Erection of a part one, part two storey first floor rear extension containing two self-contained residential units, and the conversion of the upper floors of the existing property into two self-contained residential units

The committee received the report of the Head of Development Management, including the relevant planning history of the site and details of the responses to the application. 

The Development Management Team Leader (PB) explained that the application proposed the erection of a part one, part two storey first floor rear extension containing two self-contained residential units, and the conversion of the upper floors of the existing property into two self-contained residential units.

There were no speakers and the Chair moved the officer’s recommendation subject to the successful completion of a Section 106 unilateral undertaking.

RESOLVED –

That planning permission be granted, subject to the completion of a Section 106 unilateral undertaking to secure the heads of terms listed below and the following conditions:

Section 106 Heads of Terms

i)          To secure a financial payment to the Council of £2,000 towards the variation of the Borough of Watford (Watford Central Area and West Watford Area) (Controlled Parking Zones) (Consolidation) Order 2010 to exclude the site from the controlled parking zone, thereby preventing residents’ parking permits being issued to this site.

Conditions

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

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

            A1947-PL-001A, 010A

            A1947-PL-100, 101, 102, 103, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125

            A1947-PL-200B, 201, 202, 203, 301, 302, 303, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405

3.         No construction works shall commence until details of the materials to be used for all the external finishes of the building, including walls, roofs, doors, windows, rooflights, fascias and balustrades, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out only in accordance with the approved materials.

4.         No part of the development shall be occupied until full details of the proposed green roof has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved green roof shall be carried out not later than the first available planting and seeding season after completion of the development. Any plants within the green roof which, within a period of five years die, 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.

5.         No part of the development shall be occupied until the refuse and recycling store to serve the dwellings, as shown on the approved drawings, has been constructed and made available for use. This facility shall be retained as approved at all times and shall be used for no other purpose.

6.         For the avoidance of doubt, no communications development permitted by Class C of Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) shall be undertaken on the building hereby approved.

Informatives

IN907  Consideration of the proposal in a positive and proactive manner.

IN914  Section 106 undertaking.

IN910  Building Regulations.

IN911  Party Wall Act.

IN912  Hours of Construction.

IN913  Community Infrastructure Levy Liability.

IN909  Street Naming and Numbering.