Agenda item

Erection of 8 Apartments following demolition of existing residential dwelling

Item 8 (c) – 15 Newton Drive East, Normoss, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 8QJ

 

18/00145/FUL

 

Mr M Atherton.  Erection of 8 apartments following demolition of existing residential dwelling.  15 Newton Drive East, Normoss, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 8QJ.

 

This application was presented to Planning Committee at the request of Councillor Barry Birch. Committee Members had the benefit of a site visit before the public meeting to enable Members to understand the proposal beyond the plans submitted.

 

A member of the public and a Ward Councillor spoke to the Committee, objecting to the application.

 

The Agent spoke to the Committee, in support of his application.

 

The application was approved as per the recommendation in the report of the Head of Planning Services, subject to the following conditions and reasons:-

 

Conditions and Reasons:-

 

1.  The development must be begun before the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

           

Reason: This condition is required to be imposed pursuant to Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 

2.  The development shall be carried out, except where modified by the conditions to this permission, in accordance with the Planning Application received by the Local Planning Authority on 6th February 2018 including the following plans/documents:

           

            - Location Plan

            - Proposed Elevations (plan ref: GA3088-PL02C)

            - Proposed Floor Plans and Block Plan (plan ref: GA3088-PL02B)

           

The development shall be retained hereafter in accordance with this detail.

           

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and so that the Local Planning Authority shall be satisfied as to the details.

 

3.  Building work shall not commence on any building until details of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of that building (including the external walls, roof, and windows) have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out using the approved materials.

           

Reason: To safeguard the visual amenities of the locality and in accordance with Policy SP14 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999). The details are required prior to the commencement of the development because they were not submitted with the application.

 

4.  Prior to the commencement of development details of the appearance, including materials to be used, of the bin and cycle storage area shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details, prior to first occupation of any part of the approved development and thereafter maintained and retained.

           

Reason:  In the interests of the appearance of the site and locality, in accordance with SP14 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999). The condition is required to be approved prior to commencement of development to ensure that full details are provided, that have not been forthcoming with the application.

           

5.  Prior to the commencement of the development, a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved boundary treatment shall be completed before the use hereby permitted is first commenced, or before the dwelling(s) is first occupied. The approved details shall thereafter be maintained and retained.

           

Reason: In the interests of the appearance of the locality and the residential amenity of occupants / neighbours in accordance with Policy SP14 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999). The details are required prior to the commencement of the development because they were not submitted with the application.

 

6.  Prior to the commencement of development, a drainage scheme, which shall detail measures for the attenuation and the disposal of foul and surface waters, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The surface water drainage scheme shall be in accordance with the hierarchy of drainage options outlined in the National Planning Practice Guidance and the Non-Statutory Technical Standards for Sustainable Drainage Systems (March 2015), or any subsequent replacement national guidance / standards, with evidence of an assessment of the site conditions to include site investigation and test results to confirm infiltrations rates to be submitted. For the avoidance of doubt, surface water must drain separate from the foul and unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, no surface water shall discharge to the public sewerage system either directly or indirectly.

           

No part of the development shall be occupied or brought into first use until the drainage works have been completed in accordance with the approved scheme. Thereafter the agreed scheme shall be retained, managed and maintained in accordance with the approved details.

           

Reason: To promote sustainable development using appropriate drainage systems, ensure a safe form of development that poses no unacceptable risk of pollution to water resources or human health and to prevent an undue increase in surface water run-off to reduce the risk of flooding in accordance with Policy ENV15 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999) and the National Planning Policy Framework. The condition is required to be approved prior to commencement of development to ensure that full details are provided, that have not been forthcoming with the application, to ensure a suitable form of drainage is provided in that specific area taking into consideration land conditions and proximity to existing services.

