Detailed application for the erection of three detached houses and garages and new access.
Location: Land at, Low Road, Church Lench
Other planning applications at this location View location on mapApplication Type: Non-householder planning application
Parish: South Lenches
Ward: Inkberrow
Application Received: 31 March 2014
Statutory Start Date: 16 April 2014
Consultation Period From: 24 April 2014
Consultation Period End: 30 May 2014
Decision Date: 11 June 2014
Case Officer: Emma Worley
Status: Decided
Decision: Approved - Householder Application
This decision is subject to the following conditions:
The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of one year from the date of this permission.
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 and to ensure the development is brought forward in a timely manner so as to contribute to the supply of housing land in the district and to significantly boost the supply of housing.
Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted, the details set out in the submitted Water Management Statement shall be fully implemented and remain thereafter. Reason - To ensure that an appropriate sustainable drainage system is provided to serve the development and to reduce the consumption of water. This is in accordance with the SPD on Water Management.
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 ENV1.
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. 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 Policies SUR2, ENV7, ENV8 and and ENV12 of the Wychavon District Local Plan (June 2006).
Demolition, clearance or construction work and deliveries to and from the site in connection with the development hereby approved shall only take place between the hours of 08.00 and 18.00hrs Monday to Friday and 08.00 and 13.00hrs on a Saturday. There shall be no demolition, clearance or construction work or deliveries to and from the site on Sundays or Bank Holidays.
Reason - To preserve the amenities of the locality.
No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected. The boundary treatment shall be completed before the dwellings hereby approved are first occupied. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.
Reason - In order to ensure that there is an acceptable form of screening with adjacent properties. This is in accordance with Saved Local Plan Policy GD2.
The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until the access, turning area and parking facilities shown on the approved plan have been properly consolidated, surfaced, drained and otherwise constructed in accordance with details to be submitted to 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 and to ensure the free flow of traffic using the adjoining highway.
Details of the form, colour and finish of the materials to be used externally on the walls and roofs shall be subject to the approval, in writing, of the Local Planning Authority before any work on the site commences.
Reason - To ensure that the development is visually satisfactory. This is in accordance with Saved Local Plan Policy SUR1.
The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:
Masterplan 01 Location Plan 02 Block Plan 10 Plot 1 Floor Plans 11 Plot 1 Elevations 13 Plot 2 Plans 14 Plot 2 Elevations 16 Plot 3 Plans 17 Plot 3 Elevations
Reason - To define the permission.
The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until the access, turning area and parking facilities shown on the approved plan have been properly consolidated, surfaced, drained and otherwise constructed in accordance with details to be submitted to 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 and to ensure the free flow of traffic using the adjoining highway.
The precise floorslab levels of each new dwelling, relative to the existing development on the boundary of the site shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development.
Reason - In order to ensure that the overall appearance of the development is satisfactory.
The development hereby permitted shall not commence until drainage plans for the disposal of surface water and foul sewage have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details before the development is first brought into use
Reason - To ensure that the development is provided with a satisfactory means of drainage as well as to reduce the risk of creating or exacerbating a flooding problem and to minimise the risk of pollution
Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted a detailed ecological mitigation and enhancement scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. This shall include details of bat roosting and bird nesting features, lighting information in relation to bat roosting and foraging habitat, suitable precautionary measures in respect of mammals and birds as well details of long term management. The approved ecological mitigation and enhancement 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 paragraph 118 of the NPPF.
Mr & Mrs T Stanley
Arch Bridge Farm
Low Road
Church Lench
Worcestershire
Mr B Malin
Latimer Planning LLP
6 Shaw Street
Worcester
Worcestershire
Mr Malin
Latimer Planning LLP
6 Shaw Street
Worcester
Worcestershire
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