Agenda item

21/01295/FULM Watford General Hospital Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HB

Minutes:

The Principal Planning Officer (AR) delivered her report.

 

          The Chair thanked the Principal Planning Officer and asked if there would be a requirement that the building be removed and the site reinstated, if the hospital did not go ahead. 

         

          The situation was explained by the officer: the application was on the basis of five years.  However, they could come back to the committee if they needed more time.  She added that the proposed scheme was a huge improvement on the current building. 

 

The Chair then passed the matter over to the committee for debate. 

 

          In response to a question regarding the loss of existing trees, the officer pointed out that the trees being lost were not protected and not of a value that would warrant protection. Replacement trees were not sought due to the temporary nature of the application and the expectation of the full hospital redevelopment to include a comprehensive landscaping plan. 

 

          Whilst the improvements to the hospital were welcomed, comment was made that the building was very unattractive and would not be agreed if this was to be a permanent building. 

 

          The Chair then moved to approve the application that planning permission be granted, subject to the conditions contained in the officer’s report. 

           

          RESOLVED –

 

          that, planning permission be granted subject to the conditions listed below.

 

Conditions

           

1.        Temporary Time Limit

The permission shall be for a limited period, expiring on 3rd November 2026 after which the buildings and works hereby approved shall be removed and the property reinstated in accordance with details and a timetable to be submitted and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the 3rd November 2026.

 

 

2.        Approved Drawings and Documents

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

 

201119-FATKIN-WP-XX-DR-AX-91100 SITE LOCATION PLAN

201119-FATKIN-WP-XX-DR-AX-91101 EXISTING BLOCK PLAN

201119-FATKIN-WP-XX-DR-AX-91102 PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN

201119-FATKIN-WP-00-DR-AX-30100 PROPOSED GENERAL ARRANGEMENT LEVEL 00

201119-FATKIN-WP-01-DR-AX-30101 PROPOSED GENERAL ARRANGEMENT LEVEL 01

201119-FATKIN-WP-02-DR-AX-30102 PROPOSED GENERAL ARRANGMENT LEVEL 02

201119-FATKIN-WP-RL-DR-AX-30103 PROPOSED GENERAL ARRANGEMENT LEVEL RL

201119-FATKIN-WP-XX-DR-AX-30501 GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 1

201119-FATKIN-WP-XX-DR-AX-30502 GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 2

201119-FATKIN-WP-XX-DR-AX-30601 PROPOSED SECTIONS A AND B

201119-FATKIN-WP-XX-DR-AX-30602 PROPOSED SECTIONS C AND D

WHHT-BDP-WGH-00-DR-C-020 PROPOSED BELOW GROUD DRAINAGE LAYOUT

WHHT-BDP-WGH-CP-.SK-00008 PROPOSED NEW ROAD

WHHT-BDP-WGH-CP-SK-A-00005 NEW ROAD AND CP LAYOUT

201119-FATKIN-XX-XX-RP-AX-30001 Design and Access Statement

 

3.        Construction Management Plan

No development shall commence until a Construction Management Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, including elements of the CLOCS standards as set out in the Highway Authority’s Construction Management template. Thereafter the construction of the development shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved Plan: The Construction Management Plan shall include details of:

 

a. Construction vehicle numbers, type, routing;

b. Access arrangements to the site;

c. Traffic management requirements;

d. Construction and storage compounds (including areas designated for car parking, loading / unloading and turning areas);

e. Siting and details of wheel washing facilities;

f. Cleaning of site entrances, site tracks and the adjacent public highway;

g. Timing of construction activities (including delivery times and removal of waste) and to avoid school pick up/drop off times;

h. Provision of sufficient on-site parking prior to commencement of construction activities;

i. Post construction restoration/reinstatement of the working areas and temporary access to the public highway;

j. where works cannot be contained wholly within the site a plan should be submitted showing the site layout on the highway including extent of hoarding, pedestrian routes and remaining road width for vehicle movements;

k. Phasing Plan.

 

If the construction management plan (CMP) for the main hospital development (21/00765/OUTM) comes forward prior to the development of the temporary Pathology and Mortuary building, the CMP for the main hospital development may encompass the CMP for the temporary Pathology and Mortuary building.

 

4.     Surface water drainage strategy

  No construction works shall commence until a detailed surface water drainage strategy has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The strategy shall include surface water storage/attenuation for the 1 in 100 year storm event with a 10% allowance for climate change.

 

Informatives

 

1.        IN907 – Positive and proactive statement

2.        IN910 – Building Regulations

3.        IN912 – Hours of Construction

4.        IN913 – Community Infrastructure Levy Liability

 

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