Demolition of existing dwelling house and garage, and erection of two 3 bedroom dwelling houses with associated external works and landscaping.

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

The Development Management Team Leader introduced the report, explaining that the application proposed the demolition of the existing dwelling house and garage, and erection of two 3-bedroom houses with associated external works and landscaping.

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. The following drawings are hereby approved:

             2072/3B Site Location Plan

             2072/10 Proposed plans and elevations

             2072/1 Existing plans and elevations

3.          No part of the development shall be occupied until full details of hard and 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.

4.          No external facing materials shall be installed on the approved dwellings until full details and samples of all the materials to be used for the external surfaces have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

5.          Prior to occupation of the new dwellings, the vehicular cross-overs and car parking spaces shall be installed in full in accordance with approved drawing nos. 2072/3B and 2072/10.

6.          Before being brought in to use the new parking areas and the access road hereby approved shall be surfaced in durable bound material and arrangements shall be made for surface water from the site to be intercepted and disposed of separately so that it does not discharge on to the highway.

7.          The first floor windows in the north and south side elevation (as shown on the proposed plan and elevation of approved drawing no. 2072/10) shall be installed and retained with obscure-glazing, and shall be non-opening other than in parts of the windows which are more than 1.7 metres above the internal floor level of the room in which the window is installed.

8.          Prior to the occupation of the dwellings hereby approved, full details of refuse, recycling and cycle storage facilities shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The storage facilities shall be retained at all times thereafter.

9.          Notwithstanding the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development Order 2015 (and any order revoking and re-enacting that order) no additional ground or first floor windows or doors shall be inserted in the north side elevation or the south side elevation of the dwellings hereby permitted.

Informatives

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

2.          IN910 Building Regulations

3.          IN912 Hours of Construction

4.          IN903 Demolition

5.          IN911 Party Wall Act

6.          IN913 Community Infrastructure Levy Liability

7.          Highway informatives