Outline planning permission for up to 8240m2 of commercial/industrial floorspace with ancillary first floor office

The committee received the report of the Interim Head of Development Management, including the relevant planning history of the site.

The Principal Planning Officer (AR) introduced the report advising that the application sought outline planning permission (all matters reserved) for up to 8240m2 of commercial/industrial floor space with ancillary first floor office and associated parking and landscaping.

Attention was drawn to the update sheet which included notification of a response from local Lead Flood Authority, which included two additional conditions.

The Chair moved the officer’s recommendation.

RESOLVED –

That conditional outline planning permission be granted subject to the conditions listed below:

1.      Approval of the details of the following reserved matters shall be obtained from the Local Planning Authority before any development commences:

            (a) appearance; (b) access; (c) landscaping; (d) layout; (e) scale.

2.      Application(s) for approval of the 'reserved matters' must be made not later than the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. The development to which this permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of two years from the final approval of the reserved matters or, in the case of approval on different dates, the final approval of the last reserved matter to be approved.

3.      No development approved by this outline planning permission or approved reserved matters shall commence until a remediation strategy to deal with the risks associated with contamination of the site in respect of the development hereby permitted, has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. This strategy will include the following components:

1.      A preliminary risk assessment which has identified:

·        all previous uses

·        potential contaminants associated with those uses

·        a conceptual model of the site indicating sources, pathways and receptors

·        potentially unacceptable risks arising from contamination at the site

2.      A site investigation scheme, based on (1) to provide information for a detailed assessment of the risk to all receptors that may be affected, including those off-site.

3.      The results of the site investigation and the detailed risk assessment referred to in (2) and, based on these, an options appraisal and remediation strategy giving full details of the remediation measures required and how they are to be undertaken.

4.      A verification plan providing details of the data that will be collected in order to demonstrate that the works set out in the remediation strategy in (3) are complete and identifying any requirements for longer-term monitoring of pollutant linkages, maintenance and arrangements for contingency action.

Any changes to these components require the written consent of the local planning authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved.

4.      Prior to any part of the permitted development being occupied, 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  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38