Agenda item

192515 - BALANCE FARM, TITLEY, KINGTON, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR5 3RL

Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval. (160581 - Proposed site for the erection of 5 no. four bedroom dwellings).

Decision:

Application approved, in accordance with the case officer’s recommendation.

Minutes:

The Principal Planning Officer provided a presentation on the application and the updates/representations received following the publication of the agenda.

 

In accordance with the criteria for public speaking Mr. Edwards spoke on behalf of Titley Group Parish Council, Mr. Jones, local resident spoke in objection to the application and Mr Tompkins, the applicant's agent spoke in support.

 

In accordance with the council's constitution the local ward member spoke on the application. In summary, he explained that although the principle for development had been established on the application site, from an earlier permission, the committee had expressed concerns regarding the design and the height of the proposed houses. Following the deferral of the application at a previous meeting of the planning committee the applicant had made some changes to the design of the houses but there had been no change to the size, height or footprint of the properties proposed on the site. These issues had been of concern to the committee at the previous meeting and had led to the deferral of the application. The settlement of Titley was a village but could be classed as a hamlet and had experienced minimal development since the Second World War. The application represented development that was an exception to the gradual construction of dwellings and a substantial increase in housing locally. Since the meeting of the committee, at which the application had been deferred, the Titley Group Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) had been made and the committee now had a number of relevant planning policies on which to refuse the application. Core strategy policies LD1, LD4 were cited as grounds for the refusal of the application together with NDP policies TG1, TG2, TG13, TG15 and TG 16. The committee had provided the applicant with the opportunity to amend the application to ensure that it respected the landscape and to modify the design of the houses in line with the reasons for deferral from the previous committee meeting. The changes undertaken to the application were seen as a missed opportunity as the houses continued to be excessively large and dominant for the site on which they were positioned.

 

The committee debated the application.

 

There was concern on the part of some members that the reasons for the deferral of the application at the previous committee meeting had not been taken into account in the modifications that had been made to the design of the houses.

 

Councillor Jacqui Carwardine left the meeting at 10:40 a.m.

 

Councillor Polly Andrews proposed and Councillor Richard Thomas seconded a motion that the application be deferred to offer the applicant an opportunity to modify the scale and height of the houses in the application. Councillor Richard Thomas subsequently withdrew as the seconder to the motion; the motion was therefore not formally moved.

 

There was division among the members of the committee. It was the contention of some members that the scale and size of the buildings remained excessive. Other members of the committee cited examples in the locality of substantial and large properties; the proposed houses in the application would not be out of keeping with such existing buildings.

 

The local ward member was given the opportunity to close the debate. In summary, he reiterated the grounds on which the committee could refuse the application.

 

Councillor Bruce Baker proposed and Councillor Peter Hamblin seconded a motion that the application be approved in accordance with the case officers recommendation.

 

The motion was put to the vote and was carried by a simple majority.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That subject to the completion of a Section 106 Town & Country Planning Act (1990) obligation agreement to secure the purchase of Phosphate Credits sufficient to mitigate for the effects of the development upon the River Lugg / River Wye SAC, approval of Reserved Matters be granted subject to the conditions below and any other further conditions considered necessary by Officers named in the Scheme of Delegation.

 

 

Standard Conditions

 

1.

The development hereby approved shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved plans and documents:

 

  • Proposed Site Layout 7218-1-20-Rev C
  • Proposed Site Sectional Plan 7218-1-26-Rev C
  • Proposed Plot 1 - 7218-1-21-Rev B
  • Proposed Plot 2 - 7218-1-22 Rev A
  • Proposed Plot 3 - 7218-1-23-Rev A
  • Proposed Plot 4 - 7218-1-24- Rev A
  • Proposed Plot 5 - 7218-1-25-Rev A
  • Proposed Garages 7218-1-29 
  • Proposed Landscaping Proposals 24/500/02 B
  • Estate Railing Fencing Example 31/7/2024
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Reason: To ensure adherence to the approved plans in the interests of a satisfactory form of development and to comply with Policies RA2, SD1, LD1 and LD4 of the Herefordshire Local Plan – Core Strategy, policies TG1, TG5, TG13, TG14, TG15 and TG16 of the Titley Group Neighbourhood Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

 

Conditions to be Discharged

 

2.

Details pertaining to the following matters shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the relevant works being undertaken on site:

 

a)    Details and/or samples of external timber cladding

b)    Details and/or samples of roofing materials

c)    Details of all windows, doors and rooflights including

·       Full size or 1:2 details and sections, and 1:20 elevations of each joinery item cross referenced to the details and indexed on elevations on the approved drawings

·       Method & type of glazing.

