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Land Adjoining Cemetery, Downs Road, Epsom

Meeting: 13/12/2018 - Planning Committee (Item 34)

34 Land Adjoining Cemetery, Downs Road, Epsom - Planning Application 18/00927/FUL pdf icon PDF 167 KB

Proposed extension to the existing Cemetery.  Planning permission to change the use from Agricultural Land to Cemetery.

Minutes:

Description

Extension to the existing Cemetery, and change of use from agricultural land.

Decision

Planning permission and change of use PERMITTED subject to the following conditions:

Conditions:

(1)            The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 (1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

(2)            The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in strict accordance with the approved drawings:

D7049.001E Materplan

D7049.002D Site Layout – Sheet 1

D7049.003D Site Layout – Sheet 2

D7049.004A Boundary Treatments

D7049.005B Detailed Planting Plan Sheet 1 of 2

D7049.006A Detailed Planting Plan Sheet 2 of 2

D7049.007 Tree Pit Detail

Transport Statement

Flood Risk Assessment

Archaeological Assessment

Desk Study Phase 1

Desk Study phase 2

Location Plan

Design and Access statement

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and to ensure that the development is carried out in accordance with the approved plans to comply with Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy (2007). 

(3)            Prior to the commencement of development, details and samples of the external materials to be used for the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To secure a satisfactory appearance in the interests of the visual amenities and character of the locality in accordance with Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy (2007) and Policies DM9 and DM10 of the Development Management Policies 2015.

(4)            No engineering or below ground works shall take place until the applicant 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 by the Planning Authority. Any follow up action shall be taken in accordance with the agreed scheme.

Reason: The site has archaeological potential and it is important that the archaeological information should be preserved as a record before it is destroyed by the development in accordance with Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy (2007).

(5)            Details of both hard and soft landscape proposals, including a schedule of landscape maintenance for a minimum period of 5 years, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority in consultation with the council’s ecology officer. The approved landscape scheme (with the exception of planting, seeding and turfing) shall be implemented prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved and thereafter retained.

Reason: To ensure the provision, establishment and maintenance of an appropriate landscape scheme in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality in accordance with Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy (2007) and Policies DM5 and DM9 of the Development Management Policies 2015.

(6)            No development shall commence until a Construction Transport Management Plan, to include details of:

(a) parking for vehicles of site personnel, operatives and visitors

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