Agenda item

Report of the Director of Development and Regeneration (enclosed)

(The application had been deferred at a previous meeting to allow the Committee members to visit the site)

Application no:                   07/00247/FUL

Proposal:                   Erection of 2 detached dwellings, one with integral garage and one with detached single garage

Location:                    Land North of 26 Chorley Lane, Charnock Richard

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor A Cain, seconded by Councillor A Lowe, and subsequently RESOLVED (8:1) to grant planning permission, subject to the prior completion of a Section 106 Legal Agreement and 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. This consent relates to the following plans:

Plan Ref.                   Received On:            Title:

06/161/P10 Rev A7 March 2007            Site Sections

06/161/P01 Rev E4 April 2007               Proposed Site Plan

06/161/P09                7 March 2007             1800mm high boundary fence,

                                                                        northern and party boundaries

06/161/P08                7 March 2007             1800mm high boundary fence,

                                                                        eastern and western boundaries

06/161/P07                7 March 2007             Detached Garage

06/161/P05                7 March 2007             Plot 1 House Type 4H 1135 Plans

                                                                        & Elevations

06/161/P06 Rev B4 April 2007               Plot 2 House Type 4H 1126 Plans

                                                                        & Elevations

06/161/P04                7 March 2007             Location and Site Plan

Reason:  To define the consent and to ensure all works are carried out in a satisfactory manner.

3. Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced, full details of the position, height and appearance of all fences 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.  No dwelling shall be occupied until all fences shown in the approved details to bound its plot have been erected in conformity with the approved details.  Other fences shown in the approved details shall have been erected in conformity with the approved details prior to substantial completion of the development.

Reason:  To ensure a visually satisfactory form of development, to provide reasonable standards of privacy to residents and in accordance with Policy No. HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

4. 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.

5. No development shall take place until details of the proposed surface water drainage arrangements have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority in writing.  No part of the development shall be occupied until the approved surface water drainage arrangements have been fully implemented.

Reason: To secure proper drainage and to prevent flooding and in accordance with Policy Nos. EP18 and EP19 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

6. Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced full details of the means of foul water drainage/disposal shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  No dwelling shall be occupied until the works for foul water drainage/disposal have been completed in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure proper drainage of the development and in accordance with Policy No. EP17 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

7. The layout of the development shall include provisions to enable vehicles to enter and leave the highway in forward gear.  This vehicular turning space shall be laid out and be available for use before the development is first occupied.

Reason:  Vehicles reversing to and from the highway are a hazard to other road users and in accordance with Policy No TR4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

8. 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(s) (notwithstanding any details shown on the 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, HS4, of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

9. The garages hereby permitted shall only be used for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, including the parking of cars.  The garage shall not be used for any trade or business purposes.

Reason:  In order to safeguard the residential amenity and character of the area and in accordance with Policy Nos. DC8A, DC8B, HS4 and HS9 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

10. 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 sumitted 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, HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

11. Notwithstanding the Provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995, (Schedule 2, Part1, Classes A to E), or any order amending or revoking and re-enacting that Order, no alterations or extensions shall be undertaken to the dwelling(s) hereby permitted, or any garage, shed or other outbuilding erected (other than those expressly authorised by this permission).

Reason: To protect the appearance of the locality and in accordance with Policy No. HS4 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. No development shall take place until a desktop study in order to identify any potential sources of land contamination associated with the development has been carried out and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. If the potential for contamination is confirmed further studies by the developer to assess the risks and identify and appraise the options for remediation will be required.

Reason: To protect the environment and to prevent harm to human health by ensuring that the land is remediated to an appropriate standard in accordance with Policy No. EP16 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

15. All windows in the first floor eastern facing elevation of Plot 1 shall be fitted with obscure glass and obscure glazing shall be retained at all times thereafter.

Reason:  In the interests of the privacy of occupiers of neighbouring property and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5, HS4 and HS6 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

16. All windows in the first floor western facing elevation of Plot 2 shall be fitted with obscure glass and obscure glazing shall be retained at all times thereafter.

Reason:  In the interests of the privacy of occupiers of neighbouring property and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5, HS4 and HS6 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

17. Acoustic double glazed windows shall be provided in all habitable rooms with an unobstructed view towards the railway. Acoustically treated ventilation units (e.g Silavent acoustic air bricks) shall be provided for all habitable rooms, with windows which have an unobstructed view of the railway. Full details of the windows and ventilation units shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interests of the occupiers of the proposed dwellings and in accordance with Policy EP20 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

18. The proposed Laurel Hedge and Rowan Trees adjacent to the eastern facing boundary of the site shall be planted prior to first occupation of Plot 2.

Reason: In the interests of the privacy of occupiers of neighbouring property and in accordance with Policy GN5, HS4 and HS6 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

19. The development shall be implemented in strict accordance with the details of levels submitted on drawing No’s 06/161/PO1 Rev E and 06/161/PO1 Rev A, including the finished floor levels of all buildings as indicated on the approved plans.

Reason: In the interests of the privacy of occupiers of neighbouring property and in accordance with Policy GN5, HS4 and HS6 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.