Agenda item

Some Members had visited the site the previous day.

The Planning Officer presented the report and outlined the reasons for approval as set out in the report.

It was noted that some of the previously agreed landscaping has not been completed.  Could there be a condition stating that landscaping scheme should be completed and enforced prior to any work commencing on this build?  This would will require monitoring by Officers and would need to be carried out this autumn/winter season.  It would not prejudice the work of the extension in anyway. 

Questions & Comments from Members:-

·         Could there be an additional condition which defines the use to the building and additional curtilage only, no creeping or change of use in the future?

·         Need to be very clear about the landscaping with a 3 year implementation time and the extension would need to be up prior to the planting season (Nov-March).

·         More trees being planted what have better BNG and would screen the site.  It was felt that a hedge is not a deterrent for future development whereas trees are more permanent. Officers feel there are sufficient trees in proportion to the development proposed.

·         The track is a limestone chipping track which is unattractive and not part of the local landscape, could there be a condition regarding the track.

·         The open carpark at the top would also need landscaping.

·         It was acknowledged that there is a need to monitor and enforce the previous conditions.

·         The previous application was not subject to BNG uplift.  The baseline used for BNG is the existing site and not the previous application with the proposed planting that has not been implemented.  This application consolidates the landscaping and the delivery of the landscaping shall be enforced.

·         There was concern regarding possible future development on the west of the site.

A motion to approve the application with additional conditions was moved, seconded, put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED:

That the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

1.    The development hereby permitted shall be begun within 3 years from the date of this permission.

2.    The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in complete accordance with the amended plan ‘P300-4’, subject to the following conditions and/or modifications. 

3.    The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved biodiversity gain plan (approved under general condition imposed by paragraph 13(1), Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990)) and the approved biodiversity gain plan shall be implemented before the completion or first occupation of the development hereby permitted.

4.    Prior to any demolition or construction or any associated ground works or the arrival of any materials or machinery to the site, an Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) and Tree Protection Plan (TPP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority and any specified physical tree protection measures shall be installed. The AMS and TPP shall be prepared in accordance with British Standard BS 5837:2012. All measures described in the AMS and TPP shall be implemented in full and any specified physical tree protection measures shall remain in place until the completion of the approved building works.

5.    Notwithstanding the submitted plans, in the first planting season following commencement of the development, new tree and hedgerow planting shall be carried in complete accordance with a revised Landscaping Strategy and Maintenance Plan which shall first have been submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority. The landscaping strategy shall include additional tree planting across the site and the inclusion of mixed hedgerow which shall span the height of the site along the access track.

6.    Any retained tree or new tree proposed by the revised Landscaping Strategy (approved under condition 5) shall not be uprooted, destroyed, pruned, cut or damaged in any manner during the development phase and thereafter within 5 years from the date of first occupation of the building, other than in accordance with the revised Maintenance Plan. Any such tree which is cut down, uprooted or destroyed within that period shall be replaced with another of the same species at the same location and of minimum height 2.5 metres above ground level or in accordance with alternative details which shall have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority.

7.    There shall be no external lighting installed on the extension or the patio area other than in accordance with a scheme which shall have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority.

8.    The approved residential use (Use Class C2) shall be restricted to the approved extension, car parking and paved area immediately surrounding the building as shown on plan ‘P300-4’. No planning permission is granted for the change of use of any other land within the site.

Members requested that this development be carefully monitored so that the landscaping is installed at the correct time and to the agreed specifications.