Decision details

The Principal Planning Officer delivered his report to the committee.

 

The Chair thanked the officer and invited Mr. Evans to speak on behalf of the application.

 

Mr. Evans stated that what he had to say came down to three things – what, who and why.  The ‘what’, he said, was a self-storage unit, that would provide secure storage for residents and businesses, with various sizes of unit available.   Currently 30% of customers tended to be businesses.  35-40% of users where short terms, meaning 6 months to a year and around 60% long term users of over a year.  The ‘who’, he stated was Carbon, they were a brand new company and this would be their first site.  Having entered the market around six months ago with lots of industry knowledge.  They would also be constructing the development themselves.  Finally he approached ‘why’.  He stated that the category B8 use would be maintained which was supported by the site allocation.  He also highlighted that they would be minimising the carbon footprint with various green initiatives and were seeking to meet BREAM excellent standard.

 

The Chair thanked Mr. Evans and addressed the committee stating that he liked the illustrations, he called it “very crisp”.  He went on to say that there was lots to like about it, such as it having a very straight forward design and operation and that he was encouraged by the ecological factors and the targeting of BREAM excellent standard.  He had no objections.

 

The committee raised no objections or questions around this application.

 

The Chair moved for the committee to vote on the officer’s recommendation.

 

On being put to the committee the application was approved.

 

RESOLVED –

 

That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

 

Conditions

 

1. Time Limit

The development to which this permission relates shall be begun within a period of three years commencing on the date of this permission.

 

2. Approved Drawings and Documents

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved drawings:

22044GA-10-001; 22044GA-10-003; 22044GA-10-004; 22044GA_D_001E; 22044GA_D_002D; 22044GA_D_003B; 22044GA_D_004B; 22044GA_D_006C; 22044GA_D_007C; 22044GA_D_008C; 22044GA_D_010C; 22044GA-D-022B; EQT W 100.22 SL-01.

 

3. Surface Water Drainage

No development shall commence until a final detailed surface water drainage scheme for the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall not be brought into use until the drainage scheme has been implemented in accordance with the approved details.

 

4. Surface Water Management Plan

Upon completion of the drainage works for the site, a management and maintenance plan for the SuDS features and drainage network shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include:

1. Provision of a complete set of as built drawings for site drainage.

2. Maintenance and operational activities.

3. Arrangements for adoption and any other measures to secure the operation of the scheme throughout its lifetime.

The development shall be maintained in accordance with the approved management and maintenance plan.

 

5. Environment Agency – Remediation

The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the approved remediation strategy set out in the Supplementary Geo-Environmental Assessment and Outline Remediation Strategy Prepared by Brownfield Solutions Ltd Ref. SMS/C5188/11479 Rev A December 2022.

 

6. Environment Agency – Verification Report

Prior to any part of the permitted development being brought into use, a verification report demonstrating the completion of works set out in the approved remediation strategy and the effectiveness of the remediation shall be submitted to, and approved in writing, by the local planning authority. The report shall include results of sampling and monitoring carried out in accordance with the approved verification plan to demonstrate that the site remediation criteria have been met.

 

7. Environment Agency – Monitoring and Maintenance

The development hereby permitted shall not commence until a monitoring and maintenance plan in respect of contamination, including a timetable of monitoring and submission of reports to the local planning authority, has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. Reports as specified in the approved plan, including details of any necessary contingency action arising from the monitoring, shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority.

 

8. Environment Agency – Unsuspected Contamination

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 a remediation strategy detailing how this contamination will be dealt with has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The remediation strategy shall be implemented as approved.

 

9. Environment Agency – Piling

Piling, deep foundations or other intrusive groundworks (investigation boreholes/tunnel shafts/ground source heating and cooling systems) using penetrative methods shall not be carried out other than with the written consent of the local planning authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

10. Environment Agency – Boreholes

A scheme for managing any borehole installed for the investigation of soils, groundwater or geotechnical purposes shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall provide details of how 4 redundant boreholes are to be decommissioned and how any boreholes that need to be retained, post-development, for monitoring purposes will be secured, protected and inspected. The scheme as approved shall be implemented prior to the occupation of any part of the permitted development.

 

11. Hard and Soft Landscaping

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, full details of both hard and soft landscaping works, including:

·       trees and soft landscaping to be planted (including location, species, density and planting size),

·       a detailed scheme of ecological enhancements demonstrating a minimum 10% enhancement to biodiversity,

·       details of any changes to ground levels around the building,

·       materials for all pathways, all hard surfacing and amenity areas/paving, and,

·       boundary treatments,

shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved landscaping scheme, with the exception of the planting, shall be completed prior to any occupation of the development. The proposed planting shall be completed not later than the first available planting and seeding season after completion of the development. Any new trees or plants which within a period of five years, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, or in accordance with details approved by the Local Planning Authority.

 

12. External Lighting

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, full details of an external lighting scheme (including location, design, illuminance levels, and illuminance contour plans) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The external lighting scheme shall have input from a competent ecologist. No external lighting shall be installed on the site other than that shown on the approved lighting scheme.

 

13. Plant

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, details of all new external plant or machinery shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. In respect of any plant that emits sound, details shall include appropriate noise assessments carried out in accordance with BS4142 and undertaken by appropriately qualified technical consultants. The noise assessment shall include details of any necessary mitigation, which shall be installed prior to the plant being brought into operation.

 

14. Access/parking layout

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the vehicular access and on-site parking layout shall be implemented in accordance with the approved plans. The vehicular access and parking layout shall be retained at all times thereafter.

 

15. Electric vehicle charging

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, active electric vehicle charging points for 4 parking spaces and passive infrastructure for the remaining 7 spaces shall be provided. The electric charging infrastructure shall be retained at all times thereafter.

 

16. Cycle parking

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, cycle storage for 30 cycles shall be provided in accordance with the approved plans. The cycle storage facilities shall be retained at all times thereafter.

 

17. BREEAM Certificate

Within 6 months of the date of completion of the development hereby approved, a certificate to certify that the BREEAM Excellent standard has been achieved in accordance with the BREEAM pre-assessment set out in the Energy and Sustainability Statement prepared by Atelier Ten Ref. 6986 dated 24 November 2022 shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

18. Materials

The external surfaces of the development hereby approved shall be finished in the materials specified on the approved drawings, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Informatives

1. IN907 – Positive and proactive statement

2. IN910 – Building Regulations

3. IN911 – Party Wall Act