Agenda item

PLANNING APPLICATION NO. 12/1426/03 - 130 Fore Street, Exeter, EX4 3JQ

To consider the report of the Assistant Director City Development.

 

(Report circulated)

 

Minutes:

The Assistant Director City Development presented the application for alterations and roof level re-development to provide 13 flats with associated access and communal facilities at 130 Fore Street, Exeter.

 

The application site was located on the junction of Fore Street and West Street and within the Central Conservation Area.  The application was now for 13 flats over six levels, some units were split level and mainly single aspect. The application had been amended to remove one flat the area now to be used for refuse storage. No car parking spaces were proposed with this scheme.

 

Members were circulated with an update sheet - attached to minutes.

 

The Assistant Director City Development claified that there were 17 cycle spaces which were adequate for the number of flats and there would be a management agreement to control the refuse storage.

 

The recommendation was for approval subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement (or appropriate alternative means of securing payment) requiring a financial contribution towards protection of Natura 2000 sites and conditions as set out in the report.

 

RESOLVED that planning permission for alterations and roof level redevelopment to provide 13 flats with associated access and communal facilities be approved subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement (or appropriate alternative means of securing payment) requiring a financial contribution towards protection of Natura 2000 sites and the following conditions which may be modified if necessary:-

 

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 91-92 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 ****as modified by other conditions of this consent.

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

 

3)

Samples of the materials it is intended to use externally in the construction of the development shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority and the development shall not be started before their approval is obtained in writing and 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.

 

4)

Notwithstanding condition no 2, no work shall commence on site under this permission until full details of the following have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and the following shall thereafter be provided in accordance with such details:

a) windows to include materials, means of opening, reveals, cills and headers;

b) external doors;

c) rainwater goods;

d) lighting;

e) treatment of balcony;

f) means of enclosure at first floor level;

h) location of site compound

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

 

5)

No part of the development hereby approved shall be occupied until all residents have been issued with a Green Travel Pack to inform them they will not qualify for on-street parking permits and shall include the locations, routes and times of public transport services, the locations of walking and cycle routes, central shopping and leisure facilities in accordance with details that shall previously have been submitted to, agreed and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and shall be updated annually.

Reason: To ensure that all residents are aware of the 'car free' status of development.

 

6)

Prior to occupation of the development hereby permitted, secure cycle parking shall be provided in location shown on drawing no. in accordance with details previously submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and the cycle parking shall be maintained thereafter.

Reason: To ensure that cycle parking is provided, to encourage travel by sustainable means

 

7)

No part of the development hereby approved shall be commenced until a method of demolition and construction statement, to include details of: 

a) parking and vehicles of site personnel, operatives and visitors;

b) loading and unloading of plant and materials;

c) storage of plant and materials;

d) programme of works to include measures for traffic management;

e) vehicle washdown measures and facilities; and

f) provision of boundary hoarding

have been submitted to, agreed and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and the development shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed details throughout the development works.

Reason: In the interests of public safety and to ensure that adequate on-site facilities are available throughout the development period.

 

8)

Construction work shall not take place outside the following times; 8am to 6pm (Mondays to Fridays); 8am to 1pm (Saturdays); nor at any time on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays.

Reason: In the interest of residential amenity.

 

9)

No development shall take place within the site until a written scheme of archaeological work has been submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This scheme shall include on-site work, and off-site work such as the analysis, publication, and archiving of the results. All works shall be carried out and completed as approved, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure the appropriate identification, recording and publication of archaeological and historic remains affected by the development.

 

10)

No development shall take place unless and until details of bat and swift boxes have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with the RSPB. Thereafter the development shall be carried out entirely in accordance with the approved plan.

Reason: To ensure that the wildlife opportunities associated with the site are maximised in the interests of biodiversity in the locality.

 

11)

Notwithstanding condition no 2 no work shall commence on site under this permission until a refuse bin storage management strategy plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and the plan shall be implemented in accordance with the details agreed at all times thereafter.

Reason: In the interests of residential amenity.

 

In the event that the Section 106 Agreement is not completed within 3 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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