 

7.  Prior to the commencement of development a desk study to investigate and produce an assessment of the risk of the potential for on-site contamination shall be undertaken and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. If the desk study identifies potential contamination, a detailed site investigation shall be carried out in accordance with a written methodology, which shall first have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  If remediation measures are then considered necessary, a scheme for decontamination of the site shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Local Planning Authority in writing and the approved scheme implemented prior to the development of the site.  Any changes to the approved scheme must be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to any works being undertaken.

           

Reason: The development is for a sensitive end use.  The potential for contamination must therefore be addressed in order to safeguard the development in accordance with Policy SP14 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999).

           

8.  No development shall take place until full details of both hard and soft landscaping works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These details shall include, areas of soft landscaping (including any retained trees, hedgerows and other planting and any replanted or transplanted hedgerows), hard surfaced areas and materials, planting plans specifications and schedules (including plant size, species and number/ densities), existing landscaping to be retained, and shall show how account has been taken of any underground services.

           

The landscaping works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to first occupation or first use of any part of the development or otherwise in accordance with a programme agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority and shall thereafter be retained and maintained.

           

Any trees or shrubs planted in accordance with this condition which are removed, uprooted, destroyed, die, or become severely damaged or seriously diseased within 5 years of planting, or any trees or shrubs planted as replacements shall be replaced within the next planting season by trees or shrubs of similar size and species to those originally required to be planted, unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

           

Reason:  To ensure the site is satisfactorily landscaped in the interests of visual amenity in accordance with the provisions of Policy SP14 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999). The details are required to be approved prior to commencement of development to ensure landscaping is implemented at an appropriate time during the development in the interests of the visual amenity of the area in accordance with Policy SP14 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999).

 

9.  The existing access into the development site shall be physically and permanently closed and the existing verge/footway and kerbing of the vehicular crossing shall be reinstated in accordance with the Lancashire County Specification for Construction of Estate Roads prior to the first occupation of any part of the development hereby approved.

           

Reason: To limit the number of access points and to maintain the proper construction of the highway in accordance with Policy SP14 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999).

 

10.  The development hereby approved shall not be first occupied or brought into use until the parking area(s) shown on the approved plan have been laid out, surfaced and drained. The parking area(s) shall not thereafter be used for any purpose other than for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles.

           

Reason: To ensure that adequate off road parking is provided to serve the development in the interests of highway safety and in accordance with the provisions of Policy SP14 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999).

 

11.  The level of the new driveway shall be constructed 0.150m above the carriageway channel line of Normoss Road.

           

Reason: To safeguard the future reconstruction of the highway in accordance with Policy SP14 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999).

           

12.  Prior to the commencement of development a scheme for the construction of the site access and other works to be carried out within the adopted highway, including a timetable for implementation, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The site access shall be constructed and completed in accordance with the approved scheme details.

           

Reason: In order to satisfy the Local Planning Authority that the final details of the highway scheme/works are acceptable before work commences on site in accordance with Policy SP14 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999). The condition is required to be approved prior to commencement of development to ensure that full details are provided, that have not been forthcoming with the application.

           

13.  Prior to the first occupation or use of the development hereby approved, obscured glazing shall be installed in the south-west elevation at a scale of 5 (where 1 is hardly obscured and 5 is totally obscured) and maintained and retained thereafter.  Any subsequent repaired or replacement glazing shall be fitted with obscure glass to the same level of obscurity.

           

Reason: To safeguard the privacy of adjoining residents and in accordance with Policy SP14 of the Adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999).

 

Note(s): -

 

1.  The new vehicular access to the car parking bays, the relocation of the street light and the closure of the existing access onto Newton Drive East will need to be constructed under a section 278 agreement of the 1980 Highways Act. The Highway Authority hereby reserves the right to provide the highway works within the highway associated with this proposal. Provision of the highway works includes design, procurement of the work by contract and supervision of the works. The applicant is advised to contact the Community Services before works begin on site. Further information and advice can be found at www.lancashire.gov.uk and search for 278 agreement.