Agenda item

Planning Application No. 18/1669/FUL - Land rear of Orchard Lea, Pinn Lane

To consider the report of the City Development Manager.

 

Minutes:

Councillor Mrs Thompson declared a disclosable pecuniary interest and left the meeting during consideration of this item.

 

The Project Manager presented the application for development of a 1.5-storey, single family, three-bedroom dwellinghouse, with associated private amenity space, off-street parking and access via St Nicholas Close.

 

Mitch Temple spoke in support of the application. He raised the following points:-

 

·         have worked with the City Council planning officers throughout the process since 18 October with the design changed to deal with any potential issues in terms of privacy and daylighting;

·         access to the site will be via an existing access; and

·         the final design will not negatively impact the amenity of any neighbours and includes obscure glazing in the bathroom and ensuite and is neither overbearing nor overlooking and is very suitable for the site. 

 

The recommendation was for approval, subject to the conditions as set out in the report.

 

RESOLVED that planning permission for development of a 1.5-storey, single family, 3-bedroom dwellinghouse, with associated private amenity space, off-street parking and access via St Nicholas Close be APPROVED, subject to the following conditions:-

 

(1)        The development to which this permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date on which this permission is granted.

Reason:  To ensure compliance with sections 91 and 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

 

(2)        The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in strict accordance with the submitted details received by the Local Planning Authority on date dwg. nos. 180042.THOMPSON.04PP A Rev. A-23.01.19, 180042.THOMPSON.05PP as modified by other conditions of this consent.

            Reason: In order to ensure compliance with the approved drawings.

 

(3)        No site machinery or plant shall be operated, no process shall be carried out and no demolition or construction related deliveries received or dispatched from the site except between the hours of 8 am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 8am to 1pm Saturday and at no time on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays.

Reason: To protect the amenity of the locality, especially for people living and/or working nearby.

 

(4)        Samples of the materials it is intended to use externally in the construction of the development shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority. No external finishing material shall be used until the Local Planning Authority has confirmed in writing that its use is acceptable. Thereafter the materials used in the construction of the development shall correspond with the approved samples in all respects.

Reason: To ensure that the materials conform with the visual amenity requirements of the area.

 

(5)        A detailed scheme for landscaping, including the planting of trees and or shrubs, the use of surface materials and boundary screen walls and fences shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority and no dwelling or building shall be occupied until the Local Planning Authority have approved a scheme;  such scheme shall specify materials, species, tree and plant sizes, numbers and planting densities, and any earthworks required together with the timing of the implementation of the scheme.  The landscaping shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with the approved scheme in accordance with the agreed programme.

Reason: To safeguard the rights of control by the Local Planning Authority in these respects and in the interests of amenity.

 

(6)        In the event of failure of any trees or shrubs, planted in accordance with any scheme approved by the Local Planning Authority, to become established and to prosper for a period of five years from the date of the completion of implementation of that scheme, such trees or shrubs shall be replaced with such live specimens of such species of such size and in such number as may be approved by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To safeguard the rights of control by the Local Planning Authority in these respects and in the interests of amenity.

 

(7)        Pre-commencement condition: No materials shall be brought onto the site or any development commenced, until the developer has erected tree protective fencing around all trees or shrubs to be retained, in accordance with a plan that shall previously have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This plan shall be produced in accordance with BS 5837:2012 - Trees in Relation to Design, demolition and construction. The developer shall maintain such fences to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority until all development the subject of this permission is completed. The level of the land within the fenced areas shall not be altered without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority. No materials shall be stored within the fenced area, nor shall trenches for service runs or any other excavations take place within the fenced area except by written permission of the Local Planning Authority. Where such permission is granted, soil shall be removed manually, without powered equipment.

Reason for pre-commencement condition - To ensure the protection of the trees during the carrying out of the development. This information is required before development commences to protect trees during all stages of the construction process.

 

(8)        No individual dwelling hereby approved shall be brought into its intended use until secure cycle parking facilities for residents have been provided in accordance with details that shall previously have been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the said cycle parking facilities shall be retained for that purpose at all times.

Reason: To ensure that cycle parking is provided, in accordance with Exeter Local Plan Policy T3.

 

(9)        Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1995 or any Order revoking and re enacting that Order, no extension, garages or other development or alterations shall be carried out within the curtilage of the dwellings without the formal consent of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In order to protect the visual and residential amenities of the surrounding area and to prevent overdevelopment.

 

(10)      Before the development hereby approved is brought into use the proposed rooflights in the south roofslope of the property shall be glazed with obscure glass to a minimum level of obscurity to conform to Pilkington Glass level 3 or equivalent, and thereafter so maintained. Furthermore, no new windows or other openings shall be inserted on the ground floor or roofslope of this elevation.

            Reason: To protect the amenities of the adjoining property.

 

(11)      Before the development hereby approved is brought into use the proposed windows in the west elevation of the property shall be permanently fixed and glazed with obscure glass to a minimum level of obscurity to conform to Pilkington Glass level 3 or equivalent, and thereafter so maintained. Furthermore, no new windows or other openings shall be inserted in the ground or first floor of this elevation.

            Reason: To protect the amenities of the adjoining property.

 

 

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