·       Colour Scheme/Surface Finish

d)    Details and/or samples of rainwater goods

 

The work shall subsequently be carried out in full accordance with such approved details.

 

Reason: To ensure the scheme is carried out in accordance with details that are conducive with securing a high quality development which respects the character and amenity of the area in accordance with policies RA2, SD1, LD4 and LD1 of the Herefordshire Local Plan – Core Strategy, policies TG1, TG15 and TG16 of the Titley Group Neighbourhood Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

3.

No works in relation to the stone facing of the dwellings hereby approved shall be commenced until a sample panel of the stonework has been provided on site and this has been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The sample panel shall be a minimum of 1m x 1m in size and shall show the stone type; sizes, face-bond; pointing mortar mix, joint thickness and finish profile. The works shall subsequently be carried out in accordance with the approved details and the sample panel shall be retained on site until the relevant works have been completed.

 

Reason: To ensure the scheme is carried out in accordance with details that are conducive with securing a high quality development which respects the character and amenity of the area in accordance with policies RA2, SD1, LD4 and LD1 of the Herefordshire Local Plan – Core Strategy, policies TG1, TG5, TG15 and TG16 of the Titley Group Neighbourhood Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

 

4.

Prior to the first occupation of any dwelling to which this permission relates, the vehicular parking areas shown on the approved plans shall be properly consolidated, surfaced and drained in accordance a specification which has first been submitted to an approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Those areas 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 to the requirements of Policy MT1 of Herefordshire Local Plan – Core Strategy, policy TG16 of the Titley Group Neighbourhood Development Plan and the National Planning Policy  Framework

 

5.

Development shall not begin in relation to the provision of road and drainage infrastructure until the following details are submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority:

 

•           Surface finishes

•           Drainage details

•           Future maintenance arrangements

 

The development shall be carried out and thereafter maintained in accordance with the approved details

 

Reason: To ensure an adequate and acceptable means of access is available before the dwelling or building is occupied and to conform to the requirements of Policy MT1 of Herefordshire Local Plan – Core Strategy, policy TG16 of the Titley Group Neighbourhood Development Plan and the National Planning Policy  Framework.

 

6.

Prior to the first occupation of any dwelling hereby approved, a schedule of landscape management and maintenance for a minimum period of 10 years shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme of management and maintenance shall subsequently be carried out in accordance with this approved schedule. Any trees or plants which die, are removed or become severely damaged or diseased within 10 years of planting will be replaced in accordance with the approved plan 19/500/02A.

 

Reason: To ensure the future establishment of the approved scheme, in order to conform with policies SS6, LD1 and LD3 of the Herefordshire Local Plan Core Strategy, policies TG13, TG14 and TG16 of the Titley Group Neighbourhood Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

 

Compliance Conditions

 

7.

The following scheme of energy sustainability measures shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details prior to the first occupation of any dwelling hereby approved:

 

  • PV panels and Air Source Heat Pumps to each plot in accordance with details shown on plans 7218-1-21-Rev B, 7218-1-22 Rev A, Proposed Plot 3 - 7218-1-23-Rev A, 7218-1-24- Rev A, 7218-1-25-Rev A.
  • An electric vehicle charging point at a minimum rate of one per dwelling

 

Those measures shall thereafter be maintained in perpetuity.

 

Reason: To ensure the scheme is carried out in accordance with the stated intention to incorporate renewable energy generation to help mitigate the impact upon the climate and secure a sustainable form of development which accords with policies SS7 and SD1 of the Herefordshire Local Plan – Core Strategy, policies TG1 and TG11 of the Titley Group Neighbourhood Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework

 

8.

All planting, seeding or turf laying in the approved landscaping scheme (24/500/02 B – Peter Quinn Associates) shall be carried out in the first planting season following the first occupation of the building or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner. The hard landscaping shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and be completed prior to the first occupation of the development.

 

Reason: To ensure implementation of the landscape scheme approved by local planning authority in order to conform with policies SS6, LD1 and LD3 of the Herefordshire Local Plan - Core Strategy, policies TG13, TG14 and TG16 of the Titley Group Neighbourhood Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

9.

Apart from where explicitly identified for removal on landscaping plan 24/500/02 B and tree survey 19/500/01, no retained tree shall be cut down, uprooted, destroyed, pruned, cut or damaged in any manner during the construction phase and thereafter for 10 years from the date of occupation of the building for its permitted use, other than in accordance with the approved plans and particulars.

 

Reason: To safeguard the character and amenity of the area and to ensure that the development conforms with Policies LD1 and LD3 of the Herefordshire Local Plan – Core Strategy, policies TG13, TG14 and TG16 of the Titley Group Neighbourhood Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

 

 

There was an adjournment at 10:52 a.m.; the meeting reconvened at 11:04 a.m.

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