Agenda item

P140495/F Land adjacent to 7 Milvern Close, Bromyard, Herefordshire, HR7 4UH

Development of one dwelling with off street parking.

Decision:

The application was approved in accordance with the Case Officer’s recommendation, with additional conditions.

Minutes:

(Councillor GJ Swinford left the meeting for the duration of this item.)

The Principal Planning Officer gave a presentation on the application.

In accordance with the criteria for public speaking, Mr R Page, the applicant’s agent, spoke in support of the application.

In accordance with paragraph 4.8.2.2 of the Council’s Constitution, Councillor A Seldon, one of the local ward members, spoke on the application.

He commented that he had no objection to the development in principle.  However, the site level was uneven and there was public concern about the stability of the boundary walls and that instability of the ground itself potentially made development unsafe.

The debate opened and the following principal points were made:

·         The Development Manager commented that additional conditions could be imposed to ensure the current and future stability of the site including all boundary walls.  A condition could also be imposed to ensure appropriate surfacing was used to ensure permeability for surface water.

·         Paragraph 4.2, containing an objection from the Traffic Manager relating to car parking and cycle storage, appeared to be in conflict with paragraph 6.4.  The Development Manager confirmed that revised proposals which included parking for the existing dwelling and cycle storage for the new dwelling had been put forward and the Traffic Manager was now content with the application.

·         The local ward member was given the opportunity to close the debate.  He indicated that he was content with the proposed additional conditions.

RESOLVED: That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

 

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The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of one year from the date of this permission.

 

Reason: To comply with the provisions  of section 91(1) (b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) and to reflect the decision of the local planning authority on 4th March , 2009 to suspend (effective from 1st April, 2009) the requirements of the Authority’s Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document  (February 2008) in relation to all employment developments falling within Classes B1, B2 and B8 of the Town and Country Planning Use Classes Order 1987 as amended by the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2005, the employment element of any mixed use development and residential developments of five dwellings or less.

           

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B01 Development in  accordance with the approved plans

 

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No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a full structural report of all boundary walls which shall include recommendations for work to be undertaken to secure their retention.  Works to the boundary walls shall be completed in accordance with the approved details prior to any other works commencing on site.

 

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and the structural integrity of the boundary wall and to conform to Policies DR1 and DR2 of Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

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C01 Samples of external materials

H10 Parking for proposed house

 

Prior to works commencing on the dwelling hereby approved an area within the grounds of No. 7 Milvern Close shall be properly laid out, consolidated, surfaced and drained for the parking of one car in accordance with details to be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority and that area shall not thereafter be used for any other purpose than the parking of vehicles.

 

Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to ensure the free flow of traffic using the adjoining highway and to conform with the requirements of Policy T11 of Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

I 16 Restriction of hours during construction

 

I 43 No burning of material/substances

 

I 51 Details of slab levels

 

L 01 Foul/surface water drainage

 

 

L02 No surface water to connect (either directly or indirectly) to the public sewerage system

 

L 03 No drainage run-off to public system

 

The dwelling hereby permitted shall not be occupied until surface drainage works have been implemented in accordance with details that have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Before these details are submitted an assessment shall be carried out of the potential for disposing of surface water by means of a sustainable drainage system in accordance with the principles set out in Annex F of PPS25 (or any subsequent version), and the results of the assessment provided to the Local Planning Authority.  Where a sustainable drainage scheme is to be provided, the submitted details shall:

 

i.          provide information about the design storm period and intensity, the method employed to delay and control the surface water discharged from the site and the measures taken to prevent pollution of the receiving groundwater and/or surface waters;

ii.         include a timetable for its implementation; and

iii.        provide a management and maintenance plan for the lifetime of the development which shall include the arrangements for adoption by any public authority or statutory undertaker and any other arrangements to secure the operation of the scheme throughout its lifetime.

 

Reason: to prevent the increase risk of flooding and to comply with Policy DR4 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan.

 

Development shall not begin until parking for site operatives and visitors has been provided within the application site in accordance with details to be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority and such provision shall be retained and kept available during construction of the development.

 

Reason: To prevent indiscriminate parking in the interests of highway safety and to conform with the requirements of Policy DR3 of Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

INFORMATIVES:

 

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The Local Planning Authority has acted positively and proactively in determining this application by assessing the proposal against planning policy and any other material considerations, including any representations that have been received. It has subsequently determined to grant planning permission in accordance with the presumption in favour of sustainable development, as set out within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

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Welsh Water Advice:

 

If a connection is required to the public sewerage system, the developer is advised to contact Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's Developer Services on 0800 917 2652.

 

Some public sewers and lateral drains may not be recorded on our maps of public sewers because they were originally privately owned and were transferred into public ownership by nature of the Water Industry (Schemes for Adoption of Private Sewers) Regulations 2011.  The presence of such assets may affect the proposal.  In order to assist us in dealing with the proposal we request the applicant contacts our Operations Contact Centre on 0800 085 3968 to establish the location and status of the sewer.  Under the Water Industry Act 1991 Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has rights of access to its apparatus at all times.

 

The Welsh Government have introduced new legislation that will make it mandatory for all developers who wish to communicate with the public sewerage system to obtain an adoption agreement for their sewerage with Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW).  The Welsh Ministers Standards for the construction of sewerage apparatus and an agreement under Section 104 of the Water Industry Act (WIA) 1991 will need to be completed in advance of any authorisation to communicate with the public sewerage system under Section 106 WIA 1991 being granted by DCWW.

 

Welsh Government introduced the Welsh Ministers Standards on 1 October 2012 and we would welcome your support in informing applicants who wish to communicate with the public sewerage system to engage with use at the earliest opportunity.  Further information on the Welsh Ministers Standards is available for viewing on our Development Services Section of our website - www.dwrcymru.com

 

Further information on the Welsh Ministers Standards can be found on the Welsh Government website - www.wales, gov.uk

 

 

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