Meeting documents

RESOLVED:

That planning application 14/03195/FUL be APPROVED as per the officer recommendation.

Justification:

The proposed redevelopment of this site is considered to be an acceptable re-use of previously used land that will respect and relate to the immediate setting and would contribute to the council's housing supply. Furthermore, the site is considered to be reasonably capable of accommodating the proposed development, without demonstrable harm to the character and appearance of the traditional buildings, the setting of the nearby and attached listed buildings, visual or residential amenity, ecology and highway safety. As such the proposed development is considered to accord with the aims and objectives of saved policies ST3, ST5, ST6, EC3, EC5, EC8, EH3 and EH5 of the South Somerset Local Plan and the provisions of chapters 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12 and the core planning principles of the National Planning Policy Framework.

Subject to the following conditions:

01.        The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Reason:  To accord with the provisions of section 91(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

02.       The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in complete accordance with the following approved plans: '011 Rev D' and '056', received 16th July 2014 and '050 Rev A', received 24th July 2014.

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt as to the development authorised and in the interests of proper planning.

03.       No development hereby approved shall be carried out until particulars of following have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority;

a.      details of materials (including the provision of samples where appropriate) to be used for the external walls, roofs and new boundary walls;

b.      sample panels of stonework shall be provided on site for inspection;

c.      full written details, including elevational drawings, to indicate the areas of existing natural stone walls to be repointed.  Such details shall include the method of removal of existing pointing and details of mortar mix. In this regard mechanical tools shall not be used;

d.      details of the design, materials, external finish and recessing for (including the provision of samples where appropriate) to be used for all new doors, windows (including roof lights), boarding and openings. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the roof lights shall be top hung and flush with the roof covering;

e.      details of the design of all roof eaves, verges and abutments, including detail drawings at a scale of 1:5;

f.       details of all new cast metal guttering, down pipes, other rainwater goods, and external plumbing;

g.      details of position and colour finish of meter cupboards and gas boxes.

Once approved such details shall be fully implemented and thereafter shall not be altered without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and to safeguard the character and appearance of the traditional buildings and the listed buildings, in accordance saved policies ST5, ST6, EH3 and EH5 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006 and the provisions of chapters 7 and 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

04.       The specifications, including position and material finish, of all boundary treatments and means of sub-division of the site, shall be carried out in accordance with details as indicated on approved plan '056' and as indicated within the submitted application form. The approved boundary treatments shall be installed prior to the first occupation of any of the dwellings hereby approved and once carried out shall not be altered without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interests of visual and residential amenity and to safeguard the character and appearance of the traditional buildings and the listed buildings, in accordance saved policies ST5, ST6, EH3 and EH5 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006 and the provisions of chapters 7, 12 and the core planning principles of the National Planning Policy Framework.

05.       The finished floor levels and ridge heights of the dwellings hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the details submitted on approved plans '011 Rev D', '050 Rev A' and '056'. Such approved details, shall not be altered without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interests of visual and residential amenity and to safeguard the character and appearance of the traditional buildings and the listed buildings, in accordance saved policies ST5, ST6, EH3 and EH5 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006 and the provisions of chapters 7, 12 and the core planning principles of the National Planning Policy Framework.

06.       Details of measures for the enhancement of biodiversity shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The biodiversity enhancement measures shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details unless otherwise approved in writing by the local planning authority.

Reason: For the enhancement of biodiversity, in accordance with saved policy EC8 of the South Somerset Local Plan and the provisions of chapter 11 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

07.       The development hereby permitted shall not be commenced until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a scheme of landscaping (planting), which shall include indications of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land, and details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of the development, as well as details of any changes proposed in existing ground levels; all planting, seeding, turfing or earth moulding comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the occupation of the building or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner; and any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and to safeguard the character and appearance of the traditional buildings and the listed buildings, in accordance saved policies ST5, ST6, EH3 and EH5 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006 and the provisions of chapters 7 and 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

08.       The areas allocated for parking and turning on approved plan '056', shall be kept clear of obstruction and shall not be used other than for parking and turning of vehicles in connection with the development hereby permitted.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety, in accordance with saved policy ST5 of the South Somerset Local Plan and chapter 4 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

09.       The proposed access over at least the first 10.0m of its length, as measured from the edge of the adjoining carriageway, shall be properly consolidated and surfaced (not loose stone or gravel) in accordance with details which shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety, in accordance with saved policy ST5 of the South Somerset Local Plan and chapter 4 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

10.       Before the development hereby permitted is commenced, foul and surface water drainage details to serve the development, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and such approved drainage details shall be completed and become fully operational before the development hereby permitted is first brought into use.  This shall include details measures to prevent discharge of surface water onto the highway or elsewhere beyond the site. Following its installation such approved scheme shall be permanently retained and maintained thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interests of residential amenity, highway safety and to protect the local water environment, in accordance with saved policies ST5, ST6 and EP9 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006 and the provisions of chapters 4, 10 and the core planning principles of the National Planning Policy Framework.

11.       Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no additional windows, including dormer windows, or other openings (including doors) shall be formed in the buildings, or other external alteration made without the prior express grant of planning permission.

Reason: In the interests of visual and residential amenity and to safeguard the character and appearance of the traditional buildings and the listed buildings, in accordance saved policies ST5, ST6, EH3 and EH5 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006 and the provisions of chapters 7, 12 and the core planning principles of the National Planning Policy Framework.

12.       Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), there shall be no extensions to the buildings without the prior express grant of planning permission.

Reason: In the interests of visual and residential amenity and to safeguard the character and appearance of the traditional buildings and the listed buildings, in accordance saved policies ST5, ST6, EH3 and EH5 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006 and the provisions of chapters 7, 12 and the core planning principles of the National Planning Policy Framework.