existing stonework in situ and include the method of 'raking out' the existing joints, the type of mortar to be used and the finished profile of the pointing in both the stonework of the existing building and the stonework of the extension.

Reason : In the interests of the character and appearance of the Listed Building and in accordance with Policy No. HT2 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

7. The development hereby permitted shall only be carried out in accordance with the amended plan(s), received on 15^th September 2006.

Reason:  To define the permission and ensure a satisfactory form of development.

8. Before the development commences, full details of the access ramp and railings to the buildings entrance shall have been submitted to and been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include materials, railing dimensions and colour finish and the surfacing material for the ramp itself. The development shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason : In the interests of the character and appearance of the building and in accordance with Policy No. HT7 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

9. Before the development commences, full details of a scheme for the rescue, safe storage and re-use of the original materials to the building at the base of the chimney shall have been submitted to and been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall only be carried out in accordance with the details in the approved scheme thereafter.

Reason : In the interests of the character and appearance of the building and in accordance with Policy No. HT7 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.