Ward: Hope End

RESOLVED

That planning permission be approved subject to the following conditions:

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.         No development shall take place until details or samples of materials to be used externally on walls and roofs have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure that the materials harmonise with the surroundings.

3.         Prior to the commencement of development, details of the proposed finishes for all external joinery shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The finishes so approved shall not thereafter be changed without the prior written approval of the local planning authority.

Reason: To safeguard the character and appearance of this part of the Area of Outstanding natural Beauty.

4.         During the construction phase no machinery shall be operated, no process shall be carried out and no deliveries taken at or despatched from the site outside the following times: Monday-Friday 7.00 am-6.00pm, Saturday 8.00 am-1.00 pm nor at any time on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays.

Reason: To protect the amenity of local residents.

5.         Prior to the commencement of development the developer shall afford access at all reasonable times to any ecologist nominated by the local planning authority for the purpose of observing and recording the biological features of the site and any plants and animals thereon.

Reason: To allow the potential nature conservation interests of the site to be investigated and recorded.

6.         This permission does not authorise any works to trees included in the Tree Preservation Order.  Any work shall be the subject of an application for consent to the local planning authority, in accordance with the provisions of the Tree Preservation Order and the law on Tree Preservation Orders in force at the time of the application.

Reason: To ensure the proper care and maintenance of the trees.

7.         Details of any excavations or trenches beneath the canopy of any trees to be retained shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the local planning authority.  Where excavations are carried out beneath the canopy of any tree to be retained on land or on adjoining land, no roots of those trees of a diameter of 2.5 cm or more shall be severed, without the agreement of the local planning authority.  In order to achieve this requirement all excavations shall be carried out by hand tools.  The excavations shall be backfilled with sub-soil and a minimum depth of 600 mm good quality stone free loamy top soil of similar p.h. to the original.  Any subsequent settlement shall be made good with similar topsoil.

Reason: To prevent the unnecessary damage to or loss of trees.

8.         No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected.  The boundary treatment shall be completed before either of the dwellings is occupied.  Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and to ensure dwellings have satisfactory privacy.

9.         The development hereby permitted shall not commence until an area has been laid out, consolidated, surfaced and drained within the application site [in accordance with the approved plans] for the parking of 6 cars, and for vehicles to turn so that they may enter and leave the site in a forward gear.  These areas shall thereafter be retained and kept available for those uses at all times.

Reason: To minimise the likelihood of indiscriminate parking in the interests of highway safety.

10.             Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no fences/gates/walls/ garages/building/extension/dormer windows shall be erected or constructed other than those expressly authorised by this permission.

Reason: In order to control further development in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Informatives:

1.         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:

Housing Policy 4 - Development in the Countryside

Landscape Policy 1 - Development Outside Settlement Boundaries

Landscape Policy 2 - Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

This informative is only intended as a summary of the reasons for grant of planning permission.  For further detail on the decision please see the application report by contacting Reception at Blueschool House, Blueschool Street, Hereford (Tel: 01432-260342).

2.         The applicant should be aware of the possibility that asbestos is contained in the existing bungalows and that if so appropriate measures should be taken for its removal.