Wards: Frome

Councillor RM Manning the local ward Member said that he had received a telephone call from the Chairman of Pixley and District Parish Council to say that he did not feel that their comments had not been fully reported in the Agenda.  Councillor Manning read out the contents of the letter that had been submitted by the Parish Council to the Council regarding the application.

The Northern Team Leader reported that the Environment Agency has no objection subject to conditions.

RESOLVED

1.     The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of five years from the date of this permission.

Reason: Required to be imposed by Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

2.     The development hereby approved shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the amended plans received by the local planning authority on 14th December 2004.

Reason: To ensure the development is carried out in accordance with the amended plans.

3.     The whole of the external walls and roof of the buildings, including cladding, shall be constructed and finished in accordance with a schedule of materials and finishes which shall first have been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority before the development is commenced.

Reason: To secure properly planned development.

4.     No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority a scheme of landscaping, which shall include indications of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land, and details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development and any necessary tree surgery.  All proposed planting shall be clearly described with species, sizes and planting numbers.

Reason: In order to protect the visual amenities of the area.

5.     All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of the buildings or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner, and any trees or plants which within a period of 5 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.  If any plants fail more than once they shall continue to be replaced on an annual basis until the end of the 5 year defects period.

Reason:  In order to protect the visual amenities of the area.

6.     The landscaping scheme required by condition No. 4 above shall include the following:

(a) Full details of all existing physical and landscape features on the site including the position, species, height, girth, spread and condition of all trees, clearly distinguishing between those features to be retained and those to be removed.

(b) Full details of all proposed fencing, screen walls, hedges, floorscape, earth moulding, tree and shrub planting.

(c) Full details of all protective measures to prevent damage during the course of development to trees and other features to be retained.

Reason: In order that the local planning authority may be satisfied that the deposited scheme will meet their requirements.

7.     Before any other works hereby approved on the application site are commenced, the new entrance shall be set back 6 metres from the nearside edge of the adjoining carriageway.  On each side of the set back entrance splays shall be formed at an angle of 45 degrees with the highway boundary and the whole of the splayed areas shall be graded and cleared so that no part thereof exceeds a height of 0.6 metres above the relative level of the adjoining carriageway.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

8.     Before any other works hereby approved are commenced, visibility splays shall be provided from a point 0.6 metres above ground level at the centre of the access to the application site and 4.5 metres back from the nearside edge of the adjoining carriageway (measured perpendicularly) for a distance of 215 metres in each direction along the nearside edge of the adjoining carriageway.  Nothing shall be planted, erected and/or allowed to grow on the triangular area of land so formed which would obstruct the visibility described above.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

9.     The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until the turning area and parking facilities shown on the approved plan have been properly consolidated, surfaced, drained and otherwise constructed in accordance with details to be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority and these areas shall thereafter be retained and kept available for those uses at all times.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

10.   The building which is the subject of this application shall be used for holiday accommodation only and for no other purpose including any other purpose within Class C of the Schedule of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any statutory instrument revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification.

Reason: It would be contrary to policy to permit non-holiday accommodation in this location.

11.   The accommodation to which this permission relates shall only be used for the purposes of holiday accommodation as defined in condition no. 9 above and no one person or persons shall use any part of the lodges for more than four weeks in any eight week period.

Reason:  In order to define the terms of this permission.

12.   Floor levels of the lodges shall be set at or above 58.00 metres AOD unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason:  To protect the development from flood risk.

13.   No development approved by this permission shall be commenced until a scheme for the conveyance of foul drainage to a private treatment plant has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.  No part of the development shall be brought into use until such treatment plant has been constructed.

Reason:  To prevent pollution of the water environment.

14.   Any facilities for the storage of oils, fuels or chemicals shall be sited on impervious bases and surrounded by impervious bund walls.  The volume if the bunded compound shall be at least equivalent to the capacity f the tank plus 10%.  If there is multiple tankage, the compound shall be at least equivalent to the capacity of the largest tank, vessel or the combined capacity of interconnected tanks or vessels plus 10%.  All filling points, associated pipework, vents, guages and sight glasses must be located within the bund or have a separate secondary containment.  The drainage system of the bund shall be sealed with no discharge to any watercourse, land or underground strata.  Associated pipework shall be located above ground and protected from accidental damage.  All filling points and tank/vessels overflow pipe outlets shall be detailed to discharge downwards into the bund.

Reason:  To prevent pollution of the water environment.

Informative:

The decision to grant planning permission has been taken having regard to the policies and proposals in the Malvern Hills District Local Plan set out below, and to all relevant material considerations including Supplementary Planning Guidance:

Landscape Policy 8 - Landscape Standards

Tourism Policy 8 - Holiday Caravan and Chalet Sites

Tourism Policy 13 - Farm Tourism