Agenda item

RESOLVED:

To APPROVE the application subject to the following conditions:

1.

3 year implementation time limit.

2.

Adopt submitted and amended plans.

3.

The buildings hereby approved shall be used solely for business uses, general industrial and storage and distribution uses as specified in B1, B2 and B8 of the schedule to the Town & Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987(as amended) or in any order revoking and re-enacting that order.

4.

The external walls of the buildings hereby approved shall be coloured grey and the external roofs shall be coloured slate grey before the buildings are first brought into use. The colour finishes shall be retained and maintained for the lifetime of the development.

5.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any order revoking or re-enacting that Order) no alterations to the external appearance of the buildings hereby approved shall be carried out and no extensions, or ancillary buildings, shall be erected within the red-edged application site without the National Park Authority's prior written consent.

6.

Limitation on floor space and restriction on the addition of any mezzanine floors.

7.

Within 6 months of a new road bridge to the A6 being constructed and first brought into use, a scheme for the removal of the passing places and the reinstatement of the land to its former condition shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the National Park Authority.  Thereafter the agreed scheme shall be completed within 12 months of the bridge being first brought into use.

8.

No development shall take place including any works of demolition until a construction management plan or construction method statement has been submitted to and been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved plan/statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. The statement shall provide for:

·         Parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors

·         Routes for construction traffic

·         Hours of operation

·         Storage of plant and materials

·         Method of prevention of debris being carried onto highway

·         Pedestrian and cyclist protection

·         Site accommodation

·         Arrangements for turning vehicles

9.

Before any operations are commenced, excluding Condition No 7 above, 2 no. passing shall be constructed in accordance with the approved scheme of works as shown on submitted drawing Ref. 216-007/902 Rev D. The passing places shall thereafter be retained.

10.

Throughout the period of development, vehicle wheel cleaning facilities shall be provided and retained within the site. All construction vehicles shall have their wheels cleaned before leaving the site in order to prevent the deposition of mud and other extraneous material on the public highway.

11.

No part of the development shall be occupied until the proposed access road within the site has been constructed in accordance with application drawing number 2016-007/105 Rev D.

12.

No unit shall be taken into use until space has been laid out within the site in accordance with application drawing number 2016-007-105 Rev D for 78 cars and 12 HGV's to be parked and for all vehicles to turn so that they may enter and leave the site in forward gear. These facilities shall thereafter be retained for use at all times.

13.

Flood risk mitigation measures.

14.

No development shall take place until a detailed design and associated management and maintenance plan of surface water drainage for the site, in accordance with DEFRA Non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems (March 2015), has been submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority. The approved drainage system shall be implemented in accordance with the approved detailed design prior to the use of the buildings commencing.

15.

a)    No development shall take place until a Written Scheme of Investigation for a programme of historic building recording, the equivalent of a Level 2 building survey, has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in writing. The Written Scheme of Investigation shall include an assessment of significance and research questions; and

1. The programme and methodology of site investigation and recording

2. The programme and provision for post-investigation analysis and reporting

3. Provision to be made for publication and dissemination of the analysis and records of the site investigation

4. Provision to be made for archive deposition of the analysis and records of the site investigation

5. Nomination of a competent person or persons/organisation to undertake the works set out within the Written Scheme of Investigation"

b)    No development shall take place until all on-site elements of the approved scheme have been completed to the written satisfaction of the local planning authority.

c)    The development shall not be occupied until the site investigation and post investigation reporting has been completed in accordance with the programme set out in the archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation approved under part (a) and the provision to be made for publication and dissemination of results and archive deposition has been secured.

16.

a) No development shall take place until a Written Scheme of Investigation for archaeological work has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in writing in accordance with a brief for the works issued by this Authority, and until any pre-start element of the approved scheme has been completed to the written satisfaction of the local planning authority, this includes the programme of building recording.  The scheme shall include an assessment of significance and research questions; and

1. The programme and methodology of site investigation and recording;

2. The programme for post investigation assessment;

3. Provision to be made for analysis of the site investigation and recording;

4. Provision to be made for publication and dissemination of the analysis and records of the site investigation;

5. Provision to be made for archive deposition of the analysis and records of the site investigation;

6. Nomination of a competent person or persons/organization to undertake the works set out within the Written Scheme of Investigation.

b) No development shall take place other than in accordance with the archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation approved under part (a).

c) The development shall not be occupied until the site investigation and post investigation assessment has been completed in accordance with the programme set out in the archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation approved under part (a) and the provision to be made for analysis, publication and dissemination of results and archive deposition has been secured.

17.

Should archaeological remains of national importance be identified within the development area, then work shall cease in the relevant area until a written method statement for preservation in situ of the relevant remains has been submitted by the application and approved in writing by the National Park Authority.  No development work shall then proceed other than in accordance with the approved method statement so as to ensure that relevant remains are preserved in situ.

18.

The method statement and outline mitigation and enhancement measures in relation to bats, as set out in Section 5 of the Updated Ecological Assessment (January 2018) must be followed.  

19.

No development shall take place until a method statement/construction environmental management plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority. This shall deal with the treatment of any environmentally sensitive areas, including the River Wye corridor, their aftercare and maintenance as well as a plan detailing the works to be carried out showing how the environment will be protected during the works. Such a scheme shall include details of the following:

·         The timing of the works

·         The measures to be used during the development in order to minimise environmental impact of the works (considering both potential disturbance and pollution)

·         The ecological enhancements as mitigation for the loss of habitat resulting from the development

·         A map or plan showing habitat areas to be specifically protected (identified in the ecological report) during the works.

·         Any necessary mitigation for protected species

·         Any necessary pollution protection methods

·         Information on the persons/bodies responsible for particular activities associated with the method statement that demonstrates they are qualified for the activity they are undertaking. The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved method statement.

20.

Some works can commence within the 8m buffer zone, subject to a Management Plan being submitted and agreed.

21.

Works shall avoid the main breeding bird period spanning March to September (inclusive).  If any work has to take place during the bird breeding season, then it is recommended that the suitable nesting features are surveyed for active bird nests (including barn owl) by a suitably qualified ecologist before the work is carried out. If active bird nests are present, then work within the area supporting the nests would need to be delayed until nesting activity has ceased.

22.

No development shall take place until a scheme providing nesting opportunities for a range of bird species on the application site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Authority. Thereafter, the development shall not be carried out other than in complete accordance with the approved scheme.

23.

Prior to the erection of any external lighting on the site a lighting plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and thereafter retained for the lifetime of the development. The submitted scheme shall be designed to take into account the advice on lighting set out in the Bat Conservation Trust document Bats and Lighting in the UK.

24.

Any cotoneaster found on site must be removed from the site in advance of the start of works in order to minimise the risk of spreading this plant through the course of the works.

25.

The proposed final details of the mitigation and method statement for the creation of a pond to translocate small pondweed on site should be submitted to and approved by the PDNPA prior to any works; no deviation from the approved method statement should be undertaken without prior agreement from the PDNPA.

26.

Before commencing the development hereby approved a detailed scheme for landscaping (including tree and shrub planting seeding or turfing, earthmounding, walling, fencing or ground surfacing as necessary) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority.  The scheme shall include provision for the removal of the existing leylandii trees and replacement with native species. Once approved, the planting or seeding shall be carried out to the reasonable satisfaction of the Authority within the first planting seasons following completion or occupation of the development.  Any walling or surfacing shown on the approved plan shall be completed before the building is first occupied.  Any trees dying, being severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased shall be replaced within the next planting season with trees of an equivalent size and species or in accordance with an alternative scheme agreed in writing by the Authority before any trees are removed.