Planning Application

Case number W/14/00162/OU

Construct new 5 bedroom house. New drive and landscaping.

Location: Land rear of Harvest House and Adjacent to, Hawthorn House, Stony Furlong Lane, Eckington

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Application Type: Outline

Parish: Eckington

Ward: Eckington

Application Received: 28 January 2014

Statutory Start Date: 14 February 2014

Consultation Period From: 19 February 2014

Consultation Period End: 21 March 2014

Decision Date: 4 April 2014

Case Officer: Stephen Holloway

Status: Decided

Decision: Approved - Outline

This decision is subject to the following conditions:

  1. Application for approval of reserved matters shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of eighteen calendar months from the date of this permission. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters to be approved.

    Reason - In accordance with the requirements of Section 91 (1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

  2. Approval of the details of the siting, design and external appearance of the building(s), the means of access thereto and the landscaping of the site (hereinafter called "the reserved matters") shall be obtained from the Local Planning Authority in writing before any development is commenced.

    Reason - This permission is in outline only and further details of the reserved matters are required to ensure satisfactory development.

  3. Prior to any works commencing on site, details of the proposed means of surface water disposal shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason - To ensure the proposed development deals with surface water run-off from the site in a sustainable manner, in accordance with policy ENV19 of the Wychavon District Local Plan (adopted June 2006) and the provisions of the Council's Water Management Supplementary Planning Document (October 2009).

  4. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

    Drg No 03 - location and site plan

    Reason - To define the permission.

  5. No development shall take place until a programme of archaeological, including a Written Scheme of Investigation, has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in writing. The scheme shall include an assessment of significance and research questions; and:

    1. The programme and methodology of site investigation and recording. 2. The programme for post investigation assessment. 3. Provision to be made for analysis of the site investigation and recording. 4. Provision to be made for publication and dissemination of the analysis and records of the site investigation 5. Provision to be made for archive deposition of the analysis and records of the site investigation 6. Nomination of a competent person or persons/organisation to undertake the works set out within the Written Scheme of Investigation.

    No demolition/development shall take place other than in accordance with the Written Scheme of Investigation approved.

    The development shall not be occupied until the site investigation and post investigation assessment has been completed in accordance with the programme set out in the Written Scheme of Investigation approved under condition above and the provision made for analysis, publication and dissemination of results and archive deposition has been secured.

    Reason - To protect, either by preservation or record, cultural remains in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 141 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

  6. Should connection to the mains sewer not be possible, the dwelling shall not be occupied until alternative works for the disposal of sewage have been provided on the site to serve the development hereby permitted, in accordance with details to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

    Reason - To ensure a satisfactory means of drainage is available to serve the development.

  7. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted a detailed ecological mitigation and enhancement scheme be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved scheme shall thereafter be carried out in full unless otherwise agreed in writing.

    Reason - To make appropriate provision for protected species and natural habitat within the development in accordance with paragraphs 109 and 118 of the NPPF.

  8. All existing trees and hedges on site, or branches from trees on adjacent land that overhang the site, unless indicated on the approved plan(s) to be removed, shall be retained and shall not be felled or pruned or otherwise removed within a period of five years from the completion of the development without the previous written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

    Temporary fencing for the protection of all retained trees/hedges on site during development shall be erected, to a minimum height of 1.2 metres, below the outermost limit of the branch spread, or at a distance equal to half the height of the tree, whichever is the further from the tree.

    Such fencing should be erected in accordance with BS 5837:2005, before any materials or machinery are brought onto site and before any demolition or development, including erection of site huts, is commenced.

    This protective fencing shall be maintained on site until the completion of development, and nothing should be stored or placed, nor shall any ground levels be altered, within the fenced area without the previous written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

    There shall be no burning of any material within 10 metres of the extent of the canopy of any retained tree/hedge.

    If any retained tree/hedge is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies, replacement planting shall be carried out in the first available planting season of such species, sizes and numbers and in positions on site as may be specified by the Local Planning Authority.

    Reason - To prevent existing trees/hedges from being damaged during construction work and to preserve the amenities of the locality. In accordance with Policy SUR2 (and ENV7 where site has nature conservation value, and ENV8 for protection of existing hedgerows, trees & woodland) of the Wychavon District Local Plan (June 2006).

  9. No part of the development shall be commenced until full details of soft landscaping works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details submitted must include:

    i) a plan(s) showing details of all existing trees and hedges on the application site. The plan should include, for each tree/hedge, the accurate position, canopy spread and species, together with an indication of any proposals for felling/pruning and any proposed changes in ground level, or other works to be carried out, within the canopy spread. ii) a plan(s) showing the layout of proposed tree, hedge and shrub planting and grass areas. iii) a schedule of proposed planting - indicating species, sizes at time of planting and numbers/densities of plants. iv) a written specification outlining cultivation and other operations associated with plant and grass establishment. v) a schedule of maintenance, including watering and the control of competitive weed growth, for a minimum period of five years from first planting.

    All planting and seeding/turfing shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details in the first planting and seeding/turfing seasons following the completion or first occupation/use of the development, whichever is the sooner.

    Any trees or plants which, within a period of five years from the completion of the planting, die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

    Reason - To protect and enhance the visual amenities of the area and to ensure the satisfactory development of the site - in accordance with Policy GD2 and Policy ENV1 of the Wychavon District Local Plan (June 2006) and to provide ecological mitigation and enhancement

  10. The dwelling hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the vehicular access, culvert, gated set back entrance, turning area and parking area shown on the approved plan have been properly consolidated, surfaced, drained and otherwise constructed in accordance with the submitted details and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and these areas shall thereafter be retained and kept available for those uses at all times.

    Reason - In the interests of highway safety.

  11. Drainage arrangements shall be provided to ensure that surface water from the driveway and vehicular turning area does not discharge onto the public highway. No drainage or effluent from the proposed development shall be allowed to discharge into any highway drain or over any part of the public highway.

    Reason - In the interests of highway safety.

  12. Prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby approved secure parking for 6 cycles to comply with the Council's standards shall be provided within the curtilage of each dwelling and these facilities shall thereafter be retained for the parking of cycles only.

    Reason - To comply with the Council's parking standards.

  13. The development hereby permitted shall not begin until a Construction Method Statement has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with the Highway Authority. The approved statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. The statement shall provide for:

    a) The parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors within the application site. b) Loading and unloading of plant and materials within the application site. c) Storage of plant and materials within the application site.

    Reason - To prevent indiscriminate parking within the limits of the public highway(s) in the interests of highway

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Applicant

Mr T Bloomfield
Harvest House
Oaksley Lane
Eckington
Worcestershire

Agent

Mr D Walton
Court Gate Cottage
Manor Road
Eckington
Worcestershire

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