Agenda item

PLANNING APPLICATION NO.11/1922/03 - Mount Wear House, 47-49 Countess Wear Road, Exeter, EX2 6LR

To consider the report of the Assistant Director City Development.

 

(Report circulated)

 

Minutes:

The Area Planning Officer presented the application for the change of use and conversion of the Youth Hostel to ten self contained apartments and one dwelling, alterations to access and highway, alterations to roof, parking and associated works at Mount Wear House, 47-49 Countess Wear Road, Exeter.

 

The building was a large detached Grade II Listed Building which was currently occupied by the Youth Hostel Association. 18 parking spaces were proposed.

 

Members were advised that two additional conditions were proposed regarding the replacement boundary treatment to 51 Countess Wear Road and the window in the Manager’s House that faced on to 51 Countess Wear Road should be obscure glazed.

 

The recommendation was for approval subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement securing Natura 2000, indoor sports facilities and community facilities contributions and off site highway works, the conditions as set out in the report with additional conditions regarding the boundary treatment to 51 Countess Wear Road and the window in the Manager’s House facing on to 51 Countess Wear Road to be obscure glazed.

 

RESOLVED that planning permission for the change of use and conversion of Youth Hostel to ten self contained apartments and one dwelling, alterations to access and highway, alterations to roof, parking and associated works be approved subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement securing Natura 2000 contribution, indoor sports facilities contribution and community facilities contribution and off site highway works and the following conditions:-

 

1)

C05  -  Time Limit - Commencement

 

2)

C15  -  Compliance with Drawings

 

3)

C17  -  Submission of Materials

 

4)

C35  -  Landscape Scheme

 

5)

C37  -  Replacement Planting

 

6)

C57  -  Archaeological Recording

 

7)

A visibility splay shall be provided, laid out and maintained for that purpose at the access to Countess Wear Road where the visibility splay provides intervisibility between any points on the X and Y axes at a height of 0.6 metres above the adjacent carriageway level and the distance back from the nearer edge of the carriageway of the public highway (identified as X) shall be 2.4 metres and the visibility distances along the nearer edge of the carriageway of the public highway (identified as Y) shall be 17.8 metres in a northerly direction.

Reason: To provide visibility from and of emerging vehicles.

 

8)

No part of the development hereby approved shall be occupied until the access to Countess Wear Road, visibility splay and on-site parking facilities have been provided and marked out in accordance with details that shall previously have been submitted to, agreed and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority and retained for those purposes at all times.

Reason: To ensure that adequate facilities are available for the traffic attracted to the site.

 

9)

No other part of the development hereby approved shall be commenced until adequate areas shall have been made available within the site to accommodate operatives' vehicles, construction plant and materials in accordance with details that shall previously have been submitted to, agreed and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and retained for the period of construction works.

Reason: To ensure that adequate facilities are available for the construction traffic attracted to the site, in the interest of public safety.

 

10)

No construction work shall be undertaken, or machinery operated, within the site outside the hours of 0800 to 1800hrs Mondays to Fridays, 0800 to 1300hrs on Saturdays, nor at any time on Sundays or public holidays without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason:  In the interests of the residential amenity of the occupants of surrounding property.

 

11)              No development shall commence on site under this permission until full details of the boundary treatment with No. 51 Countess Wear Road has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and thereafter be provided in accordance with such details.

Reason: Insufficient information has been submitted with the application and in the interests of visual amenity.

 

12)       Prior to occupation of the Manager’s House hereby revised under this permission full details of the obscure glazing of the side window towards No.51 Countess Wear Road shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and thereafter be provided in accordance with such details.

            Reason: Insufficient information has been submitted with the application and in the interest of visual amenity.

 

In the event that the Section 106 Agreement is not completed within six months of the date of this committee meeting, authority be delegated to the Assistant Director City Development to refuse permission for the reason that inadequate provision has been made for the matters which were intended to be dealt within the Section 106 Agreement.

 

(Report circulated)

 

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