Mrs Goodwin, was present and addressed the committee in objection to the application.

 

Mrs Simpson, Hatch Road Neighbours Association was also present and addressed the committee in objection to the application.

 

Mr Barker, Applicants Representative was present and addressed the committee in support of the application.

 

Cllr Mrs Davies, Ward Member spoke in objection to the application with concerns relating to the back garden development, harm to character and appearance, harm to neighbours, flood risk and precedent.

 

Cllr Aspinell, Ward Members also spoke in objection to the application in relation to parking, screening and surfacing materials.

 

The officer informed the committee that a letter had recently been received from Anglian Water and conditions 6 & 8 had been addressed.

 

After a full debate, Cllr Mynott MOVED and Cllr Mrs Hubbard SECONDED that the application should be REFUSED under policies CP1 (i) and (iii), H17 and Flood Risk.

 

A vote was taken by a show of hands.

 

FOR:              Cllrs Mynott, Newberry, Mrs Hubbard, Keeble and Morrissey (5)

 

AGAINST:      Cllrs Barrell, Mrs Coe, Mrs Middlehurst, Bridge, Ms Rowlands and McCheyne (6)

 

ABSTAIN:      (0)

 

The motion was LOST.

 

Cllr Barrell MOVED and Cllr Mrs Coe SECONDED that the application should be APPROVED subject to the addition of a condition re construction method statement and the removal of conditions 6 & 8 as requested by the Officer.

 

A vote was taken by a show of hands.

 

FOR:              Cllrs Barrell, Mrs Coe, Mrs Middlehurst, Bridge, Ms Rowlands and McCheyne (6)

 

AGAINST:      Cllrs Mynott, Newberry, Mrs Hubbard, Keeble and Morrissey (5)

 

 

ABSTAIN:      (0)

 

The motion was CARRIED and the application was APPROVED.

 

1          TIM01Standard Time - Full

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

 

Reason:  To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 

 

 

2          U14642         

Notwithstanding the details indicated in the application, no development shall take place above ground level until samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the building hereby permitted 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:  In order to safeguard the character and appearance of the area.

 

3          U13920         

Prior to occupation of the proposed development, the occupiers shall be provided a Residential Travel Information Pack for sustainable transport, in accord with details which shall have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

 

Reason: In the interests of reducing the need to travel by car and promoting sustainable development and transport.

 

4          U13921         

No unbound material shall be used in the surface treatment of the vehicular access within 6 metres of the highway boundary.

 

Reason: To avoid displacement of loose material onto the highway in the interests of highway safety.

 

5          LAN03            Landscaping - full - details submitted

The site shall be landscaped in accordance with the landscaping scheme indicated on the submitted drawings and specifications hereby approved.  The landscaping scheme shall be completed during the first planting season after the date on which any part of the development is commenced or in accordance with a programme that has been agreed in writing by the local planning authority.  Any newly planted tree, shrub or hedgerow, or any existing tree, shrub or hedgerow to be retained, that dies, or is uprooted, severely damaged or seriously diseased within five years of the completion of the development, shall be replaced within the next planting season with another of the same species and of a similar size, unless the local planning authority gives prior written consent to any variation.

 

Reason:  In order to safeguard and enhance the character and appearance of the area.

 

 

6          U14673         

No development shall take place until further excavations to confirm groundwater depths and soil testing have been completed in accordance with BRE365. No development shall take place until details have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority which demonstrate that the size of the soakaways have been designed on the basis of the further excavations and soil testing completed in accordance with BRE365. The development shall be completed and retained in accordance with the approved details.

 

Reason: In order to ensure satisfactory drainage of the development. This issue is fundamental to the development permitted and the application as submitted provides insufficient information to demonstrate that the surface water drainage for the proposal would be satisfactory in perpetuity. In the absence of this condition, it would have been necessary to refuse planning permission.

 

 

7          U14643         

The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the approved drawing(s) listed above, specifications and the Surface Water Drainage Strategy submitted as part of the application (including the proposed connection/outflow to the public sewer, the piped overflow being situated above the top of the design water level in the soakaway and the flow rate of the overflow being a maximum of 5 l/s), unless otherwise required by any of the other conditions.

 

Reason:  To ensure that the development is as permitted by the local planning authority and for the avoidance of doubt.

 

8. Notwithstanding the Construction Method Statement submitted, no development shall take place until a Construction Method Statement has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The approved Statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. The Statement shall provide for:

 

i.          the parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors

ii.          loading and unloading of plant and materials

iii.         storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development

iv.        the erection and maintenance of security hoarding

v.         wheel washing facilities

vi.        measures to control the emission of dust and dirt during construction

vii.        a scheme for recycling/disposing of waste resulting from construction works

viii.       hours of working and hours during which deliveries may be taken at the site

Reason:  In the interests of highway safety, visual and neighbour amenity.

 

(Cllr Morrissey declared a non-pecuniary interest under the Council’s Code of Conduct by virtue of working for a local estate agent).

 

(Cllr Barrell and Cllr Mrs Coe declared a non-pecuniary interest under the Council’s Code of Conduct by the virtue of living within the application area).