Meeting documents

RESOLVED:

That planning application 14/03375/FUL be APPROVED, as per the officer recommendation, subject to conditions.

Justification:

South Petherton, due its size and provision of services and facilities is considered a sustainable location for appropriate development. The proposed erection of two houses on this site, close to the settlement boundary 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, ST5 and ST6 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 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 be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Drawing nos. 3401/001A, 3401/002B, 3401/003B, 3401/004, 3401/005A, 3401/006, 3401/007 and N6027-01 received 8 September 2014 and 25 July 2014.

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

03.    The area allocated for parking and turning on the submitted plan shall be kept clear of obstruction and shall not be used other than for the parking and turning of vehicles in connection with the development hereby permitted.

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

04.    Before the dwellings hereby permitted are first occupied, a properly consolidated and surfaced access shall be constructed (not loose stone or gravel for the first 5m) 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 that condition thereafter.

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

05.    The entrance gates shall be timber and installed in accordance with drawing no. 3401/001A unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority and thereafter shall be maintained in that condition at all times.

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and highway safety, in accordance with policies ST5 and ST6 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006.

06.    There shall be no obstruction to visibility greater than 900mm above adjoining road level in advance of lines drawn 2.0 metres back from the carriageway edge on the centre line of the proposed access and extending 25 metres to the East and West as shown on the approved plan, drawing no.3401/001/A. 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, in accordance with policy ST5 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006

07.    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 dwellings hereby permitted and thereafter maintained at all times.

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

08.       The development hereby approved shall not be commenced unless details of site vegetative clearance, ground-works, heavy machinery entering site or the on-site storage of materials and a scheme of tree & hedgerow protection measures have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority and it shall include the following details:

The installation & specification details of rigidly-braced HERAS panel protection fencing; and a requirement for a pre-commencement site meeting to be held between the appointed building/groundwork contractors, and the Council's Tree Officer (Phillip Poulton - 01935 462670), in order to ensure compliance with the agreed tree protection measures.

Upon approval by the Local Planning Authority, the measures specified within the agreed scheme of tree and hedgerow protection shall be implemented in their entirety for the duration of the construction of the development, inclusive of landscaping operations. 

Reason: To preserve the health, structure and amenity value of existing landscape features (trees) in accordance with policy ST6 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006 and those statutory duties defined within the Town & Country Planning Act, 1990.

09.    The development hereby permitted shall not be commenced unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a scheme of landscaping, which shall include details of the boundary hedgerows to be retained, together with measures for their protection during the course of the development, additional planting to enhance the boundary planting and 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. The landscaping scheme shall include details of the height at which the hedgerows would be retained/maintained and details of the new hedgerows of native species on the front and rear boundaries of the site as indicated on drawing no. 3401/001A.

Reason: To safeguard the character and appearance of the area in accordance with policy ST6 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006.

10.    No development hereby approved shall be carried out unless the following details have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority:                

1. details of the natural stone, brick, watertabling, slate and clay tiles, (including the provision of samples where appropriate) to be used for the external walls, roofs and chimneys;
2. a sample panel of stonework, to be prepared for inspection on site, to show the final appearance and finish of the stone external walls comprised in the development; 
3. details of the design of the windows to show the frame profile/proportions and that they would be balanced together with details of their colour/finish together with the colour/finish of the doors, and
4. details of all lintels, window cills, eaves/fascia board detailing, porch boarding, guttering, downpipes and other rainwater goods, including their material, colour and finish.

Once approved, such details shall be fully implemented unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and thereafter retained and maintained.

Reason: To safeguard the character and appearance of the area in accordance with policy ST6 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006.

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 shall be formed at first floor level on the side elevations of the houses hereby approved, without the prior express grant of planning permission.

Reason:  To safeguard the amenities of the area in accordance with policy ST6 of the South Somerset Local Plan 2006.