Proposed 9 no 2 bed bungalows, including the relevant driveways and landscaping.

Proposed 9 no 2 bed bungalows, including the relevant driveways and landscaping.

The Principal Planning Officer reported the following comments circulated at the meeting in the updates sheet.

I wish to amend Clause 1 to the DRAFT HEADS OF TERMS in Annex 1 to read:-

“The developer will pay Herefordshire Council the sum of £2,115 (index linked) to provide / enhance children’s play space and / or children’s play equipment and / or amenity green space / open space within the Ledbury Town Council area, with priority being afforded to provide and / or enhance the open space / recreation area within the Deer Park area at the bottom of Biddulph Way and Martins Way, prior to the first occupation of any of the new dwellings.”

Councillor ME Cooper, one of the local ward members, felt that the officers appraisal addressed the concerns well and that the conditions would help to allay the concerns of the objectors.

Councillor Bowen asked for clarification as to whether the dwellings could be made super energy efficient to assist in energy conservation. The Northern Team Leader advised that the Planning Department had no means of insisting on this but that demands from building regulations were constantly increasing in respect of energy conservation in planning.

RESOLVED

The Head of Legal Services be authorised to complete a planning obligation under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as set out in the Heads of Terms Agreement and deal with any other appropriate terms, matters or issues;

Upon completion of the above-mentioned planning obligation, officers named in the Scheme of Delegation be authorised to issue planning permission subject to the following conditions:-

1          A01 Time limit for commencement (full permission)

2          Prior to commencement of the development hereby permitted, written details and samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the buildings hereby permitted shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for their written approval. The development hereby permitted shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for their written approval. The development hereby permitted shall not commence until the Local Planning Authority has given such written approval. The development shall be carried out in strict accordance with the approved materials and thereafter maintained as such.

Reason: To ensure a satisfactory appearance to the development.

3          All planting, seeding and turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the first occupation of any of the dwellings hereby permitted or the completion of the development (whichever is the sooner).  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.

Reason: To ensure that the development is satisfactorily integrated into the locality.

4          Prior to the first occupation of any of the dwellings hereby permitted the vehicular means of access, car parking, turning / manoeuvring area(s) for vehicles shall be fully implemented. Thereafter these areas shall be kept available for such use.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

5          Prior to commencement of the development hereby permitted the following matters shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for their written approval:-

•           Full details of surface water drainage arrangements

The development shall not commence until the Local Planning Authority has given such written approval. The development shall be carried out in full accordance with the approved details and thereafter maintained as such.

Reason: To ensure adequate surface water drainage arrangements.

6          The recommendations set out in the ecologist’s report dated October 2009 should be followed in relation to the identified protected species [bats, great crested newts etc], unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority. The work shall be implemented as approved and maintained thereafter.

Reason: To ensure that all species are protected having regard to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended), the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 1994 (as amended) and Policies NC1, NC5, NC6, NC7, NC8 and NC9 of Herefordshire Council’s Unitary Development Plan in relation to Nature Conservation and Biodiversity and to meet the requirements of PPS9 Biodiversity and Geological Conservation and the NERC Act 2006. 

7          Prior to development, an ecological and wildlife enhancement strategy shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority and implemented as approved and maintained thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure that all species are protected having regard to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended), the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 1994 (as amended) and Policies NC1, NC5, NC6, NC7, NC8 and NC9 of Herefordshire Council’s Unitary Development Plan in relation to Nature Conservation and Biodiversity and to meet the requirements of PPS9 Biodiversity and Geological Conservation and the NERC Act 2006. 

INFORMATIVES:

1          N15 Reason(s) for the Grant of Planning Permission

2          N19 Avoidance of doubt - Approved Plans