Variation of condition 15 of planning permission reference 14/00992/VAR to amend the landscaping and hardstanding to provide a single landscaped area and five additional car parking spaces on the decked car park.

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

Attention was drawn to the update sheet which advised that due to a clerical error the wrong reference had been put at the top of the committee report and on the agenda – the reference should have read 19/00544/VAR and not 18/00973/VAR.  All other details in the report were correct.  In addition, it was noted that all information relating to the application was correct on the council’s planning portal.

The Head of Development Management explained that the application sought the variation of condition 15 of planning permission reference 14/00992/VAR to amend the landscaping and hardstanding at the above development to provide a single landscaped area and five additional car parking spaces on the decked car park for the use of residents of the development (an amended landscaping scheme incorporating four planters following approval of reference 18/00973/VAR).

The Chair invited the applicant, David Howells, to speak to the committee.  Mr Howells stated that the amended scheme was an improvement on the previous proposals and would remove the need for additional maintenance charges for residents.

The Chair moved the officer’s recommendation.

RESOLVED –

that planning permission be granted subject to the conditions listed below. As the development approved under planning permission ref. 14/00992/VAR has now been completed, with the conditions having been discharged and the requirements of accompanying Section 106 agreement having been satisfied, only those conditions specific to the application and any relevant enduring conditions need to be imposed.

1.         The development shall be retained in accordance with the following approved drawings, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority:

            Site location plan

            1248_PLN_602A, 603A, 604A, 605A, 606A, 607, 608A, 609A, 610A, 611, 612A, 613, 614A.

            3173/PL 111C, 114A, 121A, 122A, 123A, 124A, 125A.

            1248_CON600_D01, J01, J02, K01, K02, L01, L02 and M01.

2.         The amended landscaping scheme for the upper parking deck, as shown on drawing no. 1248.PLN.LP01A (Shanly Homes), shall be implemented in full within 6 months from the date of this decision notice. Any 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.

3.         The soft landscaping scheme approved for the whole site under ref. 15/00106/DISCON, as detailed in the following drawings and documents (all by ACD), shall be implemented in full:

            Drawing no. SH19186-16A

            Soft Landscape Specification (dated April 2014)

            Landscape Management and maintenance Plan (dated June 2014)

            Drawing no. SH19186-50D

            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.

4.         The bin and cycle stores for Blocks D, J, K, L and M, as shown on approved drawing nos. 1248_CON600_D01, J01, J02, K01, K02, L01 and M01, shall be retained as approved at all times and shall not be used for any other purpose.

5.         The boundary treatments shown on drawing no. SH19186-16A (ACD), as approved under ref. 15/00108/DISCON, shall be retained as approved at all times, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

6.         The refuse and recycling stores for Blocks A, B, C, E, F, G and H, as shown on the approved drawings, shall be retained as approved at all times and shall not be used for any other purpose.

7.         The approved bollards (Rhino RS004 Stainless Steel Bollard) to prevent vehicular access between Hagden Lane and King George’s Avenue, as shown on drawing no. SH19186-15C (Sheet 2 of 2) by ACD, approved under ref. 16/00930/DISCON, shall be retained at all times.

8.         The vehicle parking accommodation for the dwellings, as shown on the approved drawings, shall be permanently retained and shall not be used for any other purpose than the parking of vehicles of occupants of the development or visitors to the site.

9.         The windows in the flank elevation of the buildings on Plots B1, B4, C1, C4, D1, D2, D5, D6 and F1 shall be non-opening and shall be fitted only with obscured glazing at all times.

10.       Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any modification or re-enactment thereof), no development permitted under Schedule 2, Part 1, Classes A, B, C, D and E of the Order shall be carried out to the dwelling(s) hereby approved without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority.

Informative

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