Meeting documents

RESOLVED:

That planning application 14/02647/OUT be APPROVED, as per the officer recommendation, subject to conditions.

Justification:

South Petherton by reason of its size and provision of services and facilities is considered a sustainable location in principle for appropriate development. The erection of a dwelling on this site, close to the settlement limit would respect the character of the locality with no demonstrable harm to residential amenity, visual amenity or highway safety. As such the proposal complies with relevant policies EC3, ST1, ST6 and ST5 of the South Somerset Local Plan (Adopted April 2006) and the aims and objectives of the NPPF.

Conditions:

01.    The development hereby permitted shall be begun either before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission, or before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters to be approved, whichever is the later.

Reason: To accord with the provisions of Article 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) Order 2010.

02.    Application for approval of the reserved matters shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Reason:  As required by Section 92(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

03.    Approval of the details of the appearance of the building(s), the landscaping of the site, Layout and Scale (hereinafter called 'the reserved matters') shall be obtained from the Local Planning Authority in writing before any development is commenced.

Reason: To accord with the provisions of Article 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) Order 2010.

04.    The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plan: Drawing no. 14/1416/01

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

05.    Before the dwelling hereby permitted is first occupied, a properly consolidated and surfaced access shall be constructed (not loose stone or gravel) details of which shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The access shall be constructed in accordance with the agreed design and shall be maintained in the agreed form thereafter at all times.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety further to policy ST5 of the South Somerset Local Plan.

06.    The entrance gates shall be hung to open inwards only and set back 5 metres from the carriageway edge as shown on the approved drawing no. 14/1416/01 and thereafter shall be maintained in that condition at all times.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety further to policy ST5 of the South Somerset Local Plan.

07.    There shall be no obstruction to visibility greater than 900mm above adjoining road level in advance of lines drawn 2.4 metres back from the carriageway edge on the centre line of the proposed access and extending 33 metres to the East and West as shown on the approved plan, drawing no. 14/1416/01. Such visibility shall be fully provided before the development hereby permitted is occupied and shall thereafter be maintained at all times.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety further to policy ST5 of the South Somerset Local Plan.

08.    Provision shall be made within the site for the disposal of surface water so as to prevent its discharge onto the highway, details of which shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such provision shall be installed before first occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted and thereafter maintained at all times.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety further to policy ST5 of the South Somerset Local Plan.

09.    The dwelling hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the existing access has been stopped up and its use permanently abandoned in a manner to be agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety and in accordance with policy ST5 of the South Somerset Local Plan (2006).

10.    The gradient of the access shall not be steeper than 1 in 10.  Once constructed the access shall thereafter be maintained in that condition at all times.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety and in accordance with policy ST5 of the South Somerset Local Plan (2006).

11.    The metal shed located to the north of the red site line, within the blue ownership line, shall be removed within 3 months following the occupation of the new dwelling.

Reason:  in the interest of amenity of future occupiers and in the interest of visual amenity and to accord with saved policy ST6 of the South Somerset Local Plan (2006).