Agenda item

Details:

Development of 17 dwellings comprised; 7 pairs of semi-detached houses; 2 semi-detached dormer bungalows and a detached house; parking; allotments; landscaping; access (amended plans and description)

Public Participants:

Parish Cllr Brown – Hordle Parish Council

Additional Representations:

Hordle Parish Council maintained their objections in respect of the amended plans.

The Environment Agency raised no objection following confirmation of the arrangements for the disposal of foul drainage.

The Ecologist raised no objection subject to the imposition of a condition.

The Tree Officer asked for the imposition of additional conditions.

The Urban Design Officer supported the proposal subject to the resolution of the location of the highway drainage apparatus.

Two further letters of objection in the same terms as set out in the report and in addition raising concerns about the safety of the footpath, the access position and car parking provision.

Further details of these representations were set out in the update circulated prior to the meeting.

Comment:

The Officer’s recommendation was amended by the imposition of additional conditions as requested by the Ecologist and Tree Officer, and the pre-requisites to the granting of consent were supplemented by the requirement to resolve the surface water drainage arrangements and the location of the highway drainage apparatus, as set out in the update circulated prior to the meeting.

Decision:

Service Manager Planning and Building Control authorised to grant planning consent subject to the completion by 30 December 2016 of the requisite S106 agreement and with the imposition of conditions.  If the Agreement has not been completed by that date, Service Manager Planning and Building Control authorised to refuse consent.

Conditions/

Agreements/

Negotiations:

As per report (Item 3(d)), with the pre-requisites to the granting of consent to also include:

iii)  the satisfactory resolution of the surface water drainage on the site in conjunction with Hampshire County Council Flood Water Management Team.

iv)  the satisfactory resolution of the location of highway drainage apparatus.

and the following additional conditions:

13.Prior to the commencement of development the final details of biodiversity mitigation, compensation and enhancement, in respect of dormice and reptiles, shall be carried out by an appropriately qualified consultant and be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Thereafter the approved measures of mitigation and compensation shall be implemented in accordance with an approved programme of works.

     Reason:  To safeguard protected species and to ensure the Council has control over the content and delivery of biodiversity measures in accordance with Policy CS3 of the Local Plan for the New Forest District outside the National Park (Core Strategy) and Policy DM2 of the Local Plan for the New Forest District outside the National Park. (Part 2: Sites and Development Management).

14.No development, demolition or site clearance shall take place until a plan showing service routes, including the position of soakaways and location of site compound and mixing areas has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Development shall only take place in accordance with these approved details.

     Reason   To safeguard trees and natural features which are important to the visual amenities of the area in accordance with Policy CS2 of the Local Plan for the New Forest District outside the National Park (Core Strategy).

15.No development, demolition or site clearance shall take place until a method statement and engineering drawings for the foundation design of the approved development and the proposed footpath along the site frontage has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Development shall only take place in accordance with these approved details.

     Reason: To safeguard trees and natural features which are important to the visual amenities of the area in accordance with Policy CS2 of the Local Plan for the New Forest District outside the National Park (Core Strategy).

Refusal reasons:

As per report (Item 3 (d))