Variation of Condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission ref. 18/01286/FUL for the erection of 2 three-storey infill extensions to provide 9 additional self-contained units.

The committee received the report of the Interim Head of Development Management, including the relevant planning history of the site and details of the responses to the application. 

The Development Management Team Leader introduced the report.  He advised that the application sought a variation of Condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission ref. 18/01286/FUL for the erection of 2 three-storey infill extensions to provide 9 additional self-contained units and provision of additional car parking spaces to the rear, together with associated cycle storage, refuse and recycling facilities and hard and soft landscaping.  Variation for an amended design of the infill extensions and the addition of Juliet balconies on the rear elevations.           

Attention was drawn to the update sheet which included information about three additional representations.

The Chair invited Motti Iffergan, Urban Planning Practice, to speak to the committee.  Mr Iffergan outlined the design variations to the infill extensions.  These had been necessitated by height variations in the eaves and ridge levels between the existing and extension buildings.  The design changes would reduce the overall scale of the development and would be in keeping with the original building.

The Chair invited comments from the committee.

Although some members were critical of the design of the proposed scheme, despite revisions to the height and the addition of Juliet balconies, the committee agreed that the amendments would not have a harmful impact on the overall development.

The Chair moved the officer’s recommendation.

RESOLVED –

That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

Conditions

1.         The development to which this permission relates shall be begun before 6th December 2021.

2.         The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved drawings:-

            U-PP-LP001, LP002, LP003, BP001, BP002

            U-PP-PP001 Rev.2, PP002 Rev.2, PP003 Rev.2, PP004 Rev.2,

            PP005 Rev.2

            U-PP-PE001 Rev.2, PE002 Rev.2, PE003 Rev.2, PE004 Rev.2

            U-PP-PS001 Rev.2

3.         No construction works shall commence until details and samples of the materials to be used for all the external finishes of the building, including walls, roofs, doors and windows have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out only in accordance with the approved materials.

4.         No development on site shall commence until the tree protection measures (including ground protection) relating to the protected trees located within the site, as detailed in the Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Method Statement by Trevor Heaps, Arboricultural Consultancy dated 18th October 2018 (Ref. TH 1669 B) have been implemented in full. The approved measures shall be maintained as such at all times whilst the construction works take place. The construction works shall only be carried out in accordance with the recommendations of this report.

5.         No dwelling hereby approved shall be occupied until the refuse, recycling and cycle storage facilities have been provided in full, in accordance with the approved drawings. These facilities shall be retained at all times thereafter and shall be used for no other purpose.

6.         No dwelling hereby approved shall be occupied until a minimum of 27 and a maximum of 36 car parking spaces have been provided in full, in accordance with the approved drawings. These parking spaces shall be retained at all times thereafter and shall only be used for the parking of cars of occupiers and visitors to the site.

7.         No external lighting shall be installed within the parking areas until a detailed lighting scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The lighting scheme shall be designed to minimise light pollution and glare to the existing and proposed flats. The scheme shall only be installed in accordance with the approved details.

Informatives

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

2.         IN910 Building Regulations.

3.         IN911 Party Wall Act.

4.         IN912 Hours of construction.

5.         IN913 CIL Liability.

6.         IN909 Street naming and numbering.