Agenda item

Construction of a lined reservoir for golf course irrigation with landscaping and associated works, apparatus and engineering operations.

Description

Construction of a lined reservoir for golf course irrigation with landscaping and associated works, apparatus and engineering operations.

Decision

Planning permission is 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:

Site Location Plan: RAC_SLP_09_05.18

Site Sections: RAC_SS_08_06.18

Irrigation Reservoir 6million gallons: RAC_IRP_10_06.18 rev D

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 (other than ground works and access construction), details, including siting, floor plans, elevations and external materials of the associated pump house shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Borough Council. The development shall be carried out in accordance within 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 fence(s) shall be installed until the details of the design, external appearance and decorative finish of all fences and any other means of enclosure shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to the development first being brought into use and shall thereafter be retained.

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.

(5)            The reservoir land forming and development, shall be carried out in strict accordance with the agreed recommendations for Tree Work and Tree Protection as detailed in the Arboricultural Assessment produced by SJA dated July 2018 reference SJA air 18095-01C

Reason: To protect the trees on site which are to be retained 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 take place until an Arboricultural Method Statement and a Tree Protection Plan in accordance with British Standard 5837:2012 (or later revision) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed details and no equipment, machinery or materials shall be brought onto the site for the purposes of the development until fencing has been erected in accordance with the Tree Protection Plan. Within any area fenced in accordance with this condition, nothing shall be stored, placed or disposed of above or below ground, the ground level shall not be altered, no excavations shall be made, nor shall any fires be lit, without the prior written consent of the local planning authority. The fencing shall be maintained in accordance with the approved details, until all equipment, machinery and surplus materials have been moved from the site.

Reason: To ensure that the tree(s) receive the appropriate treatment and that the tree work is of a satisfactory standard to protect amenity in accordance with Policies CS1 and CS5 of the Core Strategy (2007) and Policies DM5 and DM9 of the Development Management Policies 2015.

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

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

(b) loading and unloading of plant and materials

(c) storage of plant and materials

(d) HGV deliveries and hours of operation

(e) vehicle routing

(f) measures to prevent the deposit of materials on the highway

(g) on-site turning for construction vehicles has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Only the approved details shall be implemented during the construction of the development.

Reason: To ensure that the development does not prejudice the free flow of traffic and conditions of safety on the highway or cause inconvenience to other highway users in accordance with Policy CS16 of the Core Strategy (2007) and Policy DM35 of the Development Management Policies 2015.

(8)            No development 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.  The development shall only take place in accordance with the detailed scheme pursuant to this condition. The archaeological works only shall be carried out by a suitably qualified investigating body acceptable to the Local Planning Authority.

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).

(9)            The development shall be implemented strictly in accordance with the mitigation and enhancement measures outlined in the Ecological Appraisal dated August 2018 (Report Reference - EDP1297_r020b) and the recommendations and conclusions drawn in the 2012 Ecological Appraisal (Report Reference - EDP1297_01g) dated September 2012.

Reason: To preserve and enhance biodiversity and habitats in accordance with Policy CS3 of the Core Strategy (2007) and Policy DM4 of the Development Management Policies 2015.

(10)        The development permitted by this planning permission shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved FRA produced by WSP dated June 2018 reference no. 7004190/MZ/EI.

Reason: To protect the trees on site which are to be retained 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.

(11)        No construction work shall be carried out in such a manner as to be audible at the site boundary before 08.00 hours or after 18:00 hours Monday to Friday; no construction work shall be audible at the site boundary before 08:00 or after 13:00 hours on Saturdays and no construction work of any nature shall be carried out on Sundays or Bank/Public Holidays.

Reason: In order to safeguard the amenities of the occupiers of neighbouring properties in accordance with Policy DM10 of the Development Management Policies 2015.

(12)        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. 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.

(13)        The plant and machinery hereby approved shall not be used until it has been enclosed with sound insulation materials in accordance with a scheme to be first submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The plant/machinery shall thereafter be maintained within the enclosure.

Reason: To protect the occupants of nearby residential properties from noise disturbance in accordance with Policy DM10 of the Development Management Policies 2015.

Informative:

(1)            In dealing with the application the Council has implemented the requirement in the National Planning Policy Framework to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive way.  We have made available detailed advice in the form or our statutory policies in the Core Strategy, Supplementary Planning Documents, Planning Briefs and other informal written guidance, as well as offering a full pre-application advice service, in order to ensure that the applicant has been given every opportunity to submit an application which is likely to be considered favourably.

The Committee noted a verbal representation from the applicant.  Letters of representation had been published on the Council’s website and were available to the public and Members of the Committee in advance of the meeting.