Agenda item

Full Planning - S.73 Application for the Removal or Variation of Conditions 2 and 5 on NP/HPK/1015/0996 at Carbolite Ltd, Parsons Lane, Hope (NP/HPK/1125/1140) WE

Meeting of Planning Committee, Friday 13th February 2026 10.00 am (Item 24/26)

Minutes:

The Planning Officer presented the report and outlined the reasons for conditional approval as detailed in the report. The application proposes amendments to planning permission NP/HPK/1015/0996. The proposed amendment is an infill extension between the existing two buildings on site which is currently an open yard.

Some Members had driven passed the site the previous day.

The following points were discussed:

· The current gate and how this can be retained

· Vehicular access to the car park and pedestrian access from the car park to the premises.

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

RESOLVED:

That the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

Development to be carried out in accordance with amended plans

The new car park shall be constructed and made available for use prior to commencement of construction of the eastern extension of the factory building. Thereafter it shall remain available for use throughout the lifetime of the development.

The walls and roof of the building shall be clad to match the existing in terms of materials. Upon installation, the cladding shall be finished in Vandyke Brown (RAL 8014).

The rating level of sound emitted from the development site shall not exceed background day or night time levels (as determined within Hilson Moran, “Noise Impact Assessment (ref: 37705-HML-XX-XX-RP-O-500001 ISSUE P02 FINAL), dated 8 September 2025) for the lifetime of the development.

Prior to the installation of any external lighting, precise details of the intensity, direction, spread of luminance and shielding of light sources, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority and thereafter maintained in accordance with the approved scheme.

The car park barrier shall only be installed with the details approved through discharge application NP/DIS/1018/0980.

Before any other operations are commenced (excluding demolition/ site clearance), space shall be provided within the site curtilage for storage of plant and materials, site accommodation, loading, unloading and manoeuvring of goods vehicles, and parking and manoeuvring of site operatives and visitors’ vehicles, laid out and constructed in accordance with the details approved through NP/DIS/1018/0980.

The development shall be carried out in accordance with the Construction Management Plan approved through NP/DIS/1018/0980.

10.

Prior to the eastern extension being taken in to use a surface water attenuation tank with flow control shall be installed in accordance with the recommendations of the submitted Flood Risk Assessment.

11.

The infill extension shall be carried out and managed in accordance with the conclusions made in Chapter 7 of the Flood Risk Assessment and SuDs Strategy (Hilson Moran, Issue P05, November 2025).

12.

The landscaping shall be carried out in accordance with drawing number 9015-024/101 as approved through NP/DIS/1018/0980. All planting shall be carried out the first planting season following commencement of the approved car park and eastern extension.

13.

The first planting season following commencement of the infill extension, additional tree planting shall be carried out on the southern boundary in front of the extension in accordance with a landscaping plan which shall be first submitted to the National Park Authority for approval in writing.

14.

The two swift boxes and two bat boxes approved as part of the landscape works shall be installed prior to the extending factory building being taken in to use.

No removal of vegetation that may be used by breeding birds shall take place between 1^st March and 31st August.

16.

The construction of the car park shall be carried out in accordance with specification approved through NP/DIS/1018/0980.

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