Erection of 1 no. three bed detached house with garaging, car parking and landscaping

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

The Head of Development Management explained that the application sought the erection of one three bedroom detached house with garaging, car parking and landscaping.

Attention was drawn to the update sheet which included details about a further representation from the speaker which had been circulated to the committee.  The Head of Development Management advised that this representation did not raise any additional issues to those already considered in the officer’s report.

The Chair invited Zhong Li, a local resident, to speak against the application.  Dr Li reiterated residents’ concerns about highway safety, unresolved land ownership issues for the site and the loss of visual amenity due to the removal of trees.

In response to a query from the Chair, the Head of Development Management advised that the Highway Authority had not raised any objections to the development.  She also confirmed that none of the trees were protected nor considered to be of a quality to merit a tree preservation order. 

Members of the committee sympathised with residents’ concerns about the loss of greenery from the site, including the removal of unprotected trees.  However, the development provided welcome housing and there were no grounds for refusal.

The Chair moved the officer’s recommendation.

RESOLVED –

that planning permission be granted subject to the following 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 shall be carried out in accordance with the following drawings, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority:

            01A, 12C, 13B, 14B, 15A, 16A

3.         No work shall commence above the level of the damp-course until full details of the external materials for the building have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  These shall include facing bricks, tile hanging, roof tiles, fascias, windows, doors.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

4.         No development on site shall commence until the tree protection measures detailed in the Arboricultural Impact Assessment for Trees at Grandfield Avenue, Watford by Harrison Arboriculture (ref. 5012904/1/2019 dated 25 April 2019) have been installed in full. The tree protection measures shall be maintained as such at all times whilst the construction works take place.

5.         The dwelling shall not be occupied until full details of a soft landscaping scheme have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved landscaping scheme shall be carried out not later than the first available planting and seeding season after completion of the development. Any trees or plants whether new or existing 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.

6.         The dwelling shall not be occupied until full details of a hard landscaping scheme, including details of the site boundary treatments, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and the works have been carried out in accordance with the approved details.

7.         The dwelling shall not be occupied until the 2 car parking spaces and a double crossover onto Grandfield Avenue have been provided in full. These shall be retained at all times.

8.         The dwelling shall not be occupied until a sustainable drainage scheme for the drainage of the car parking spaces has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and the approved scheme has been implemented in full. 

9.         Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (or any modification or re-enactment thereof), no development permitted under Schedule 2, Part 1, Classes A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H of the Order shall be carried out to the dwelling hereby approved without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority.

Informatives

1. IN907 – Positive and proactive statement

2. IN910 – Building Regulations

3. IN912 – Hours of Construction

4. IN909 – Street naming and Numbering

5. IN913 – Community Infrastructure Levy

6. Highways Works