Issue - decisions

Details:

Second and three-storey extensions to create 10 flats; parking

Public Participants:

Mr Tarzey – Applicant’s Agent

Additional Representations:

None

Comment:

The officer’s recommendation was amended to require the submission of further details of the spring loaded recessed plates to be installed on the Ashley Road entrance and also by revisions to the conditions.

Decision:

Head of Planning and Transportation authorised to grant planning consent subject to:

(i)       The completion of the requisite Agreement pursuant to S106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by 30 October 2015;

(ii)     The imposition of conditions; and

(iii)    the submission of further details of the spring loaded recessed plates proposed at the entrance to the site from Ashley Road to show the implications for the protected oak tree

Failing which, Head of Planning and Transportation authorised to refuse consent.

Conditions/

Agreements/

Negotiations:

As per report (Item 3(c)), with the following amendments:

Revise condition Nos. 5 and 6  to read as follows:

5. Prior to commencement of works (including site clearance and any other preparatory works) a scheme for the protection of trees in accordance with BS5837:2012 ‘Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction – Recommendations’ shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval. Once approved, the scheme shall be implemented and at least 3 working days notice shall be given to the Local Planning Authority that it has been installed.

Information is required on the:

a)      Location of site compound and mixing areas,

b)     Routes of underground services,

c)     Tree work specification,

d)     Position of tree protective fencing/ground protection. The protective fencing shall be as specified in Chapter 6 and detailed in figures 2 or 3 of BS5837:2012 unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

Reason:          To safeguard trees and natural features which are important to the visual amenities of the area, in accordance with policy CS2 of the Core Strategy for the New Forest outside the National Park.

6. In accordance with the submitted strategic landscape details on Drawing No 947/10 Rev 1, the following additional details shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority:

(a)          a specification for new planting (species, size, spacing, location, tree pits, irrigation tubes, cellular systems and root barriers);

(b)          areas for hard surfacing and the materials to be used;

(c)          other means of enclosure, including the external free standing wall/grill structure which screens the undercroft parking area from Ashley Road;

(d)          a method and programme for its implementation and the means to provide for its future maintenance;

No development shall take place unless these details have been approved and all planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of the buildings or the completion of the development whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size or species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

Reason:        To ensure that the development takes place in an appropriate way and to prevent inappropriate car parking to comply with Policy CS2 of the Core Strategy for the New Forest District outside the National Park.

Additional Condition as follows:

8. Prior to commencement of work a trial trench shall be dug in the area proposed for the foundations of the brick piered wall, in order to establish the presence and direction of any significant tree roots. The trial trench shall be hand dug to a depth of no less than 600mm without severing any roots of more than 20mm in diameter. The applicant shall give the Local Planning Authority notice of the completion of the trial trench and will allow reasonable access to the trench by the Council's Tree Officer for a period of 7 days following notification. Details of the design and construction of the foundations shall then be submitted to the Local Planning Authority having regard to the presence and orientation of any structural roots and development shall not proceed until the details have been approved by the Local Planning Authority. Work shall only take place in accordance with the 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 Core Strategy for the New Forest outside the National Park.

Reasons:

As per report (Item 3(c))