Agenda and minutes

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The Committee is asked to confirm as a true record the Minutes of the Meeting of the Planning Committee held on the 22 March 2018 (attached) and authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The Minutes of the Meeting of the Planning Committee held on 22 March 2018 were agreed as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

Outline application (all matters reserved) for the re-working of access to the parking deck  and re-working of the existing north car park to provide 204 permanent spaces with associated landscaping, ancillary storage and plant, and all associated engineering works and operations.

Description

Outline application (all matters reserved) for the re-working of access to the parking deck  and re-working of the existing north car park to provide 204 permanent spaces with associated landscaping, ancillary storage and plant, and all associated engineering works and operations.

Decision

Dependent on approval from the Secretary of State, outline planning permission is PERMITTED, subject the following conditions:

Conditions:

(1)            The development hereby permitted shall be begun either before the expiration of three years from the date of approval of the last reserved matters to be approved, whichever if the later.

Reason: To comply with Section 91(1) of the Town and County Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51(1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2005

(2)            Prior to the commencement of any development, approval of the details of the access, appearance, layout, scale and landscaping of the site (hereinafter called "the reserved matters") shall be obtained from the local planning authority in writing. Plans and particulars of the reserved matters referred to above, shall be submitted in writing to the local planning authority and shall be carried out as approved.

Reason: To comply with Section 91(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51(1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2005.

(3)            Prior to the commencement of the development (other than ground works and access construction), a landscaping scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority, details to include the planting of trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants and areas to be grassed. The landscaping scheme shall include the schedule of species, sizes, and planting densities along with the specification for aftercare maintenance. The landscaping shall take place in strict accordance with a phased programme to be agreed as part of the approved details and the planting in each phase shall be maintained for a period of five years, such maintenance to include the replacement of any plants that die.

Reason: To ensure the provisions and maintenance of soft landscaping, in the interest of visual amenity as required by Policies CS1, CS2, CS5 of the Core Strategy 2007) and Policy DM5 of the Development Management Policies Document 2015

(4)            Prior to the commencement of the development (other than ground works and access construction, a Tree Protection Method Statement and a Tree Protection Plan in accordance with British Standard 5837:2012 (or later revision) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The methodologies should expand on the approved arboricultural protection documents and include more specific details on tree protection from earthworks, hardscape construction, underground service installation and construction traffic encroachment within the root protection zones of retained trees on site.

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  ...  view the full minutes text for item 73.

The Committee expressed their thanks to Viv Evans, who was shortly to be leaving the Council, for his hard work, input and service to the department, as Interim Head of Planning.