CHANGE OF USE OF PASTURE LAND TO EXTEND THE CHURCHYARD
Location: Land adjacent to, St Egwin's Church, Evesham Road, Norton, Evesham, WR11
View location on mapApplication Type: Change of use
Parish: Norton & Lenchwick
Ward: Harvington & Norton
Application Received: 8 September 2003
Statutory Start Date: 3 October 2003
Consultation Period From:
Consultation Period End: 24 October 2003
Decision Date: 27 November 2003
Case Officer: Caroline Ansell
Status: Decided
Decision: Approved - Change of Use
This decision is subject to the following conditions:
The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of five years from the date of this permission.
Reason - In accordance with the requirements of Section 91 (1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
No development shall take place until full details of both hard and soft landscape works have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. These details shall include numbers 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 following:-
1. earthworks (including the grading and mounding of land and the finished site levels or contours, showing relationship to existing and proposed vegetation and to surrounding land form);
2. means of enclosure within the development site;
3. treatment of the development site boundaries (including position, design, materials and type of boundary treatment);
4. car parking layouts;
5. lighting whether freestanding or attached to other structures;
6. minor artefacts and structures (including furniture, play equipment, refuse or other storage units and signs);
7. proposed and existing functional services above and below ground (e.g. drainage, power, communications cables, pipelines etc. indicating lines, manholes, supports etc.);
8. planting plans, including tree, hedge, shrub and grassed area planting and a written specification (including cultivation and other operations associated with plant and grass establishment);
9. a schedule of plants noting species, plant sizes and proposed numbers and densities;
10. retained historic landscape features including hedges and water features and proposals for restoration, where relevant;
11. a programme of implementation;
12. a schedule of maintenance for a period of five years commencing at the completion of the final phase of implementation, the schedule to make provision for the replacement, in the same position, of any plant that is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies or, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, becomes seriously damaged or defective, with another of the same species and size as that originally planted.
The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, the programme of implementation and the schedule of maintenance.
Reason - The Council considers that these requirements are necessary to protect and enhance the visual amenities of the area and to discharge its duty under S197 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
All approved hard and soft landscaping works and tree planting shall be carried out in accordance with the programme approved by the local planning authority as part of the scheme.
Reason - The Council considers that these requirements are necessary to protect and enhance the visual amenities of the area and to discharge its duty under S197 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
All approved hard and soft landscaping and tree planting shall be maintained for a period of five years commencing at the completion of the final phase of implementation in accordance with the approved schedule. Any tree or other plant that is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies or, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, becomes seriously damaged or defective, shall be replaced in the same position with another of the same species and size as that originally planted.
Reason - The Council considers that these requirements are necessary to protect and enhance the visual amenities of the area and to discharge its duty under S197 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Any pruning or felling works on the trees within the Norton Conservation Area must be agreed with the Local Planning Authority six weeks before work is due to be commenced.
Reason: To preserve the amenities of the locality and the protection of the trees.
All existing trees and hedges on site unless otherwise indicated on the approved plan to be removed, shall be retained and shall not be felled, topped or lopped or otherwise removed without the previous written consent of the Local Planning Authority.
Reason: To preserve the amenities of the locality.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995, as amended, nothing in Article 3 and Schedule 2 to that order shall operate so as to permit any development specified in ...................... of the said schedule and no such development shall be carried out at any time without an express grant of planning permission under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Reason - In order that the Local Planning Authority can gain control over the development and preserve the amenities of the adjoining properties.
There shall be no discharge of foul or contaminated drainage from the site into either groundwater or any surface waters, whether direct or via soakaways.
Reason: To prevent pollution of the water environment.
No development shall take place within the area indicated (this would be the area of archaeological interest) until the applicants, or their agents or successors in title, has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted by the applicant and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
Reason - To protect archaeological interest on the site.
Norton & Lenchwick Parish Council
Evesham Road
Norton
EVESHAM
Worcs
Robert M Gibbs
Bruern
Main Street
Lenchwick
EVESHAM Worcs
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